horror

DVD Review: WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS – A Vampire Comedy That Doesn’t Suck

What We Do In The Shadows is a a New Zealand comedy written and directed by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. The ‘mockumentary’ follows the lives of four vampires: Viago (Waiyiti), Vladislav (Clement), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) and Petyr (Ben [...]

March 30, 2015

Corking Trailer For Arnold Schwarzenegger Zombie Drama MAGGIE

I’ve been pretty thrilled with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie choices ever since he left public office. The box office of these may not be huge – but he’s been turning in some great performances (the best of his career) in Escape Plan, [...]

March 26, 2015

DVD Review: Learn Another 26 Ways To Die In THE ABCs OF DEATH 2

Anthology sequel The ABCs Of Death 2 ups the comedy quota from the original ABCs of Death and lowers the amount of horror. However you can rest assured that things are kept incredibly bloody. Like the first film, this features 26 short films based [...]

March 21, 2015

DVD Review: A HAUNTING AT SILVER FALLS Dives Straight Into Horror Clichés

It must be incredibly difficult being a filmmaker who is trying to make a unique voice within the horror genre, knowing that nearly every original plot concept has already been covered. Brett Donowho seems to know this with A Haunting At Silver [...]

March 14, 2015

Trailer: Gothic Horror CRIMSON PEAK Could Be Guillermo del Toro’s Biggest Hit Yet

Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak looks like the perfect meshing of his low budget horror and his big budget creature sensibilities. This stunning looking gothic horror from Legendary Pictures could be del Toro’s biggest box office hit yet. [...]

February 17, 2015

DVD Review: THE BABADOOK Draws On The Rich History Of Horror Cinema

The Babadook draws on the rich history of horror cinema, delivering thoughtful scares and strong imagery to create one of the finest genre films in recent years – even the mighty William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist came out and praised [...]

February 13, 2015

POLTERGEIST Gets The Horror Remake Treatment Along With A New Trailer And Poster

Poltergeist is a seminal horror film which people have a lot of affection for. I don’t know if you would call it a classic but you could say that it’s as well loved as a horror movie gets. Over thirty years have passed since Tobe Hopper’s [...]

February 7, 2015

The Trailer Arrives For IT FOLLOWS – Will The Horror Film Live Up To The Hype?

Horror flick It Follows is gaining serious buzz on the genre scene. Writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s film starring Maika Monroe made its debut in Cannes last year and it finally hits screens in the UK and Ireland on 27 February. It looks [...]

January 24, 2015

DVD Review: DELIVER US FROM EVIL Is An Exorcism Movie With A Difference

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer was playing in the Disney sandbox for too long. He got comfortable making family friendly movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lone Ranger which made a lot of money but there was a feeling that Bruckheimer was [...]

January 17, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Vincent Price In Six Gothic Edgar Allan Poe Tales From Roger Corman

This exquisite box set gathers together six of Vincent Price’s iconic collaborations with Roger Corman. These films saw the pair adapt a series of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories for the screen and you won’t find a better example of ‘60s horror [...]

December 7, 2014

Blu-ray Review: LORD OF ILLUSIONS Features A Tamer Version Of Clive Barker’s Vision

Merging S&M with the horror and fantasy genres with the likes of Hellraiser and Candyman, Barker has delivered his own unique spin on horror, coming across as a mix of H.P Lovecraft, Stephen King and Francis Bacon. As a writer, director and [...]

November 22, 2014

DVD Review: THE CABIN Holds Its Own In The Horror Genre Delivering Scares And A Good Story

I’ve seen enough horror films to know what works and what doesn’t. There’s a fine line to walk between keeping the genre’s tropes and cliches and filmmakers have to work very hard to keep things feeling fresh. Writer/director/star Matt [...]

November 22, 2014

Blu-ray Review: THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 40th Anniversary Restoration

Remade, sequelised, prequelised but never bettered, Tobe Hopper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a legendary entry in the horror movie cannon. Gritty, creepy and darkly comic, Hooper’s film is all about primal terror. The fear of the unknown [...]

November 17, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Robert Englund In Gaston Leroux’s PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

This 1989 version of Phantom Of The Opera starring Nightmare In Elm Street’s Robert Englund is a handsomely produced and surprisingly faithful adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic tale. Englund is Erik Destler, a composer cursed with a [...]

November 17, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Burt Lancaster And Michael York Star In H.G. Wells’ THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU

This 1977 screen adaptation of HG Wells’ famed 1896 novel is a wonderful piece of horror–sci-fi cinema from the iconic masters of schlock at American International Pictures. Director Don Taylor’s film has the perfect pace to tell this [...]

November 8, 2014

The First Look At Kurt Russell In Horror-Western BONE TOMAHAWK

We’ve finally got our first look at Kurt Russell in S.Craig Zahler’s western Bone Tomahawk thanks to EW. Russell hasn’t starred in a western since Tombstone, which was way back in 1993, although he’ll also be getting in the [...]

November 4, 2014

Interview: TREEHOUSE Director Michael Bartlett Shares His Top Ten Movie Making Tips

Treehouse was a highly impressive horror film that surpassed all exceptions, coming across as The Goonies meets Halloween. Movies In Focus reached-out to the film’s director Michael Bartlett to discuss his Top Ten Moviemaking Tips. Bartlett seems [...]

October 31, 2014

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