horror

Uncovering Curiosities: Dan Rickard’s DARKEST DAY

2015’s Darkest Day is a micro- budget British zombie movie (apparently it cost less than £1000) that manages to overcome any financial limitations to be an enjoyable romp with enough visual pizazz to make it worth the time of genre fans. [...]

September 20, 2020

Arrow Video FrightFest Announces Line-Up For October 2020 Cineworld Event

After going digital for its usual August event due to COVID-19, Arrow Video FrightFest will be back at the Cineworld Leicester Square from October 22 – 25, 2020. The event will feature 34 films and take place over three screens. It will feature [...]

September 19, 2020

Blu-ray Review: BRAIN DEAD Is A Quirky Cult Horror Classic From Director Adam Simon

Director Adam Simon‘s Brain Dead is a gloriously mind-bending delight. A brain-scratcher of a psychological horror, the 1990 film is gory, funny and weirdly complex – especially considering it comes from legendary schlockmeister Roger [...]

September 17, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Michael O’Shea’s THE TRANSFIGURATION

The most refreshing vampire film since Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In, 2016’s The Transfiguration is a wonderfully low-fi horror film which adds a lot of interesting elements to a genre which is almost as old as cinema itself. This [...]

September 16, 2020

Ruben Pla’s Horror Doc THE HORROR CROWD To Play GRIMMFEST 2020

Movies In Focus really enjoyed Ruben Pla’s The Horror Crowd when it played at Fright Fest. The documentary takes a look at the filmmakers behind film’s darkest genre and it features the likes of Mike Mendez (Don’t Kill It), Lin Shaye [...]

September 13, 2020

Clip From Forthcoming Horror Movie Remix MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

Movies In Focus really enjoyed director Douglas Schulze’s Mimesis: Nosferatu when I caught it back in 2018. It’s a sequel to 2011’s Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, a low budget horror which took George Romero’s Night Of The [...]

September 12, 2020

TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA To Open Arrow Video FrightFest In October 2020

Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula, the sequel to 2016’s cracking zombie flick Train To Busan is set to open this year’s Arrow Video FrightFest. The Koren horror will be shown on 11 October across three screens at the Cineworld, Leicester [...]

September 11, 2020

Trailer For Horror Film THE CURSE OF AUDREY EARNSHAW

Movies In Focus caught The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw when it played at the Fantasia Festival in 2020. The horror film from writer-director Thomas Robert Lee is a well acted genre piece which starts slow but it gains momentum as it goes along, [...]

September 11, 2020

Fun Trailer For Body-Swap Horror-Comedy FREAKY Starring Vince Vaughn & Kathryn Newton

Going by this trailer for horror-comedy Freaky, Vince Vaughn appears to have had a lot fun making it. The body-swap pic from director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) looks like an absolute blast – and that’s coming from a cinematic [...]

September 11, 2020

Second Sight Films To Release A Remastered Version Of George A. Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD With A Mind-Boggling Array Of Extras

The brilliant Second Sight Films is giving George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead a fantastic new home entertainment release. And when I say a fantastic release – I really mean FANTASTIC. Painstakingly restored, Romero’s horror [...]

September 9, 2020

Respect To Tod Browning’s DRACULA

Tod Browning’s 1931 film, Dracula kick-started Hollywood’s fascination with horror. Almost 100 years on and the adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel remains the quintessential vampire film. The massive success of the Bela Lugosi starrer [...]

September 7, 2020

Neil Marshall’s DOG SOLDIERS Gets A New 4K Restoration – And A Re-Release!

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

September 7, 2020

Behind The Scenes: John Carpenter Directing Adrienne Barbeau On The Set Of THE FOG

John Carpenter’s 1980 release, The Fog has much to offer genre fans, including nods and winks to other horror films.Many of characters in the film are references to Carpenter’s previous work – Nick Castle (Michael Myers in Halloween and [...]

September 6, 2020

Fantasia Festival Review: THE CURSE OF AUDREY EARNSHAW Walks Familiar But Intriguing Territory

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is a curious horror film from writer-director Thomas Robert Lee. It’s a well acted genre piece which starts slow but it gains momentum as it goes along, offering-up enough intrigue to keep its audience interested. In [...]

September 5, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Axelle Carolyn’s SOULMATE

Nobody really makes old fashioned haunted house films about ghosts anymore. It’s something of a lost art. We have our fair share of found footage movies and gore filled sequels, but the basic concept of a haunted house without some sort of gimmick [...]

September 5, 2020

Paying Respect To James Whale’s THE OLD DARK HOUSE

Director James Whale followed-up the huge success of Frankenstein in 1931 with another Universal Pictures chiller, The Old Dark House. Based on J.B Priestly’s novel Benighted, the pre-code 1932 horror-thriller is a wonderfully atmospheric [...]

September 5, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Mike Flanagan’s ABSENTIA

Absentia is an intriguing low budget horror film that raises some interesting questions. Mike Flanagan’s film was originally funded by a Kickstarter campaign and while it might not be slick it does feature enough strong images to help it [...]

September 2, 2020

Fantasia Festival Review: THE DARK AND THE WICKED Is One Of The Best Horror Films Of The Year

Bryan Bertino’s The Dark And The Wicked is a film constructed from creepy atmosphere and and honest of emotion. A family drama enshrouded in a dark cloak, the film is an intelligent horror which is as much about the loss of parents as it is about [...]

September 1, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead’s RESOLUTION

Reviewing films can be a chore. There, I said it. It becomes difficult when you see a lot of films that are (to be polite about it) substandard. Productions big and small have many problems and it gets frustrating when you see so many wasted [...]

September 1, 2020

Review: THE HORROR CROWD Talks To The Filmmakers Behind The Horror Genre

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 [...]

August 30, 2020

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