John Pyper-Ferguson Archives

Pin (1988)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 3, 2020Man's Disturbed Relationship with a Sinister Anatomical Dummy

Creepy and surprisingly well-made Canadian horror film in which a mentally disturbed David Hewlett has a strange relationship with an anatomical dummy that directs him to kill.

Director: Sandor Stern

Actors: David Hewlett, Cyndy Preston, Terry O'Quinn, John Pyper-Ferguson, …

Category: Horror

3 March 20203 March 2020 by Roog

Roadflower (1993)

Rating: ★★½

Apr 26, 1999Backroads Brutality

Psycho road movie in which Christopher Lambert must rescue his family after they are abducted by a gang. An amazing cast list deliver subtle and effective performances

Director: Deran Sarafian

Actors: Christopher Lambert, Craig Sheffer, Josh Brolin, Alexondra Lee, …

Category: Horror

26 April 199926 March 2020 by Roog

Space Marines (1995)

Rating: ★★½

Jun 15, 2004Space Opera

Low-budget film that does quite a creditable job on the whole space marines theme

Director: John Weidner

Actors: Billy Wirth, Edward Albert, John Pyper-Ferguson, Michael Bailey Smith, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 June 200420 March 2025 by Roog

Downdraft (1996)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 24, 1999Amok AI/Nuclear Threat/Action

Modest and conceptually packed B-budget action film in which a motley team are sent to break into a bunker that has been hijacked by a scientist who is threatening to fire nuclear missiles

Director: Michael Mazo

Actors: Vincent Spano, Kate Vernon, John Novak, Paul Koslo, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 March 199924 January 2026 by Roog

The Tempest (1998)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 22, 2023Shakespeare Adaptation Updated to the US Civil War

A retelling of the Shakespeare play, which had been updated to the midst of the American Civil War with some interesting results

Director: Jack Bender

Actors: Peter Fonda, Katherine Heigl, John Glover, Harold Perrineau Jr, …

Category: Fantasy

22 March 202310 June 2024 by Roog

Tekken (2010)

Rating: ★★

Mar 19, 2011Videogame Adaptation/Combat Tournament

Another videogame adapted film, this has almost entirely been conceived around a series of slick fight sequences and little else

Director: Dwight H. Little

Actors: Jon Foo, Kelly Overton, Luke Goss, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 March 20115 July 2024 by Roog

Die (2010)

Rating: ★★

Nov 20, 2011Torturous Psychological Games

A blatant copy of Saw, albeit without the Torture Porn sadism, with people imprisoned in a cellar forced to kill one another. An oddly unconvincing film that fails to generate any tension or even conviction

Director: Dominic James

Actors: John Pyper-Ferguson, Elias Koteas, Emily Hampshire, Patricia McKenzie, …

Category: Horror

20 November 201113 October 2025 by Roog

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 21, 2013Space Opera/Web Series Prequel

Web-series/film prequel to the 2003-9 revival of Battlestar Galactica with a rookie Commander Adama arriving aboard the Galactica. Easily one the best of the Galactica spinoff films to date

Director: Jonas Pate

Actors: Luke Pasqualino, Ben Cotton, Lili Bordan, John Pyper-Ferguson, …

Category: Science Fiction

21 December 201326 November 2025 by Roog

Wolves (2014)

Rating: ★★

Jul 19, 2015Werewolf Film

Evidently intended to be a werewolf equivalent of the Star Wars saga in in its epically contorted familial struggles, this sits just between the stylish and another classic monster repackaged for the teen crowd and cast with handsome good-looking faces

Director: David Hayter

Actors: Lucas Till, Jason Momoa, Stephen McHattie, Merritt Patterson, …

Category: Horror

19 July 201522 July 2020 by Roog