horror

Man Is The Warmest Place To Hide In John Carpenter’s THE THING

If tension is your thing, then John Carpenter’s remake of the 1951 B-movie The Thing From Another World will fit the bill. The Thing’s paranoia-fuelled sci-fi/horror is exceptional in every way and the snowy landscape creates a wonderful [...]

May 11, 2020

Throwback Short Film: CATCALLS

Writer/director Kate Dolan’s 2018 film Catcalls is a punchy short, well put together and loaded with subtext about sexual harassment. A series of events take place after a man decides to flast two girls when out for an evening ride. Running [...]

May 11, 2020

Nicolas Roeg, Donald Sutherland And Julie Christie On The Set Of DON’T LOOK NOW

Nicolas Roeg’s screen adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s short story, Don’t Look Now brings together a lot of wonderful elements to deliver one of the great films of the 1970s. Gothic horror, thriller, drama, religious iconography, loss [...]

May 9, 2020

Throwback Short Film: SALT

Rob Savage’s Salt packs a hell of a punch in the space of just two minutes. The set-up is simple: Alice Lowe is the mother protecting her daughter (Beau Gadsdon) from an evil, salt-hating demon. It’s tense [...]

May 9, 2020

Doctor Sleep Filmmaker Bringing Stephen King’s REVIVAL To The Screen

Doctor Sleep writer/director Mike Flanagan is adapting Stephen King novel, Revival for the big screen. The 2014 book is one of King’s finest works over the last decade, and it follows the relationship between a minister and musician as [...]

May 9, 2020

Watch F.W. Murnau’s Legendary Vampire Film NOSFERATU Online Now

If you’re looking to fill some gaps in your film knowledge during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 shutdown, then you might want to watch F.W. Murnau’s legendary Nosferatu. The public domain film is available online for free. Murnau’s silent [...]

May 1, 2020

Throwback Short Film: V

Jimmy Dean’s, V is a 10 minute drama which sees Synnøve Karlsen play a teenager, isolated from her friends and getting over a failed relationship. She also happens to be a [...]

May 1, 2020

Watch The Trailer For GRIZZLY II: REVENGE Starring George Clooney, Laura Dern & Charlie Sheen!

After nearly 40 years, Grizzly II: Revenge has finally been completed. The never released sequel to the 1976 horror film Grizzly was filming in Hungary in 1983 when the project fell apart after one of the money men walked away. [...]

April 30, 2020

Throwback Short Film: THE STYLIST

Jill Gervargizian’s The Stylist is a highly effective short film, filled with dark humour, impressive visuals and strong production design. Lasting just under 15 minutes, the quirky thriller features a wonderfully balanced performance from [...]

April 30, 2020

Throwback Short Film: HEARTLESS

Loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe‘s The Tell-Tale Heart, writer-director Kevin Sluder’s directorial debut, Heartless might only last 12 minutes but it packs enough visceral punch to make each of those minutes count. Stacy Snyder is [...]

April 29, 2020

Road To Hell: Halloween’s David Gordon Green Taking HELLRAISER To HBO

Horrormeister Clive Barker‘s Hellraiser continues to impress more than thirty years on. Barker’s own 1987 adaptation of his novella The Hellbound Heart offers-up a baroque gothic horror wrapped within the confines of a warped family [...]

April 28, 2020

Throwback Short Film: CRESWICK

Natalie Erika James’ Creswick is a short film with layers. A two-hander, this Australian film about a father and daughter is loaded with atmosphere and [...]

April 28, 2020

Nevermore: Vincent Price & Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations

Vincent Price’s velvet tones have never been better than when he worked with famed schlockmeister Roger Corman. Price added a sense of class to the horror genre and Corman’s films in particular. On occasion the actor could swerve into camp [...]

April 27, 2020

True Terror: Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre came out of nowhere in 1974, terrifying audiences with its deranged characters and iconic villain Leatherface. Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper’s film was loosely inspired by Ed Gein, the real-life killer [...]

April 26, 2020

Throwback Short Film: CREEPING THIRST

Creeping Thirst is a great little horror film, which manages to balance the scares with a good amount of comedy. This 2007 short is much better than most feature length vampire films that have been released over the last ten or fifteen years. [...]

April 24, 2020

Throwback Short Film: WEE GEE

Wee Gee (Ouiji, geddit?) is an incredibly well shot little horror film from 2007 which does a very good job of building tension considering its brief running time. Directed by Ashley C. Beech, the film tells the tale of a group of teenagers [...]

April 22, 2020

Review: CORONA ZOMBIES – Bad Taste Or Just Good Fun?

The ridiculously prolific low-budget schlockmeister Charles Band and his Full Moon Features shingle has managed to produce and release a whole movie since the Coronavirus/COVID-19 shutdown. On the surface Corona Zombies appears like a hugely [...]

April 21, 2020

Rent Fangoria’s Raucous Horror-Comedy PORNO For Half-Price On iTunes

Movies In Focus had a great time with Fangoria’s Porno, ‘saying that it’s filled with the sort of raucous and filthy humour which made comedy films like American Pie and Superbad so successful, Porno really pushes the boundaries [...]

April 18, 2020

Second Sight Films Brings Us THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES Blu-ray

Director Roger Corman had an incredibly strong run of movies throughout the 1960s. On top of his brilliant Vincent Price/Edgar Allan Poe collaborations was the horror/sci-fi, The Man With The X-Ray Eyes. Released in 1963, the Ray Milland starrer [...]

April 15, 2020

Relax! Boris Karloff Taking It Easy On The Set Of FRANKENSTEIN

This image showing Boris Karloff relaxing on the set of Frankenstein is probably one of the great all-time on-set photographs. It’s Karloff’s full make-up and costume that sells it, along with the way in he is holding his teacup and [...]

April 13, 2020

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