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FrightFest 2023 Review: THORNS Is A Down & Dirty 1980s Inspired Horror

Writer/director Douglas Schulze takes horror back to a simpler time with his latest film, Thorns. A throwback to films like Alien, The Thing and Hellraiser, the low budget filmmaker appears to relish taking on the genre tropes of yore with this [...]

August 30, 2023

Podcast – Episode 37: Douglas Schulze Talks THORNS, FightFest & Low Budget Filmmaking

Douglas Schulze has been a friend of Movies In Focus since 2009, in the lead-up to the release of his David Carradine starring horror film Dark Fields – or The Rain as it was then called. Films like Mimesis: Night Of The Living [...]

August 26, 2023

Trailer & Poster: Douglas Schulze’s Latest Horror Film THORNS Looks Like Serious Nightmare Fuel

Movies In Focus has known writer/director Douglas Schulze for almost fifteen years. I first got in touch with him after he made Dark Fields (or The Rain as it was then called) way back in 2009 and we’ve kept in contact ever since. He’s [...]

March 22, 2023

Review: GATEWAY Is A Mysterious Metaphysical Horror Film

Writer/director Niall Owens’ Gateway is an Irish horror film which gives a new and intriguing spin on the traditional haunted house trope. Starting off as a gritty crime film, Gateway then segues into a metaphysical horror that delivers well-honed [...]

February 19, 2023

Clive Barker Joins HBO’s HELLRAISER As Executive Producer

Author and filmmaker Clive Barker has joined HBO’s new Hellraiser series as Executive Producer. Barker of course created the Hellraiser franchise, writing the novel, The Hellbound Heart which was the basis for the first film in 1987 – [...]

October 31, 2020

Notebook Reviews: HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II

Tony Randel – 1988 Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a solid enough sequel to Clive Barker‘s 1987 horror, Hellraiser. It lacks the originality of Barker’s film but it’s an entertaining enough romp. This time the plot sees an evil [...]

October 5, 2020

Road To Hell: Halloween’s David Gordon Green Taking HELLRAISER To HBO

Horrormeister Clive Barker‘s Hellraiser continues to impress more than thirty years on. Barker’s own 1987 adaptation of his novella The Hellbound Heart offers-up a baroque gothic horror wrapped within the confines of a warped family [...]

April 28, 2020

HELLRAISER: JUDGMENT Trailer

Movies In Focus loves a bit of old-school horror. It used to be about velvet and fangs, but it would seem like its now all about leather..or something. The Hellraiser franchise is now over 30 years old – but the tenth instalment in the [...]

January 9, 2018

DVD Review: SCREAM PARK Is A Roller Coaster Of Horror Tropes

Riffing on the slasher movies of the 1980s, Scream Park (how has this title never been used before?) is a‘kill by numbers’ flick that sees the employees of a theme park killed off in a multitude of gory fashions. Funded by a Kisckstarter [...]

March 20, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Arrow Films Unleashes HELLRAISER: THE SCARLET BOX LIMITED EDITION TRILOGY

Arrow Films offers horror fans a delicious package with Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box Limited Edition Trilogy. This four disc set delves deep into the origins of the the iconic franchise offering up remastered visuals and a tremendous set of extras [...]

October 25, 2015

Review: Craig Griffith’s THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

The world of film is changing. Advances in technology have seen the traditional methods of production and distribution shattered. The digital age means that it is now cheaper than ever to produce a film, and to gain attention through the internet [...]

October 2, 2012