horror

Blu-ray Review: TALES OF HALLOWEEN Is A Satisfying Horror Anthology Collection

Tales Of Halloween takes eleven of today’s best genre filmmakers and offers them the chance to let their talent and imagination run wild in a horror anthology movie. Ten short films over the course of 90 minutes seems like a lot, but these are [...]

October 28, 2016

DVD Review: OBSERVANCE Is An Intriguing Psychological Chiller

Observance is an atmospheric Australian (although US-set) chiller from director Joseph Sims-Dennett. It follows Parker (Lindsay Farris), a private detective on a well paying gig as he keeps an eye on a woman (Stephanie King) from the building across [...]

October 15, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Prepare To Be Slimed With SLUGS

The type of horror film that could only have been made in the 1980s, Slugs might be filled with bad acting, but a lot of effort has been put into this schlocky Spanish/American flick from cult director Juan Piquer Simón. Slugs is a far-fetched [...]

October 11, 2016

DVD Review: Slimy Horror Flick BITE Starts Off Shaky But Finds Its Feet

Bite starts with a group of women on holiday in Costa Rica – and I almost automatically gave up on it. It was filmed in a hand-held, ‘found footage’ style and I’ve seen more than enough of those types of films to last me a lifetime. [...]

October 11, 2016

Go BEYOND THE WOODS With This New Irish Horror Film

You know that Movies In Focus loves to champion low budget films (especially Irish ones). Therefore it’s fun to present this new trailer and poster for Sean Breathnach’s horror, Beyond the Woods. The synopsis: Written and directed by [...]

October 4, 2016

Submissions Open For New UK Horror Festival TRIPLE SIX

Sign Movies In Focus up for the new Manchester based Triple Six Film Festival – which is now open for submissions! Here’s the official word: The event is the brainchild of Andy Deen (owner of UK Horror Scene) and Chris Barnes (owner [...]

September 14, 2016

Interesting Trailer For Horror TALES OF POE

Movies In Focus has a keen interest in the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. I’m always on the lookout for a good adaptation of the horror writer’s work and I couldn’t have been more thrilled when the trailer for Tales Of Poe hit my [...]

September 12, 2016

Unleash The Terror: The Line-Up For The 2016 MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL

Movies In Focus is a huge admirer of the Mayhem Film Festival. The festival, which is the brain-child of Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil is a great horror-tinged festival held every October at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema. Each year it manages to [...]

September 10, 2016

DVD Review: Something Strange Is Going On In The Bathroom With The Quirky CURTAIN

Sometimes the simple ideas are the best. Take Curtain (aka The Gateway) by Jaron Henrie-McCrea, a sci-fi-horror that sees Danni (Danni Smith), a nurse move into a New York apartment only to discover that her shower curtain keeps going missing. [...]

August 15, 2016

DVD Review: LAST GIRL STANDING Adds Something Fresh To The Slasher Movie

Horror movies have certain beats and certain rhythms that audiences have come to expect. One of these traditions is that any slasher movie usually ends with one final female who manages to escape the killer’s grasp. This is where [...]

July 28, 2016

Blu-ray Review: SATAN’S BLADE Is A Forgotten 1980s Horror

Satan’s Blade is a long forgotten horror that was first released in 1984. This low budget exploitation from writer/producer/director L. Scott Castillo Jr is jammed packed with genre tropes and bad performances. It’s enjoyable in a so bad it’s [...]

July 5, 2016

DVD Review: Horror Pic VISIONS Fails To Impress Despite An Eclectic Cast

Visions is the latest film from horror conveyor belt Blumhouse Productions. Unfortunately it’s not the best or most original fright pic to come out of the horror shingle. The biggest plus for this movie is that it attempts to do something new with [...]

June 19, 2016

John Carpenter Reunites With Michael Myers For Tenth HALLOWEEN Movie

Sometimes the world of movie news can hit you sideways. I can only guess nobody saw John Carpenter’s return to the world of Halloween coming (I know I didn’t). Admittedly Carpenter won’t be directing the 10th film in the long-running [...]

May 24, 2016

CELL Trailer With John Cusack & Samuel L Jackson; Movies In Focus Always Has Time For Stephen King

Movies In Focus has a huge personal connection to Stephen King and his work (it’s a long story, drop me an email if you want to know). That means his books, stories and any adaptation of his work gets bumped to the top of the [...]

April 27, 2016

Blu-ray Review: BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR Is Preposterous Fun

Bride of Re-Animator is a preposterous but fun follow-up to Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator (read the Movies In Focus review). This time Brian Yuzna takes the helm (he also produces and co-writes) which sees doctor buddies Herbert West (Jeffery Combs) [...]

April 16, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Return To The ‘80s With Creature Features GHOULIES And GHOULIES 2

The 1980s was a bizarre time for horror as a genre as it often crashed head-on into comedy to deliver a lot of weird, wonderful and often terrible movies. Straddling all three on different levels is the Ghoulies franchise. Hitting the screens in [...]

April 10, 2016