horror

Blu-ray Review: THE COMPLETE DOCTOR PHIBES Is A Phibeulous Set

Deliciously Camp, The Doctor Phibes movies have everything you need for a great Vincent Price experience. 1971’s The Abominable Doctor Phibes sees Price play a horrendously disfigured musical genius seeking revenge of the doctors who failed to [...]

June 8, 2014

Book Review: DOCTOR SLEEP Is Stephen King’s Follow-up To THE SHINING

It was a brave move for Stephen King to write a follow-up to his seminal 1977 novel The Shining. The book (and Stanley Kubrick’s film) have dug deep into horror lore and there’s a weight of expectation resting on Doctor Sleep. It would have been [...]

June 5, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Vincent Price Gets Revenge In THEATRE OF BLOOD

As a horror icon, Vincent Price was beloved by many, however he never felt that he got the respect that he deserved as an actor (he was right – he didn’t). Critics often lambasted Price for his ‘hammy performances’ and this irked Price. [...]

June 1, 2014

DVD Review: WILLOW CREEK Is A Great Found-Footage Horror Film About Bigfoot

I have a strong dislike for found footage horror movies. The sub-genre is a cheap and easy way for directors with small budgets (and no talent) to make films. It’s often used as a way to cover-up gaping plot holes and a poor understanding of [...]

May 26, 2014

Blu-ray Review: THE BEAST WITHIN Is A Bizarro ‘80s Monster Movie

The Beast Within is a bizarro 1982 horror film that shows that sometimes Hollywood studios have the cajones to release crazy horror films. To be fair the studio was United Artists and they were probably too preoccupied with watching the budget well [...]

May 17, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Vincent Price In Edgar Allan Poe’s THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

One of Vincent Price’s legendary collaborations with Roger Corman, The Pit And The Pendulum is a masterclass is how to adapt a short story that isn’t really adaptable. Using Edgar Allan Poe’s story as a launching point, Corman creates a tale [...]

May 17, 2014

DVD Review: HEMLOCK GROVE Season One Is TWIN PEAKS For The TWILIGHT Generation

Hemlock Grove is Twin Peaks for the Twilight generation. That’s a backhanded compliment – but it’s a pretty fair description of Eli Roth’s new Netflix series. The show begins with a gruesome murder and it descends into a whodunit amongst the [...]

April 25, 2014

Blu-ray Review: CARRIE – It Ain’t Subtle

Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie can be accused of many things, subtlety, however is not one of those things. It’s always tough trying to adapt a Stephen King novel for the screen, but it’s even more difficult when that novel has already been adapted [...]

April 19, 2014

DVD Review: ANTISOCIAL Is An Impressive Entry Into The Zombie Canon

Antisocial is a well-crafted modern horror movie that follows a group of friends struggling survive when a zombie-like virus starts to spread across the globe on New Year’s Eve. The friends, trapped in house, follow the outbreak on social media [...]

April 7, 2014

DVD Review: Found Footage British Horror Movie THE BORDERLANDS Impresses

I’m pretty tired of the found footage sub genre that has permeated the horror scene over the last few years. With a few exceptions, this has a pretty atrocious track record. Low budget filmmakers have used the gimmick as a way of covering the [...]

April 5, 2014

DVD Review: Frankenstein Loves His Creation In FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY

The tale of Frankenstein has never been as homoerotic as it is in this 1973 television series. Playing fast and loose with Mary Shelley’s gothic tale, this production adds an interesting spin on the Victor Frankenstein story. This epic two-part [...]

March 15, 2014

DVD Review: Many Face The Mighty Chopper In HATCHET 3

Violent, gory and very tongue-in-cheek – Hatchet 3 is not for the faint hearted. The film follows the police clean-up after the massacre in Hatchet 2, but things don’t go according to plan as Victor Crowley returns from the dead to partake [...]

March 9, 2014

Boycott This Perversion: THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (THE FINAL SEQUENCE)

I’ve watched the first two Human Centipede movies (for review purposes – not for pleasure) and they’re dire, sick, cinematic perversions. I’m not sure who writer/director Tom Six aims these movies at but it’s nobody I know. I do [...]

March 5, 2014

Blu-ray Review: THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT 2: GHOSTS OF GEORGIA

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, which despite what it’s awkward title implies, is a pretty enjoyable horror movie that gives you exactly what you want. The film, based on a true story (aren’t they all?) follows the Wyrick [...]

March 2, 2014

Blu-ray Review: IN FEAR Is A Highly Effective Horror With Fine Performances And Great Tension

A young couple get lost in the Irish countryside while attempting to find their ‘slice of paradise’ hotel. Their trip then descends into a nightmare as they’re stalked by persons unknown for no apparent reason. That’s the set-up for In Fear, [...]

February 27, 2014

Blu-ray Review: The Only Thing To Fear Is NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR Itself

Nothing Left To Fear commits the cardinal sin of horror movies – it just isn’t scary. The film has a few good ideas and it’s quite well acted, but it fails to find its mark as a seminal shocker. Riffing on The Wicker Man, the film sees a [...]

February 24, 2014

DVD Review: BLOOD GLACIER Mimics THE THING – Only It’s Not As Good (Obviously)

Alpine-set chiller, Blood Glacier (also known as The Station) was always going to be compared to John Carpenter’s The Thing. It’s a paranoia-filled horror about a group of scientists in a remote, snowy outpost who stumble upon a creature that [...]

February 2, 2014

Blu-ray Review: HELLGATE Is A Veritable Smorgasbord Of Horror Tropes

Hellgate is a pretty atrocious 1989 B-movie that makes very little sense. It’s a veritable smorgasbord of horror tropes that have been thrown into one movie along with a nod and a wink. You know it’s bad, but you won’t be able to take your [...]

February 1, 2014

Interview: Shawn Rasmussen Talks DARK FEED, John Carpenter And Horror Movies

Shawn and Michael Rasmussen made a splash on the horror scene in 2010 when John Carpenter chose their script for The Ward as his first directing project in almost a decade. The brothers have moved things up a gear by writing and directing Dark Feed, [...]

December 15, 2013

DVD Review: DARK FEED Is A Satisfying Low Budget Horror Movie

The low-budget arena is where the horror genre works best. Michael and Shawn Rasmussen use their lack of finances to make Dark Feed an old-fashioned chiller that puts tension before gore. Dark Feed uses the tried and test haunted-house formula to [...]

December 14, 2013

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