horror

Obituary: Texas Chainsaw Massacre Director Dies – Tobe Hooper 1943 – 2017

Tobe Hooper changed cinema forever with 1974’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Not only is the film one of the great films within the horror genre, but the title also entered the general lexicon, conjuring-up a million horrific images (even if the film [...]

August 28, 2017

New Mayhem Film Festival Titles: ZEPPELIN VS PTERODACTYLS, HABIT And MAYHEM

The Mayhem Film Festival continues to announce titles – this week comes news that Joe Lynch’s Mayhem (fitting) and Simeon Halligan’s Habit will screen at the event (with a post-screening Q&A) alongside a live reading of the [...]

August 26, 2017

Review: EAT LOCALS Is A Brit Horror Film For The Brexit Era

Having made a successful career propping a selection of Brit-flicks and blockbusters, Jason Flemyng makes his directorial debut with Eat Locals, a horror-comedy with an impressive line-up in front of the camera. The Lock Stock And Two Smoking [...]

August 24, 2017

Blu-ray Review: THE TRANSFIGURATION Is An Exceptional Low-Fi Vampire Film

The most refreshing vampire film since Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In in 2008, 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 [...]

August 15, 2017

MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL Announces Its First Three Titles

The Mayhem Film Festival is gearing-up for its 13th year (unlucky for some, very lucky for others) and it has announced the first three films which will be screening at the event. As per usual for Mayhem, the titles are an eclectic mix for the [...]

August 12, 2017

Celebrate 60 Years Of Hammer Horror

Readers of Movies in Focus will know that I have a huge appreciation for Hammer Horror movies. The films from the British horror studio have a style of their own and they dripped with a wonderful gothic atmosphere. Hammer’s first horror film [...]

August 5, 2017

Review: HOUNDS OF LOVE Is A Violent Antipodean Thriller

Maybe don’t think Kate Bush though Hounds Of Love is a dark and violent Antipodean thriller that will probably send you Running Up That Hill, Breathing heavily and maybe screaming Babooshka! This pic wasn’t made for The Man With The Child In His [...]

July 27, 2017

Book Review: HORROR CINEMA Is A Book You Must Own!

Horror Cinema from Taschen is a book that all cinefiles must own. This is often said, but it’s really true this time around. It’s imperative that this 640 page book has a place on your book-shelf. The volume is a wonderful overview of the [...]

July 15, 2017

JIGSAW Is Back: Poster For Eighth Film In The SAW Franchise

Movies In Focus was never a big fan of the Saw franchise, but here we are as the 8th instalment in the series is preparing to hit screens. This latest film, titled Jigsaw after the villain of the previous efforts (numbers and numerals are so [...]

July 11, 2017

John Carpenter Develops TALES FOR A HALLOWEEN NIGHT And NIGHTSIDE

John Carpenter has closed a development deal with Universal Cable Productions to executive produce ‘scripted programming’ for the company. First-up is Tales For A Halloween Night, a horror show for SyFy based on Carpenter’s graphic-novel [...]

July 8, 2017

Blu-ray Review: James Brolin And Margot Kidder Discover THE AMITYVILLE HORROR

The Amityville Horror is the now infamous 1979 fright pic based on the so-called true events which occurred in 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville New York in 1974. It follows George and Kathy Lutz (James Brolin and Margot Kidder), a young couple who move [...]

June 27, 2017

Tales IN The Crypt! M.Night Shyamalan’s TALES FROM THE CRYPT Reboot Is Dead

Movies In Focus had been looking forward to M.Night Shyamalan’s Tales From The Crypt reboot – but it looks like I’m going to have to wait a little longer. A hell of a lot longer in fact! In an interview with Deadline, TNT [...]

June 3, 2017

Welcome To The DARK UNIVERSE

I have to admit that this is giving Movies In Focus a little tingle. I’ve been craving a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters since Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy hit screens back in 1999 and now I’m getting it – with a [...]

May 22, 2017

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: HARD TIMES, LITTLE DEAD ROTTING HOOD, XX, TWO RODE TOGETHER & MY LITTLE SISTER

A selection of new blu-ray and DVD releases. This time around: Charles Bronson and James Coburn fall on Hard Times; Little Dead Rotting Hood isn’t afraid of the big bad wolf; XX offers up four different types of horror, James Stewart and [...]

May 14, 2017

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: ARRIVAL, HOUSE: THE COLLECTION, THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, TOMBOY & More

A selection of new blu-ray and DVD releases. This time around: Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner prepare for an Arrival, Hailee Steinfeld is on The Edge Of Seventeen, Arrow Films presents House: The Collection, Michelle Rodriguez is given a (Re) [...]

April 8, 2017

The Poster For Tom Cruise’s THE MUMMY Unwraps

‘Show me the Mummy. Mummy: Impossible’ – I’ve used these jokes (but not The Color of Mummy), but I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to Tom Cruise‘s The Mummy. This is the summer blockbuster that I [...]

April 6, 2017

Another Great Trailer For Tom Cruise’s THE MUMMY

Movies In Focus is usually the first to lambast big budget action movies based on their trailers. However, I’m really liking what I see from The Mummy. Maybe it’s the Tom Cruise factor, or maybe it’s my love of old horror movies [...]

April 3, 2017

Introducing The First Trailer For The Big Screen Adaptation Of Stephen King’s IT

By the look of this first teaser trailer, it would seem that Andrés Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King‘s It nails the tone of the novel and manages to tap into that post Stranger Things ‘kids against the mysterious [...]

March 29, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Joe Dante’s Werewolf Classic THE HOWLING

1981 was a wonderful year for werewolf films. The year saw the release of John Landis’ An American Werewolf In London, Michael Wadleigh’s Wolfen and Joe Dante’s The Howling. Landis’ film was the bigger hit of the three and Wolfen has [...]

March 9, 2017

Blu-ray Review: It’s One Bloody Commute On The TRAIN TO BUSAN

It might sound like hyperbole, but Train To Busan is the best zombie movie since Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later. The South Korean horror sees a father (Gong Yoo) and daughter (Kin Su-an) struggling to get to Busan by train in the middle of a zombie [...]

February 26, 2017

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