Rich Cross

My five-star review of the Carrie mini-series is up on @starburst.bsky.social, which sets the drama in contemporary high school world "in which cruelty, bullying and teen-on-teen viciousness play out in the merciless, manipulative setting of social media." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/carr...

My new book on the first series of Survivors is now also available in PDF, ePub and Kindle versions - as well as paperback www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk/blog/2026/07...

My review of French arthouse indie Her Will Be Done is up now on @starburst.bsky.social "Maria Wróbel gives a thoroughly committed performance in the lead role, capturing [a] journey from quietly seething resentment to explosive self-discovery." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/her-...

My review of The Stranger, up now on @starburst.bsky.social "a fugitive with such terrible decision-making skills, it’s amazing that he’s been able to survive for so long" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...

Ideal weather for @starburst.bsky.social to publish my review of the Norwegian horror Cold Prey limited edition Blu-ray release from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social A trilogy "sure to find a wider English-speaking audience amongst niche horror fans" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/cold...

My review of the meditative and atmospheric horror-adjacent indie "The House Was Not Hungry Then" is up on @starburst.bsky.social - "surprising, immersive, and extremely unusual" and definitely not "a derivative haunted house flick" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...

I had a great time chatting with Kevin and Matthew McManus about their impressive new multiverse movie Redux Redux for @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/features/kev...

My review of the big screen adaption of a popular South Korean web comic is up now on @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/omni...

My review of indie Hollywood satire Don't Trip is now up on @starburst.bsky.social - "There’s plenty of humour, and no little warmth, in what’s a promising calling-card for Kugelman" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/dont...

Our Autumn edition is nearly here, folks! Subscriber copies will start shipping later this week, so if you're a UK reader who'd like to get it delivered straight to your door (with free P&P!) before the Aug 29th release, head to our official store: starburstmagazine.store/products/sta...

While we finish up work on Issue #491 (out Aug 29th!), we thought we'd sweeten the deal for those who haven't yet caught our current issue... Order #490 and choose ANY other back issue for FREE! Just add both to your cart to access your discount! Store: starburstmagazine.store/products/sta...

My take on the ghostly (or is it?) thriller Bury Me When I'm Dead is published by @starburst.bsky.social The film "toys with the question of whether the fateful consequences that follow a young woman’s death are supernatural or coincidental." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/bury...

My review of indie what's-happening-in-the-woods thriller The Banished is published by @starburst.bsky.social "it’s the handheld torchlit visuals of a hyperventilating Grace in the nighttime woods that deliver the nerve-jangling tension" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...

Issue 490 of Starburst Magazine @starburst.bsky.social is out now - chock-full of genre, sci-fi and fantasy goodness, including a mammoth retrospective of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.

My review of Janine, the fifth episode of the final series of The Handmaid's Tale, is now up on @starburst.bsky.social This halfway point explores "a world where deeply-held convictions threaten to exact a heavy price from all true believers" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...

The first of my episode reviews for the second season of The Walking Dead: Dead City is up now on @starburst.bsky.social Power Equals Power - "the weight of evidence here suggests that there’s still plenty of life in Dead City." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...

My review of Promotion, the fourth episode of the final series of The Handmaid's Tale, is up on @starburst.bsky.social "Events are moving at pace... [as] New Bethlehem seems certain to become the battleground in which the dystopia’s fate will be settled." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...

My review of "Exile", episode two of series six of The Handmaid's Tale is published today on @starburst.bsky.social "The fateful reckoning between oppressors and oppressed that the series six promises already feels like it’s in motion." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...

My review of indie movie Sew Torn is published on @starburst.bsky.social - "what entertains throughout... are the elaborate ruses, traps, and set-pieces that Barbara improvises from her sewing kit" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/sew-...

"An immersive meditation on the themes of grief and loss" which "adopts the motifs of a whodunnit thriller". My review of Shudderbugs, now published by @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/shud...

Die Alone writer-director Lowell Dean is "an auteur with an eye for the twisted and macabre". What a perceptive and quotable reviewer @starburst.bsky.social assigned to this one... www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/die-...

My review of ho-hum psych thriller Blackwater Lane is up on @starburst.bsky.social. The film's conclusion "draws heavily on the Scooby Doo school of criminal deduction" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/blac...

Into the Deep - a new shark flick that lacks bite (even with the involvement of Richard Dreyfuss). My review in @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/into...

Come Home - an interesting, if oblique and discombobulating, take on the cabin-in-the-woods flick. My review in @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/come...

Before Anthony Mackie suits up as Captain America later this year, he'll be on monster-hunting duty in Prime Video's Elevation, out Jan 28th. Read our review here: www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/elev...

Read a free sample of my Obverse Books Silver Archive on the classic third series Survivors episode Mad Dog.

Well, it's "Rich Cross" (not Rick Cross) and "Mad Dog" (not Mad Dogs), but I appreciate the plug!