horror

Fantasia Festival Review: THE MORTUARY COLLECTION Is Ghoulishly Macabre

The Mortuary Collection is an entertaining and darkly comic horror film from writer/director Ryan Spindell. A variation on the Tales From The Crypt type anthology, the film stars Clancy Brown as Montgomery Dark, the ghoulish Mortician in the New [...]

August 29, 2020

Interview: Ruben Pla Discusses THE HORROR CROWD

Actor-turned-director, Ruben Pla’s The Horror Crowd is a hugely entertaining and (strangely) emotional documentary which takes a look at the filmmakers behind film’s darkest genre. As an actor, Pla has starred in such genre films [...]

August 28, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, THE BLACK CAT & THE RAVEN Starring Bela Lugosi

After the success of Dracula in 1931, Bel Lugosi took the lead in a trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations for Universal Pictures. The Murders In The Rue Morgue, The Black Cat and The Raven feature Lugosi at his best and the latter two also feature [...]

August 26, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Mickey Keating’s DARLING

Writer-director Mickey Keating’s Darling is an impressive little psychological horror/thriller with a lot to recommend. Shot in stark black and white, Keating’s 2015 thriller has been compared to Hitchcock and early Polanski, however I feel [...]

August 25, 2020

Who Goes There? Do We Need A New Version Of THE THING From John Carpenter & Blumhouse?

The word on the street is that Blumhouse Productions and the mighty John Carpenter are working on reboot of Carpenter’s classic 1982 horror The Thing. Variety is reporting that the film is in the very early stages and there are [...]

August 25, 2020

TEXAS CHAINSAW Directors Leave After One Week; New Director Hired For Horror Pic

There’s some disappointing news coming in from Bulgaria – directors Andy and Ryan Tohill have departed the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie after just one week of filming. The reason has been cited as ‘creative differences’, as [...]

August 25, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Jeremy Lovering’s IN FEAR

A young couple get lost in the Irish countryside while attempting to find their ‘slice of paradise’ hotel. Their trip then descends into a nightmare as they’re stalked by persons unknown for no apparent reason. That’s the set-up for In Fear, [...]

August 19, 2020

Trailer: Social Media Is A Killer In NO ESCAPE

Few things annoy Movies In Focus like over enthusiastic Vloggers. Therefore, I’m taking quite a bit of pleasure from this trailer for the horror/thriller No Escape (not to be confused with the 2015 Owen Wilson/Pierce Brosnan film). [...]

August 19, 2020

Trailer For Gothic Mystery CARMILLA; Adaptation of J.Sheridan Le Fanu’s Novella Gets A Release Date

Emily Harris makes her solo directorial debut as writer-director with Carmilla, an adaptation of J.Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 novella of the same name. The film, which hits UK and Irish cinemas on 16 October 2020 and VOD from 19 October [...]

August 17, 2020

101 Films Unleashes Cult Horror BRAIN DEAD ON Blu-ray

The mighty 101 Films will release Adam Simon’s Brain Dead on blu-ray for the first time on 28 September 2020. The 1990 cult horror stars Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton and Bud Cort. Based on a story from The Twilight Zone writer Charles Beaumont, [...]

August 14, 2020

Remembering Jan De Bont’s THE HAUNTING

Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson, Catherine Zeta Jones and Lili Taylor top-lined Jan De Bont’s expensive clunker The Haunting in 1999. The film is an adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House and and updated version [...]

August 14, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee Star In THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

It’s Holmes under the Hammer with this 1959 screen adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound Of The Baskervilles. This glorious Hammer production is a faithful adaptation of Doyle’s tale with Peter Cushing and Andre Morell starring [...]

August 11, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Documentary ROOM 237 Delves Into Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining

Fans of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining won’t want to miss Room 237, the documentary detailing the many ‘conspiracy theories’ behind the Stephen King adaptation. The film uses interviews from fans, scholars and journalists who offer up a [...]

August 7, 2020

Trailer: William Shatner & Jeri Ryan Go On A Trek For THE TOMB: DEVIL’S REVENGE

The Shat takes on Satan! The mighty William Shatner stars in horror adventure, The Tomb: Devil’s Revenge, which hits DVD and digital platforms on 14 September 2020. A horror riff billed as ‘The Descent meets The Exorcist, with a dash [...]

August 6, 2020

Trailer: THE HORROR CROWD Looks At The Filmmakers Behind The Darkness

Director Ruben Pla’s documentary The Horror Crowd takes a look at the filmmakers behind our darkest genre. An actor who has starred in films such as Insidious and Contracted, The Horror Crowd marks Pla’s directorial debut. The film [...]

August 5, 2020

Poster & Trailer For Horror/Western THE PALE DOOR

Movies In Focus is getting serious From Dusk Till Dawn vibes from this poster for The Pale Door. The western–horror looks like it might deliver some effect low budget thrills, but I think that the Aaron B. Koontz film won’t be any type [...]

July 29, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Napoleonic Zombie Movie FALLEN SOLDIERS

You have to give it to director Bill Thomas for making period zombie movie Fallen Soldiers. It’s a low budget effort that tries to offer something new to the incredibly popular horror sub-genre. Thomas’ film, Pitched as ‘The Walking Dead meets [...]

July 25, 2020

The Unholy Power Of Richard Donner’s THE OMEN

The Omen saw Richard Donner not only break into the directing A-list, but he also delivered one of the all-time great horror movies. After years of working on television, Donner kick-started his career with the classy 1976 demonic chiller. Gregory [...]

July 17, 2020

MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL Will Be Back For 2020 – But Things Are Going to Be A Little Different For SKELETON MAYHEM!

The global Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the film industry in ways that no one could ever have imagined. It sent ripples of uncertainty around the globe as release dates, events and festivals were cancelled. Finally, it would seem like [...]

July 10, 2020

Leigh Whannell To Direct Ryan Gosling In THE WOLFMAN

After scoring a critical and commercial hit with The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell has now been tapped by Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions to direct the reboot of the 1941 horror classic The Wolfman, which is set to star Ryan Gosling. [...]

July 10, 2020

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