Barry Otto Archives

The Marsupials: The Howling III (1987)

Rating: ★

Jan 31, 2001Australian Werewolves

Third of The Howling films where director Philippe Mora travels to Australia to show us marsupial werewolves. A conceptually wild mix that fails abysmally due to cheap effects and Mora not taking things seriously

Director: Philippe Mora

Actors: Barry Otto, Imogen Annesley, Max Fairchild, Ralph Cotterill, …

Category: Horror

31 January 200116 December 2025 by Roog

The Punisher (1990)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 6, 2001Comic-Book Vigilante

Dolph Lundgren's The Punisher is minus his trademark t-shirt and the film takes considerable liberties with the source material but this is a hugely entertaining action comic-book of a film with hilariously tongue-in-cheek dialogue

Director: Mark Goldblatt

Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Jeroen Krabbe, Louis Gossett Jr, Kim Miyori, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 July 200118 February 2025 by Roog

Kiss or Kill (1997)

Rating: ★★★½

Nov 8, 2004Australian Road Movie Psycho-Thriller

Fine Australian psycho-thriller about a couple on the run from an accidental murder. This comes with sharp twists and ambiguities and a great sense of humour

Director: Bill Bennett

Actors: Frances O'Connor, Matt Day, Chris Haywood, Max Cullen, …

Category: Horror

8 November 200412 May 2020 by Roog

Rogue (2007)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 31, 2008Killer Crocodile

The second film from Greg McLean, made directly after the hit of Wolf Creek. In this tale of a killer crocodile. McLean borrows more than a few pages from Jaws to create an incredibly gruelling and intense ride

Director: Greg McLean

Actors: Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan, Sam Worthington, John Jarratt, …

Category: Horror

31 October 20083 October 2020 by Roog