horror

Book Review: FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO GHOST MOVIES

The horror film genre is filled with a variety of different off-shoots, but probably the most important of these is the old-fashioned Ghost Story. It’s an aspect of horror which can be adapted and morphed into whatever type of narrative a [...]

October 1, 2018

Trailer For Netflix’s THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE

Mike Flanagan directs The Haunting of Hill House, the new Netflix series adaptation of Shriley Jackson’s novel. The book has been adapted before – first as Robert Wise’s The Haunting in 1963, and then in 1999 by Jan de Bont (boy, I [...]

September 19, 2018

MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL 2018: The Full Line-Up

The 14th Mayhem Film Festival takes place at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema from 11 to 14 October and the festival will once again unleash an energetic collection of horror and sci-fi movies. It’s a weird and wonderful weekend of wicked [...]

September 5, 2018

Jamie Lee Curtis Is Ready To Protect In The Second HALLOWEEN Trailer

Halloween is nearly here. Jame Lee Cutis is back as Laurie Strode in David Gordon Green’s Halloween reboot/sequel/continuation – which drops on 18 October. Movies In Focus, a long-term John Carpenter fan (the Master Od Horror produces [...]

September 5, 2018

Blu-ray Review: GHOST STORIES

Ghost Stories sees writer-director duo Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson adopt their own stage play for the screen. It’s a fun trifecta of horror tales that sees Hyman himself play Professor Phillip Goodman, a paranormal debunker who takes [...]

September 2, 2018

Blu-ray Review: MISS LESLIE’S DOLLS Is An Oddball Grindhouse Horror

A truly bizarre slice of grindhouse exploitation, Miss Leslie’s Dolls is so out-there that it needs to be seen to be believed. A sort of twisted Psycho remix, Joseph G. Prieto’s horror sees three University students and their teacher [...]

September 2, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Gritty ’70s British Horror-Thriller ASSAULT

Suzy Kendall and Frank Finlay take the lead in Assault, a gritty British horror-thriller from 1971. A vicious sex attacker is prowling the woods near and all-girls school and the only person who can identify him is Kendall’s feisty art [...]

September 2, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Classic Horror THE CHANGELING

Often cited as one of the great horror films of all-time Peter Medak’s The Changeling is one hell of a tense film. George C. Scott plays the grieving composer who rents an old mansion only to discover that he’s not as alone as he [...]

September 2, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Ray Milland Stars In ’70s Giallo THE PYJAMA GIRL CASE

The Italian giallo genre can be hit or miss (for everyone great flick, there’s at least two terrible ones). However, Flavio Mogherini’s The Pyjama Girl Case manages to overcome its limitations to become an enjoyable thriller that sees [...]

September 2, 2018

Trailer For Luca Guadagnino’s SUSPIRIA Is High On Tension

It would seem that Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria remake is going to be incredibly rich (there’s a beautiful ’70s texture to the visuals). The reported 2 1/2 hour running time implies that this will be a tense horror, a slow burner [...]

August 25, 2018

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: READY PLAYER ONE, ISLE OF DOGS, JOURNEYMAN, A QUIET PLACE & More

This time around: Steven Spielberg goes inside the Oasis in Ready Player One, Wes Anderson takes us to the Isle of Dogs, Paddy Considine is a Journeyman, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski go to A Quiet Place, Dwayne Johnson goes on a Rampage and Paul [...]

August 19, 2018

Bite Me: See A Classic Horror Remix In The MIMESIS: NOSFERATU Trailer

Movies In Focus has been writing about Doug Schulze‘s Mimesis: Nosferatu since Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead was released way back in 2012. I’m there for any film which uses F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu as a stepping-off point and [...]

August 18, 2018

Trailer & Poster For Gaspar Noé’s CLIMAX

Ever since it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, The word on the street is that Gaspar Noé’s Climax is balls to the wall insane. All sorts of superlatives have been thrown around since it was screened – I’ve only watched the [...]

August 18, 2018

Horror Bites Back: First Poster For MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

Doug Schulze‘s Mimesis: Nosferatu has been shot and now the fright pic is slowly gearing-up for release. The horror sequel sees a group of students putting on a production of F.W. Murnau’s classic Nosferatu, but things don’t quite [...]

August 14, 2018

DVD Review: It’s Home Alone Meets The Shining In The Nicolas Cage Starrer MOM AND DAD

It’s another week and therefore another movie starring Nicolas Cage, the hardest working man in Hollywood. This time around, Cage is taking us on a comedic-horror journey through suburbia with the entertaining Mom And Dad. Written and directed [...]

July 14, 2018

Fancy Headline Not Needed: Trailer For WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS

Movies In Focus loved The Monster Squad as a kid, admittedly I haven’t seen the film in years – but I want to. This trailer for Wolfman’s Got Nards looks like a massive emotional retrospective doc dealing with fans and their life [...]

July 4, 2018

DVD Review: JACKALS Is Dark, Bloody And Very Entertaining

With an creepy opening ripped straight from John Carpenter’s Halloween (with a touch of Michael Mann’s Manhunter), Jackals gets off to a good start. This home invasion/siege movie gives you everything you could want from a genre film – [...]

June 10, 2018

It’s Time to Go Back To Haddonfield: New HALLOWEEN Trailer Is Here – And It Rocks

The Halloween franchise has had a long and convoluted history, but now David Gordon Green and Danny McBride have cleared the board and reset to near zero (with the help of Jason Blum and John Carpenter). Halloween 2018 pitches itself as the true [...]

June 9, 2018

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: IT CAME FROM THE DESERT, THE MOUNTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD, THE LODGERS & THE MERCY

This time around: There’s B-movie thrills in It Came From The Desert; things get bloody in Mountain Of The Cannibal God; The Lodgers is an Irish ghost story and Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz go to sea in The Mercy. DVD Review: It Came From The [...]

June 6, 2018

Which Witch? Trailer For Luca Guadagnino’s SUSPIRIA Remake

While it doesn’t look much like the original on a visual level, it would seem that Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 Suspiria will have its own fair share of atmosphere. The texture and look of this film looks [...]

June 4, 2018

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