horror

DVD Review: Adrien Brody And Sam Neill Star In Atmospheric Chiller BACKTRACK

Writer-director Michael Petroni’s Backtrack is a surprising horror movie that’s much better than a lot of recent genre releases. This well-acted Australian chiller stars Adrien Brody as a psychologist who must face past demons in order to solve [...]

March 6, 2016

THE WITCH Featurette

The Witch is a corker – and here’s a behind the scenes featurette for Robert Eggers’ supernatural horror. Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson star in the film which is out [...]

February 24, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Have A Horrific Fall Break With THE MUTILATOR

The Mutilator (aka Fall Break) is a 1984 slasher film directed by Buddy Cooper and John Douglass. It might not be one of the genre’s best entries but it has a few good moments to keep old-school schlock fans happy though the casual viewer might [...]

February 21, 2016

First Look At New UK Slasher Movie FOX TRAP

Fox Trap is a new UK slasher movie that has just wrapped shooting. Jamie Weston directs this horror that harks back to classic genre movies like Curtains, Black Christmas and House on Sorority Row. Here’s the synopsis: After a terrible accident [...]

February 17, 2016

Trailer For Austrian Horror GOODNIGHT MOMMY

The horror genre is on a major upswing these days, with some great movies hitting screens over the last couple of years. Another interesting one coming down the pike is Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Goodnight Mommy. Check out the trailer: In [...]

February 13, 2016

Believe The Hype: New Trailer For THE WITCH

The truth is: The Witch is not that scary. However, that doesn’t stop it from being a terrific horror film. The atmospheric tale might even be better than recent top-grade chillers like It Follows and The Babadook. I caught Robert [...]

February 2, 2016

Blu-ray Review: M.NIGHT Shyamalan’s THE VISIT: It’s Not A Return To Form – But It’s A Start

M.Night Shyamalan’s The Visit is something of an improvement over his last few films but it fails to deliver on the mastery that he showed with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and The Village. That was a fantastic run of features and while [...]

January 9, 2016

DVD Review: Belfast Shot Horror THE BLOOD HARVEST Is An Entertaining Genre Movie

The Blood Harvest hits all the right low budget horror marks. George Clark’s blends a lot of different elements together to deliver an entertaining sci-fi mystery. Obsessive Detective Jack Chaplin (Robert Render) is searching for a serial killer [...]

December 14, 2015

Blu-ray Review: A Great Cast & Jack Cardiff’s Glorious Cinematography Make GHOST STORY A Must-See

They don’t make them like Ghost Story anymore. This 1981 horror has a cast of Hollywood greats (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and John Houseman) playing an elderly gentlemen’s group haunted by a deep dark secret. This [...]

December 9, 2015

DVD Review: VAMPIRES Isn’t A Bloodless Low Budget Horror Movie

Vampire movies have been with cinema since its inception. Good, bad and indifferent, there have been so many over the years that you sometimes can’t even tell if the next one will be great or a total waste of time. It’s a difficult horror [...]

December 6, 2015

A Look Inside KRAMPUS; Will Anyone Answer The Nottingham Question?

Krampus is a Christmas horror – like the type they used to make way back then (think Gremlins). Michael Dougherty’s flick looks like it might deliver some fun thrills in this period of prestige pics. The main question is why is UK City [...]

December 2, 2015

Blu-ray Review: MAGGIE Is A Great Zombie Film With A Mesmerising Arnold Schwarzenegger Performance

Henry Hobson’s Maggie is a superb zombie movie with a twist. This Arnold Schwarzenegger film isn’t The Walking Dead or 28 Days Later – it’s a low-key drama with a fantastic performance from Arnold Schwarzenegger. This film might star the [...]

November 28, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Rock Hudson Is A Man With A Secret In John Frankenheimer’s SECONDS

John Frankenheimer’s Seconds is a wonderfully oblique paranoia thriller with a career best performance from Rock Hudson. Dark and thought-provoking, this is the type of movie that led to Hollywood’s hard-edged cinematic output of the 1970s. [...]

November 21, 2015

Poster For Fascinating Horror THE WITCH

Movies In Focus caught The Witch at the Mayhem film festival in Nottingham and it stood out as a smart and entertaining horror that had a lot of great elements (it’s actually much more than simply a ‘horror’). Here’s a poster for the film [...]

November 14, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Nicolas Cage Stars In Supernatural Thriller PAY THE GHOST

Nicolas Cage turns his hand to the supernatural thriller with Pay The Ghost. This Uli Edel directed effort is a solid enough fright pic with some good atmosphere, but it loses steam towards the last act. Cage plays Mike Lawford, a professor whose [...]

October 25, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Arrow Films Unleashes HELLRAISER: THE SCARLET BOX LIMITED EDITION TRILOGY

Arrow Films offers horror fans a delicious package with Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box Limited Edition Trilogy. This four disc set delves deep into the origins of the the iconic franchise offering up remastered visuals and a tremendous set of extras [...]

October 25, 2015

The Movies In Focus Recap Of MAYHEM 2015

Mayhem 2015 delivered beyond expectations. The horror/sci-fi festival at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema offered-up a wide selection of genre movies as well as a live reading of the lost Hammer film, The Unquenchable Thirst Of Dracula. Movies in [...]

October 25, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Peter Cushing And Christopher Lee Tackle THE SKULL

They don’t make movies like The Skull anymore. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee top-line this 1965 British horror that sees Cushing’s occult collector acquire the skull of the Marquis de Sade – but the evil relic soon takes on a life of [...]

October 18, 2015

Teaser Trailer For Christmas-Set Horror GOOD TIDINGS

Back in July Movies In Focus brought you news of Good Tidings, a Christmas-set horror movie with a 2016 release. Now we get our first glimpse of the flick, which aims to riff on classic genre movies like Black Christmas, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw [...]

October 18, 2015

Get Ready For A Fairy Tale Nightmare With The Poster For LITTLE DEAD ROTTINGHOOD

Movies In Focus has been keeping you up-to-date on horror flick Little Red Rottinghood – now here’s the first poster for the Jared Cohn directed movie starring Bianca A. Santos. The synopsis: The residents of a small town discover that [...]

October 17, 2015

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