Carnivorous plants aren’t the only thing lurking in the corners of Blood Flower, Shudder’s first foray into Malaysian horror. Poverty and superstition often go hand in hand – which can result in some surprisingly simple methods to deal with the supernatural. In China for example, many old buildings have a […]
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The Last House On The Left (2009) – A distressing remake which eclipses the original [Review]
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The 2000s saw horror enter a phase of remaking older classics, from franchise starters like Halloween to one-off works like Sorority Row. Greek director Dennis Iliadis’ first U.S. feature was the remake of Wes Craven’s directorial debut, 1972’s The Last House On The Left – which itself was also a […]
Andrzej Żuławski: Three Films (1971-1988): A Triptych of Trauma (Review)
Frightfest 2023 (Raging Grace, River and Suitable Flesh) – S03E02
A little bit late but no less great, it’s time for 2023’s Frightfest special. Rob is joined by Kat, Amber, Bel & Becci to talk about the UK’s premiere horror film festival. Together they talk about Horny Horror, Fluting on the rooftops, Yorkshire being spooky, Hot blooded action and so much more. It’s an action-packed and […]
Transmission (Frightfest 2023) (Review)
The “lost media” trope, a centrally important one in online horror fiction, seems to have had its old-media coming-out party this year, with lost episodes and unfinished films turning up in everything from Boots Riley’s Amazon Prime series I’m a Virgo to Graham Hughes’s new film Hostile Dimensions (also showing at FrightFest 2023). Now […]
The Moor (Frightfest 2023)(Review)
Trim Season (Frightfest 2023)(Review)
Cannabis and horror have a complicated relationship that should be no surprise considering that the drug has been the focus of conservative moral panic from the reefer madness of the ‘30s to the D.A.R.E. campaigns of Reagan’s America. The genre has a history of playing on and exploiting the cultural […]
Werewolf Santa & Cold Meat (Frightfest 2023)(Review)
Sympathy for the Devil (Frightfest 2023) Nicolas Cage finds a new vehicle for his insanity (Review)
T Blockers (Frightfest 2023)(Review)
Alice Maio Mackay is a horror phenomenon. At 18 years old she has already directed three genre features in the span of three years, with another two pictures in post-production at the time of writing. More importantly, she’s an out-and-proud transgender woman who isn’t afraid to let the world know […]