horror

Not To Be Overlooked: Trailer For Stephen King Adaptation DOCTOR SLEEP

The Shining is one of the great Stephen King books and Stanley Kubrick’s film is one of the finest adaptations of a King novel – even though it’s not a true adaptation of the book. Doctor Sleep, the follow-up novel to The Shining is an [...]

June 15, 2019

Do Look Now: Remastered DON’T LOOK NOW Returns To The Big Screen Before Hitting DVD & Blu-ray

Don’t Look Now, based on Daphne du Maurier’s short story is a stunningly shot horror/thriller from 1973. The film follows a couple, John and Laura Baxter (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) as they try to rebuild their lives following the [...]

June 10, 2019

Early Bird Passes For MAYHEM 2019 On Sale – Festival Now Accepting Short Film Submissions

Early bird passes are now on sale for the Mayhem Film Festival. The festival, based at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema is usually a wonderfully rich selection of genre movies and I expect this year to include more of the same. The 2019 festival [...]

June 9, 2019

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 [...]

February 23, 2019

Mayhem Film Festival Announces Dates For 2019

The Mayhem Film Festival will be back in 2019. The Nottingham-based genre film festival will return to Broadway Cinema from 10 to 13 October 2019. So clear your diary, make your plans and get ready to embrace some of the strangest movies [...]

February 21, 2019

Are You Ready For SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK?

Produced by Guillermo del Toro, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, is a horror anthology movie aimed at kids. I imagine it’s sort of a gateway drug to hook kids into the horror genre. This looks to have the look and feel of an [...]

February 17, 2019

Check Out Director Jimmy Dean’s Vampire Short V

Vampire films have been around for decades and nearly every angle has been explored in an attempt to breathe new life into the undead horror sub-genre. However, director Jimmy Dean has managed to craft a fresh take in his short film, V. The 10 [...]

February 16, 2019

Review: CRUCIBLE OF THE VAMPIRE Looks To A Forgotten Era Of British Horror

Iain Ross-McNamee tries to take British horror back to the late 1960s and early 1970s with Crucible of The Vampire, a solid low budget fright pic that has enough atmosphere, quirky performances and mystery to keep you hooked. The ending is a bit of [...]

February 2, 2019

The Nun: Understanding The Conjuring Universe Timeline

Do you remember the first time you came face-to-face with Valak? To celebrate The Nun arriving on Blu-ray, Movies In Focus is taking a look back through The Conjuring Universe timeline to prepare you for its release! Beginning with The Conjuring in [...]

January 14, 2019

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