horror

Blu-ray Review: There’s Animal Magic In This 30th Anniversary Edition Of Stephen King’s PET SEMATARY

Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary gives you everything that you could ever want from a Stephen King adaptation. It’s got that small town Maine vibe, good characterisation and a creeping sense of unnatural horror into normality. The ace in the hole [...]

April 13, 2019

Trailer & Poster: Jim Jarmusch Breathes Life Into The Zombie Movie With THE DEAD DON’T DIE

Jim Jarmusch‘s The Dead Don’t Die is the zombie movie we never knew we wanted or indeed needed. But once you see the trailer for this black-comedy-horror, then you know it’s going to be added to your must-see list for 2019. The [...]

April 1, 2019

Grizzled Tough Guys Kick Mutant Butt In Fangoria’s V.F.W

Want to see a bunch of grizzled genre stars kick mutant butt? You do? That’s good, because genre stalwarts Stephen Lang, William Sadler, Fred Williamson, Martin Kove, David Patrick Kelly and George Wendt are starring in V.F.W, a new [...]

March 31, 2019

Blu-ray Review: THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 Is A Belated 1990s Sequel To Brian De Palma’s Classic

Released during the post-Scream horror boom of the late 1990s, The Rage: Carrie 2 is a belated follow-up to Brian De Palma’s well regarded 1976 Stephen King adaptation. Katt Shea’s film lacks the freshness of De Palma’s Carrie but now 20 [...]

March 30, 2019

Blu-ray Review: GREEN INFERNO AKA CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST II Goes Against Nature

Known by a variety of different names, Antonio Climati’s Green Inferno (aka Natura Contro/Against Nature/Cannibal Holocaust II) is an energetic cannibal adventure film from 1988. While it bears zero relation to the notorious 1980 video nasty [...]

March 30, 2019

A Little Bit Bland? New Trailer For Jordan Peele’s TWILIGHT ZONE

I’m looking forward to Jordan Peele’s reboot of the Twilight Zone as much as the next person. However, I’m finding this new trailer for the show a little bit bland. Flat, even. It hits the required notes of paranoia, but it lacks [...]

March 28, 2019

Differences Between The Film & Novel Versions Of Stephen King’s PET SEMATARY

Stephen King’s terrifying novel, Pet Sematary was written back in 1983 and has since received a film adaptation in 1989, with the second film adaptation due out in the next few weeks – but which version is better? To celebrate the 30th [...]

March 25, 2019

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: FANTASTIC BEASTS, BABYLON BERLIN, SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ & More

This time around: Wands at the ready in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald; it’s party time in Babylon Berlin, The Girl In The Spider’s Web gets tangled-up, if anyone can then the Candyman can in Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh, [...]

March 24, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Sam Raimi’s EVIL DEAD 2 Is A Kinetic Live Action Looney Tunes Horror-Comedy

Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead 2 is a rollercoaster of cinematic energy. It’s a live action Looney Tunes adventure, a balls-out crazy physical comedy extravaganza which just happens to be a horror sequel. Raimi’s follow-up to 1981’s The Evil Dead, [...]

March 5, 2019

Closed Competition: Win Sam Raimi’s EVIL DEAD 2 On Blu-ray

Sam Raimi’s cult classic Evil Dead 2 hits 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on 4 March and digital download on 1 April. To celebrate the release, Movies In Focus is giving two lucky readers the chance to win a brilliant new double-disc blu-ray of [...]

February 26, 2019

Review: 30 MILES FROM NOWHERE Is Full Of Surprises

When you see enough movies you get into the rhythm of certain genres and it’s often easy to guess what’s going to happen next. I can honestly say that director Caitlin Koller’s 30 Miles From Nowhere was a total surprise. You think you know [...]

February 24, 2019

Review: They Made A Pig’s Ear Out Of Killer Swine Movie BOAR

It would have been very easy to say that Chris Sun’s Aussie horror film Boar was…something of a bore. I won’t go for such a simple pun-fuelled insult, but I will say that Sun has made a right pig’s ear out of this outback creature feature. [...]

February 23, 2019

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