What’s in the title of a movie? If the title is The Harbinger, then plenty. One of the more acclaimed indie titles of 2022 was Andy Mitton‘s Harbinger, a terror inspired by the anonymity of COVID-death figures. A title Mitton’s film shared with Will Klipstine’s native-American-infused fantasy/ religious horror. The […]
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Rapture (A.K.A. Arebatto) Thought-provoking Spanish Cult Film Finally hits UK Shores(1979)(Review)
Naked Lunch (1991): a special edition big enough to feed anyone’s addiction (Review)
One of the great things about Arrow Video’s Blu-Ray special edition of David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch is that the package does the same thing as the film: it uses cutting-edge technology to immerse you in the stranger corners of a now-lost era. In Cronenberg’s case, that meant using Chris Walas’s […]
Kids Vs Aliens (2022)The perfect gateway horror fodder for 13-year-olds (Review)
A group of young boys let loose with a video camera, a forbidden house party whilst the parents are away, the arrival of malicious extraterrestrial kidnappers… if the premise of cult genre filmmaker Jason Eisener’s latest, Kids vs. Aliens, sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because he was also the […]
Evil Dead Rise (2023): Horror franchise reaches new heights
Slasher: Ripper (Episode 1 & 2: Season 5)(Review)
Episode 1 – The Slaughterhouse & Episode 2 – The Painful Truth Comparisons to Fox’s American Horror Story are inevitable for Shudder/AMC’s Horror seasonal anthology series, Slasher. Each season presenting a new story and setting, and just like it’s contemporary, it brings with it a multitude of returning actors in different […]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Almost 50 years later, it has lost none of its power (Review)
Sally, her brother Franklin, and three of their friends are sidetracked when travelling to a grandparent’s house. Their impromptu detour leads them into the clutches of the Sawyer family, and the deranged killer known as Leatherface. There has been so much written about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre over the years […]
The Unheard (2023) Compelling Thriller Elevated by Innovative Sound Design (Review)
Never mind the eyes, it’s the ears playing tricks on our unsuspecting protagonist in the Unheard, a clever little thriller by ‘The Beach House’ director Jeff A. Brown. Lachlan Watson plays Chloe, a young profoundly deaf Gen Y-er who we meet while preparing for an experimental procedure to repair her […]
James Wan PART TWO (Dead Silence & Malignant) Podcast
The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) Giallo Essentials: White Edition (Review)
The term ‘Giallo’ tends to evoke images of black gloves, much darkness, and a de-emphasis on the plot in favour of lurid colours. A viewer could be forgiven, therefore, for their surprise when coming across a film labeled Giallo that features jaunty music, comedy pratfalls and gymnastics, and an engagement […]