Dario Argento, Neil Marshall, Brea Grant, Brigitte Lahaie and Mark Kermode lead the charge of the Guest Brigade Neil Marshall’s THE LAIR is the monstrous opener Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s most popular horror and fantasy film festival, returns to London’s Cineworld Leicester Square and the Prince Charles Cinema from […]
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INTERVIEW with Chris Sivertson, director of MONSTROUS
With his feature film MONSTROUS now available on VOD, director Chris Sivertson talks about the joy of working with Christina Ricci, monstrous inspirations and why horror films work as modern-day fairy tales. What drew you to take the helm on MONSTROUS, given that you usually direct films you’ve either written […]
Extreme Prejudice (1987) Jack of all Genres, Master of Some? (Blu-ray Review)
The 1980s can be defined by many elements. Big hair and shoulder pads, bright colours, rampant consumerism. Cinematically, the decade saw the development of a particular type of action movie, a sub-genre that reconstituted American masculinity severely wounded by the Vietnam War with Reaganite assertion and nationalism. Indeed, the presidency […]
Christina Ricci’s Monstrous Gets UK VOD release date
MONSTROUS is a unique supernatural thriller, brought to UK VOD on Monday 11 June by Koch Films. Directed by Chris Sivertson ( I Know Who Killed Me, All Cheerleaders Die ) and starring Christina Ricci, MONSTROUS will be available to download via Sky Store, Virgin Movies, Apple TV / iTunes […]
Scare Us (2021) The Pick and Mix of Anthology Horror (Review)
The anthology is an interesting sub-genre. Classics like Twilight Zone: The Movie, Trick ‘r Treat and more recent offerings such as Bad Candy, Ghost Stories and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark have demonstrated both the potential benefits and the pitfalls of telling multiple stories within a single overarching […]
Horror Channel continues to explore THE VINTAGE VAULT with four more Sunday night classic genre double-bills this June
This June, Horror Channel takes us on another journey into the history of genre cinema with THE VINTAGE VAULT, presenting double-bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night. The first incursion into the vault takes place on Sunday June 5th with Nathan Juran’s Ray Harryhausen-inspired 20 MILLION MILES […]
New Horror Anthology, Scare Us, gets June Release!
New anthology set to SCARE US with UK release from Mon 13th June, courtesy of Koch Films. SCARE US, a new serial killer horror anthology of dark and vicious wickedness comes to the UK streaming on Monday 13th June, released by Koch Films. SCARE US will be available via Sky […]
Stewart Sparke – Book of Monsters (Interview)
14 May sees the UK TV Premiere of BOOK OF MONSTERS on Horror Channel. Ahead of this premiere, director Stewart Sparke discusses the influence of horror fans, his adoration of the Alien franchise and his collaboration with horror icon Nicholas Vince. Stewart Sparke on the set on BOOK OF MONSTERS […]
Dominic Brunt’s new horror movie, WOLF MANOR, enters post-production
First look stills revealed Dominic Brunt’s intense, gory werewolf horror-thriller WOLF MANOR has entered post-production. This tale of a film crew trapped in the jaws of a manor house’s resident werewolf was shot over three weeks across locations in Shropshire. This UK-produced film, written by Pete Wild and Joel Ferrari, […]
Mums and Sons: An Examination of Relationships (2022, Zine)(Review)
The Child (The Babadook, 2014) The Teenager (Hereditary, 2018) Adulthood (Psycho, 1960) The horror scholar and critic Robin Wood once wrote that the source of all horror is family. There is plenty of evidence for this, from the attempted ‘child’ of Victor Frankenstein to the family in The Texas Chainsaw […]