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Review: HELLOWEEN Offers A Killer Clown Horror Mash-Up

Reviewing horror movies can be difficult. The genre has its own rules, and it can work on two different levels. Some films exist purely to entertain, while others serve as allegories for current events. Both approaches are totally valid, but it’s [...]

October 15, 2025

Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Demme on the set of The Silence Of The Lambs

Behind The Scenes: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster & Jonathan Demme On The Set Of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Jonathan Demme’s The Silence Of The Lambs is a piece of cinema that manages to work not only as a prestige picture, but also as a horror film. We’ll have no mention of ‘elevated horror’ when discussing about this, thank you [...]

July 22, 2024

Journey To Night Country: Jodie Foster To Star In TRUE DETECTIVE Season 4

Following in the footsteps of Matthew McConaughey and Colin Farrell, double Oscar winner Jodie Foster has signed-on to star in (and executive produce) the fourth season of HBO’s True Detective. Foster will play Detective Liz Danvers in the [...]

May 27, 2022

Master Of Horror: Remembering Texas Chainsaw Massacre Director Tobe Hooper

Horror director 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 [...]

January 25, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Tom Hardy’s TABOO

First hitting screens in 2017, Tom Hardy’s Taboo is a dark and dense eight-part series filled with grit and gravel. It’s uncompromising in its vision and Hardy’s James Delaney is a dark anti-hero who cuts a brooding figure as he rumbles [...]

January 5, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Taylor Sheridan’s WIND RIVER

The Yellowstone creator Talor Sheridan’s 2017 film, Wind River takes the classic tropes of a western and updates them to deliver an exceptional modern-day thriller. Sheridan’s film works best if you know very little about it, so try to [...]

November 18, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Jorge Dorado’s MINDSCAPE

Mindscape is a well composed Spanish/American production that works as a piece of entertainment, however you can’t help but feel that director Jorge Dorado and writer Guy Holmes felt there was much more weight to things than what ultimately ended [...]

October 2, 2021

Amazon Set To Buy MGM For $8.45 Billion

It’s been speculated for quite some time, but now it’s official – Amazon is set to buy the famed film studio, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) for $8.45 Billion. MGM is a big purchase by Amazon, and it will give the company a major [...]

May 26, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Daniel Craig & Judi Dench On The Set Of SKYFALL

What sets Skyfall apart from all the other Bond movies is the sheer amount of character development, not just for Craig’s Bond, but everyone else around him. Director Sam Mendes delves into more of Bond’s character here than the previous [...]

March 7, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Caspian Tredwell-Owen’s PROFILE OF A KILLER

The serial killer thriller sub genre has had many highs, with such classics as Manhunter, Silence of the Lambs and Se7en. There have also been quite a few lows as other films tried (and failed) to replicate their success. It has been a popular [...]

January 8, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Tobe Hooper Directs Leatherface On The Set Of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

The late Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre came out of nowhere in 1974, terrifying audiences with its deranged characters and iconic villain Leatherface. Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper’s screenplay was loosely inspired by Ed Gein, the [...]

November 29, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Michael Mann, William Peterson & Dennis Farina On The Set Of MANHUNTER

Michael Mann’s Manhunter introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter (spelled Lektor in the film). Mann’s 1986 film offered-up a visually bright, but emotionally dark film that might appear to be a thriller, but it has its roots firmly in the [...]

October 4, 2020

Review: Serial Killer Thriller THE SILENCING Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Annabelle Wallis Is A Total Bore

A film with a lot of wasted potential, The Silencing is a serial killer thriller which is nothing to shout about. Stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Annabelle Wallis try their best with what they have, but even they seem bored by the time the film’s [...]

August 15, 2020

Trailer For Serial Killer Thriller THE SILENCING Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Annabelle Wallis

There’s a serious 1990s vibe to be felt in this trailer for director Robin Pront’s serial killer thriller, The Silencing. In fact, the shadow of Jonathan Demme’s The Silence Of The Lambs appears to loom large over the film which [...]

June 28, 2020

Blu-ray Review: WIND RIVER Is An Exceptional Mystery-Thriller Starring Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen

Taylor Sheridan is having a great few years. As a writer he’s delivered the well regarded screenplays for Sicario (a sequel is on the way) and Hell Or High Water and now he’s written and directed Wind River, which once again takes western tropes [...]

January 2, 2018

Goodbye To Jonathan Demme

Director Jonathan Demme has died, defeated by cancer at the age of 73. Demme was a scorching director, having helmed a selection of great movies – amongst them Melvin and Howard, Something Wild, Married To The Mob, The Silence of The Lambs [...]

April 26, 2017

LIGHTS OUT: We Like It In The Shadows

Since the dawn of cinema, the dark has been as important to horror as monsters, blood, and jump-out-of-your-seat scares. Lights Out – out on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download now – takes it a step further by turning that inherent human fear of [...]

December 13, 2016

Review: KIDNAPPING FREDDY HEINEKEN With Anthony Hopkins And Sam Worthington Is All Fizz

Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (also known as Kidnapping Mr. Heineken) tells the true story of the 1983 kidnapping of the the beer mogul. Daniel Alfredson’s film has a strong cast (Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington, Jim Sturges) and a keen concept but [...]

April 16, 2015

Brett Ratner To Direct MIDNIGHT RUN 2 – I’m Okay With That!

Much despised director Brett Ratner is set to direct the sequel to Robert DeNiro’s 1988 film Midnight Run. David Elliot & Paul Lovett have been hired to re-write the script, and while many will be furious at Ratner’s appointment – I’m [...]

March 22, 2015

Review: PROFILE OF A KILLER Adds A Twist To The Serial Killer Thriller

January 19, 2014

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