In terms of titles that encapsulate the appeal of a whole genre, there aren’t many competitors, are there? You have the murder, you have the obsession, and every giallo must feature both, but only one of them is called Murder Obsession. Riccardo Freda’s final film, reissued on Blu-Ray by Radiance […]
Horror
The Sacrifice Game (2023) Festive Horror elevated by its Young Cast (Review)
Treading the line between gruesome home invasion and dark comedy, Jenn Wexler’s second feature, The Sacrifice Game, is a welcome addition to the Yuletide horror subgenre. Set during Christmas 1971 at the ominously named Blackvale Catholic girls’ boarding school, The Sacrifice Game follows Samantha (Madison Baines), and school outcast Clara […]
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It’s A Wonderful Knife (2023) Christmas Gateway Horror, More Christmas than Horror (Review)
Directed by Tyler MacIntyre and written by Michael Kennedy, It’s A Wonderful Knife is a slasher spin on the much beloved Christmas classic It’s A Wonderful Life from 1946. Featuring a strong supporting cast of Justin Long, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle and Cassandra Naud, It’s A Wonderful Knife centers on […]
Onyx the Fortuitious and the Talisman of Souls (Soho Horror Fest 2023)(Review)
There’s Something in the Barn (2023) Festive Comedy Horror that needs a sprinkle more Horror (Review)
Christmas can be an intense experience for everyone, and who hasn’t wished to spend the festive period in snowy, rural Norway to escape the hectic rush of the big city? Well Magnus Marten, (SAS Red Notice, Jackpot), seeks to answer this with the Christmas comedy-horror There’s Something In the Barn. […]
Booger (Soho Horror Festival 2023)(Review)
Satan Wants You (Soho Horror Fest 2023)(Review)
In November of 1980 a psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Lawrence Pazder from Victoria, British Columbia, wrote and published “Michelle Remembers” – an allegedly factual account of the childhood abuse of his patient, Michelle Smith, by a Satanic cult. Co-written by Smith herself, the book graphically describes how Michelle […]
Hippo (Soho Horror Film Festival 2023)(Review)
The title character of Mark H. Rapaport’s debut film, played by the film’s co-writer Kimball Farley, is an amateur film-maker who, quoting Nikola Tesla, promises his audience “man-made horrors beyond your comprehension” – and the Soho Horror Festival seem to have agreed by hosting the film’s UK premiere. It’s no […]
Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism (Soho Horror Fest 2023) (Review)
Having its UK premiere at Soho Horror Festival’s in-person Satanic Panic Gala, Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism is an exploration that scours the darkest depths of religious exorcism. Directed by Nick Kozakis and written by Alexander Angliss-Wilson, Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism centres around Australian couple Lara (Georgia Eyers), and her husband […]