Tag: censor

Blu-ray Review: Horror Gets Animated In STOPMOTION

Stopmotion, the feature debut from animation director Robert Morgan, is a haunting and visceral exploration of artistic obsession and psychological horror. This is one of those fugue state nightmare pieces where the mood seeps under your skin and it [...]

July 2, 2024

Podcast Episode 39: Writer/Director Dominic O’Neill On HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE

Belfast-based director Dominic O’Neill joins the Movies In Focus podcast to discuss his new comedy horror, Haunted Ulster Live. A comedy of errors, Haunted Ulster Live uses the famed UK mockumentary Ghostwatch as a stepping-off point. Taking [...]

October 30, 2023

Review: HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE Is An Enjoyable ’90s Set Comedy-Horror

Haunted Ulster Live is a fun comedy-horror that rises above its low-budget roots and delivers a few good laughs – as well as some well-placed scares. Dominic O’Neill’s film sees seasoned host Gerry Burns (Mark Claney) team with [...]

October 4, 2023

Review: BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION Is An Impressive Retro Chiller

Broadcast Signal Intrusion really delivers on slow creeping atmosphere. Directed by Jacob Gentry and written by Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall, it riffs on a few classic movies (The Conversation, Blow Out and Zodiac to name a few) but it’s a [...]

April 5, 2022

Irish Academy Awards: The 2022 IFTA Nominations

Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin lead the nominations for the 2022 Irish Academy Awards. Both films have scored 10 nods each, while Who We Love, Swan Song and You Are Not My Mother have 6 nominations. Break-out hit, Deadly Cuts was next having [...]

February 22, 2022

Blu-ray Review: Prano Bailey-Bond’s CENSOR Is Pure Nightmare Poetry

Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor is one hell of a cinematic calling card. The director’s feature-length debut is an incredibly assured film with a wonderful mastery of tone and vision. It’s been rightfully lauded by critics and genre [...]

January 25, 2022

Review: Niamh Algar Impresses In Prano Bailey-Bond’s Hallucinogenic Horror CENSOR

Prano Bailey-Bond makes a powerful cinematic statement with her feature length directorial debut, Censor. This 1980s-set horror is a lyrical piece of nightmare poetry, one which draws you into its dark and hallucinogenic heart. At the centre of it [...]

August 9, 2021