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Uncovering Curiosities: Wes Craven’s THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT

The late Wes Craven is a director synonymous with the horror genre. 1972’s The Last House on the Left is Craven’s first – and probably most horrific film. It makes for some uncomfortable viewing, but the film is a true horror [...]

July 26, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Dick Maas’ SINT

Sint (Saint) is a Dutch horror film that sees an evil Saint Nicholas descending on Amsterdam bringing death and terror, rather than the usual festive gifts. This 2010 Christmas-set horror comes from writer/director Dick Maas. Maas re-imagines the [...]

December 7, 2020

Deliver Us From Evil: Iconic Horror Characters

For the first time since 2006, Friday the thirteenth falls in October. While this news might get paraskevidekatriaphobics (look it up, fact fans) in a spin, the rest of us can use it as an opportunity to get into the Halloween spirit a whole 18 [...]

October 13, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Return To The ‘80s With Creature Features GHOULIES And GHOULIES 2

The 1980s was a bizarre time for horror as a genre as it often crashed head-on into comedy to deliver a lot of weird, wonderful and often terrible movies. Straddling all three on different levels is the Ghoulies franchise. Hitting the screens in [...]

April 10, 2016

DVD Review: IT FOLLOWS Is A Perfectly Realised Piece Of Horror Filmmaking

It Follows is a horror film that is filled with tense atmosphere. Writer-director David Robert Mitchell refrains from using cheap scares, upping the tension to give the film an eerie atmosphere that makes it feel refreshing in a genre that is now [...]

June 28, 2015

DVD Review: Wes Craven’s THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT

Wes Craven is a director synonymous with horror. The Last House on the Left is the director’s first and probably most horrific film. It makes for some uncomfortable viewing, but the film is a true classic in the horror genre. What makes House so [...]

May 1, 2012

DVD Review: Dutch Christmas Horror SAINT

Saint is a Dutch horror film that sees an evil Saint Nicholas descending on Amsterdam bringing death and terror, rather than the usual festive gifts. This Christmas-set horror comes from writer/director Dick Maas (yes that is his real name – [...]

March 24, 2012