horror

Review: RELIC Is A Horror Film With Serious Emotional Heft

On the surface, Natalie Erika James’ Relic is a horror film – and for all intents and purposes it is. But there’s much more to unpack in this richly layered piece of genre cinema. Horror films always work best when they’re using the [...]

July 5, 2020

Ari Aster’s MIDSOMMAR Proves That Horror Is A Serious Business

Writer/director Ari Aster’s Midsommar is a mind-bending, genre-defying piece of cinema. Yes, superficially the 2019 release has all the traits of a horror film, but Aster’s movie is much more than that (I won’t use the phrase [...]

July 5, 2020

Lockdown Viewing Recommendation: Burt Lancaster & Michael York In The 1977 Adaptation Of H.G. Wells’ THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU

One of the very few good things to come out of the seemingly never-ending lockdown caused by the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic is the opportunity to watch a variety of different films. One title you might want to check-out is this 1977 screen [...]

July 3, 2020

Trailer For Shudder’s Cosmic Horror THE BEACH HOUSE

Here’s the trailer for The Beach House, Shudder‘s forthcoming horror film, which drops on 9 July 2020. Written and directed by Jeffrey A. Brown, the pic is described as ‘a striking and timely eco-horror that offers up [...]

June 28, 2020

Review: AFTER MIDNIGHT Is A Low Budget Horror Delight

After Midnight is another wonderful example of a small movie achieving great things. This quirky romantic comedy/horror from directors Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella delivers on almost every level. Not only did the pair direct After Midnight, [...]

June 22, 2020

Review: Horror Film THE LURING Wants To Be Stephen King – But It’s Not Even Dean Koontz

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It might be, but if you’re attempting to imitate something great and you don’t have the chops to match it, then you come across as a very poor imitation indeed. Sadly, that’s the case [...]

June 19, 2020

Acclaimed Horror-Drama RELIC Hits US Drive-In Screens For 4 July

Just before it hits US cinema and Digital/VOD on 10 July, IFC Films is bringing Relic to US drive-in screens in an advance one week-run starting on 3 July. Japanese-Australian director Natalie Erika James’ feature debut is a powerful [...]

June 18, 2020

Throwback Short Film: STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT

Conor McMahon’s Strangers In The Night is brilliant. This Irish short film is loaded with great comedy, as well as some tremendous special effects. This 12 minute long effort is about a Banshee looking for love in rural Ireland. It’s as [...]

June 14, 2020

Review: Bloody Horror/Thriller THE DINNER PARTY Is Infuriatingly Undercooked

Director Miles Doleac’s deliciously gory The Dinner Party gets a few things right, but ultimately this horror/thriller fails to serve-up the requisite amount of tension to deliver the goods. It’s a shame because the film is a rather good-looking [...]

June 11, 2020

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