Fifteen years after the release of Jennifer’s Body, now firmly considered a cult horror hit, Diablo Cody makes a highly anticipated return to the genre. Interestingly, it is also her return to teen centred horror even though it feels closer to noughties teen life than teens today. Its retro eighties […]
Mike Leitch
I'm an autistic guy living in Cardiff, searching for any excuse to write and make the most out of what he got from his English Literature MA. Main interests are horror, in pretty much any medium, theatre and literature.
Freaks vs the Reich (2021) Delightful High Concept Fantastical Adventure (Review)
After being shown around festivals (including Glasgow Frightfest in 2022), under its original title ‘Freaks Out’, Freaks vs the Reich has finally been released in the UK. Changing the title to something more eye-catching and B-movie like means the film is more likely to reach a wider audience. It can […]
The Almond and the Seahorse (2024): Low-key and Earnest Disability Drama (Review)
Stage to screen adaptations can be a mixed bag, either by playing it too safe with a stripped-back aesthetic that makes the film essentially a recording of a stage show, or by pushing too far with camera trickery and story expansion that means the strengths of the play are lost […]
You’ll Never Find Me (2024): Visually Ambitious Slow-Burn Aussie Horror (Review)
After receiving a lot of buzz from festival circuit, You’ll Never Find Me, the debut feature from Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell arrives on Shudder. It’s a natural home for an indie horror with big ambitions and promising great things in the future for the directing duo. Set almost entirely […]
Possessor (2020): Prestige Treatment for Gory Modern Classic (Review)
Hearing Brandon Cronenberg and various crew members discuss the production process of Possessor across the numerous features on this release, it is a miracle that the film got made and that the final result is so memorably weird and unique. Its release in 2020 during the height of Covid lockdowns […]
Doctor Jekyll (2023): Entertaining Reinterpretation of Classic Story (Review)
The world premiere of Doctor Jekyll at Frightfest 2023 (which I was able to attend) began with director Joe Stephenson announcing he was about to go into a meeting to find out whether Hammer would still be producers on the movie. By the end of the screening, it was confirmed […]
7 Keys (SXSW 2024): Stylish Execution of High Concept British Thriller (Review)
Receiving its world premiere at SXSW, Joy Wilkinson makes her feature film debut as writer and director with 7 Keys, having found success in theatre, television, and radio. Immediately, she shows confidence in executing her vision with the opening shots of houses and flats around London, each one tinged with […]
Custom (2024): Sexual Power Dynamics Blurred in Unsettling Debut (Glasgow Frightfest 2024)(Review)
With a tantalising teaser played during last year’s London Frightfest, Tiago Teixeira’s feature debut Custom makes its world premiere at the Glasgow edition. It centres on Harriet (Abigail Hardingham, also an associate producer) and Jasper (Rowan Polonski), a couple who have struggled to get success with their art and have […]
Deliver Us (2024): Antichrist horror sacrifices ambiguity for shock (Review)
I’m no expert on religious horror films, so it’s hard for me to gauge if there’s been a recent resurgence or there’s just a consistent stream of them. Either way, Lee Roy Kunz & Cru Ennis’s Deliver Us comes out in a relatively crowded market, though with recent blockbusters like […]
The Peasants / Chlopi (2023): An Innovative Combination of Historical Epic and Living Painting
Following on from the success of Loving Vincent, which utilised an innovative technique of recreating frames of recorded live-action scenes as oil paintings, DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman have found a new way of exploring their unique aesthetic. The Peasants is an adaptation of Wladyslaw Reymont’s novel of the same […]