horror

Trailer For The New Limited Series Adaptation Of Stephen King’s THE STAND Shows A Glimpse Of The Overlook Hotel

Stephen King’s 1978 novel, The Stand is one epic tome, clocking-in at a massive 823 pages. The book was already adapted into a rather good TV mini-series by Mike Garris in 1994, but now it’s getting a 2020 update. This looks remarkably [...]

October 10, 2020

2020 BFI London Film Festival Review: RELIC

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 [...]

October 10, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Humberto Rosa & Thairon Mendes’ INVOKED

Movies In Focus lets out an audible groan when it’s time to review a found footage horror movie. They’re usually always bad, but every so often a little gem manages to float to to the surface of the quagmire. 2015’s Invoked happens to be [...]

October 8, 2020

Gimmfest 2020 Review: THE HORROR CROWD

Horror is a genre which shines a light on our darkest fears and nightmares. Horror films delve deep into human nature, taking the worst of humanity and bringing it to the fore. It also rips the most terrifying concepts from our imaginations and [...]

October 8, 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

25 Great Horror Movies To Watch This October

October is the month where people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies in the lead-up to Halloween. Movies In Focus has put together a list of 25 great horror movies. Some of them are classics films and others [...]

October 4, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Sean Breathnach’s BEYOND THE WOODS

Writer/director Sean Breathnach’s 2018 horror, Beyond The Woods is a well characterised low budget ‘cabin in the woods’ film set in Ireland. The film sees a group of old friends meet up in a remote house in the Irish countryside. It looks [...]

October 4, 2020

John Carpenter’s VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED Gets A New 2 Disc Soundtrack Release

John Carpenter’s Village Of The Damned is an over-looked film which doesn’t get enough love. It might not be one of the Master Of Horror‘s greatest movies, but it’s certainly not as bad as its reputation suggests. The 1995 [...]

October 3, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee & Director Robin Hardy On The Set Of THE WICKER MAN

Robin Hardy’s cult horror, The Wicker Man is eerily disturbing on many levels and equally unclassifiable. The 1973 film sees Edward Woodward excel as the uptight Christian policeman searching for a missing child on the remote island [...]

October 2, 2020

Arrow Video FrightFest Announces Line-up For Its October 2020 Digital Edition

The Arrow Video FrightFest Digital Edition will run from 22-25 October. The festival will have a forty-five feature film line-up that will merge the planned in-cinema selection with brand new titles to provide an online festival experience. [...]

October 1, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Bryan Bertino’s THE STRANGERS Is A Modern Horror Classic & Second Sight Films Gives It The Release It Deserves

Writer-director Bryan Bertino made a hugely impressive and incredibly assured directorial debut with The Strangers. A home invasion horror, the 2008 film is loaded with a building tension and it’s definitely not one for the faint-hearted. [...]

September 30, 2020

The Sparrows Are Flying Again

The great George A. Romero’s 1993 adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Half is a flawed film, but it’s also a very enjoyable one. Timothy Hutton plays Thad Beaumont, a writer who decides to ‘kill-off’ his publishing pseudonym, George [...]

September 30, 2020

Trailer For THE CRAFT: LEGACY – The Only Saving Grace Is David Duchovny

Movies In Focus has no interest whatsoever in Blumhouse’s The Craft: Legacy – I didn’t even know the thing existed until today. This trailer looks terrible – but the film does feature the mighty David Duchovny. Will that be [...]

September 29, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Gut-Wrenching Image Of Sean Pertwee From DOG SOLDIERS

Neil Marshall’s 2002 werewolf horror, Dog Soldiers is an exceptionally refreshing slice of horror cinema. The set-up is classic: Zulu meets Aliens with werewolves – and it’s every bit as good as you would expect. Funny and scary, this was a [...]

September 29, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Philippe Mora’s THE BEAST WITHIN

The Beast Within is a bizarro 1982 horror film that shows that sometimes Hollywood studios have the cajones to release crazy horror films. To be fair the studio was United Artists and they were probably too preoccupied with watching the budget well [...]

September 28, 2020

Blu-ray Review: CIRCUS OF HORRORS Has Big Top Thrills & Horror Chills

Circus of Horrors is a gloriously grotesque British horror film from 1960. The Sidney Hayers directed film is part of what film critic David Pirie called Anglo-Amalgamated’s “Sadian trilogy” (the other two films were Horrors of the [...]

September 26, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Brian Yuzna’s SOCIETY

Brian Yuzna’s Society plays like a warped episode of Beverly Hills 90210 directed by David Cronenberg. It’s a paranoid body-horror filled with black comedy and gruesome practical effects. It’s icky, creepy and funny yet it lacks any real [...]

September 25, 2020

New COVID-19 Restrictions See Arrow Video FrightFest Go Digital For October 2020

The newly announced COVID-19 restrictions in the UK means that Arrow Video FrightFest planned physical event at the Cineworld, Leicester Square has been cancelled – and that a digital edition will now run over the same days – from [...]

September 24, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Douglas Schulze’s DARK FIELDS

We live in a world where horror films are seen as an inexpensive and simple product for filmmakers to make and market – and because of this, the quality of such entertainment is often questionable at best. What director Douglas Schulze has managed [...]

September 22, 2020

Notebook Reviews: VIRUS

John Bruno – 1999 Virus is a highly derivative sci-fi/horror which hardly breaks new ground – but having said that, it’s schlocky B-movie fun. A cross between Alien, Terminator and Deep Rising, the film is directed by former [...]

September 22, 2020

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