Winchester (2018)

The many nods to Hammer Film Productions - the lead named 'Dr Price' who looks like Vincent Price, the florrid red titlecard hanging over a gothic house - feel less like a homage to 70s horror than a pre-emptive plea for viewers not to take the daft Winchester Mystery House caper too seriously, which is wise, because the film is riddled with illogic: sealed rooms with secret entrances, thirteen nailed doors and thirteen hooked passages that fail as ghost repellents anyway; an anti-gun theme that ends up resolved with gunfire; and finally, the baffling suggestion the whole may result from an earthquake?!

★★★☆☆

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Predestination (2014)

This sci-fi is built tightly around one unusual concept and although the final reveal is quite obvious from an early stage, the film maintains viewer interest with a time travel puzzle filled with likeable characters and for me, recognisable Melbourne locations.

★★☆☆☆

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