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Holy Days (2026) Your Granny’s Feel-Good Movie of the Year
Vampire’s Kiss (1988) The Patient Zero of Nicolas Cage Performances
Hellcat (2025) Breathes Fresh Life into One-Location Horror
Jiří Trnka – Puppet Master: The Czech Year (1947), Old Czech Legends (1953), The Hand (1965)
Stolen Kingdom (2026) – A whole new world behind the curtain
Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) A Taut and Terrifying Tale of Abuse and Revenge
Two Boxes: Televised Terror in Franco’s Spain (1972 & 1974) Unabashed horror that puts most feature lengths to shame
Cruel Hands (2026) A Grim and Tense Domestic Horror of Flight and Fire
Into the Forest: Folktales at DEFA (1955-77) The Film That Made Paul Whitehouse Pee His Pants (as a child)
Desperate Living (1977) The darkest, cruellest, and most shocking entry in Waters’ Trash Trilogy
The Odyssey (2026) Grounded & Terrifying, Nolan’s Boldest Adaptation to Date
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 4K (1974) – an underrated work from a legendary filmmaker

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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.
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Mill of the Stone Women (1960), A Rediscovered Italian Horror Classic (Review)

Mike Leitch 02/12/2021
Mill of the Stone Women (1960), A Rediscovered Italian Horror Classic (Review)

As we approach the end of the year, Arrow is helping us all get into the seasonal spirit with an uncovered gem from 1960, Giorgio Ferroni’s Mill of the Stone Women, released on a double-disc Blu-ray and to stream on Arrow Player. There are four versions of the film: the original […]

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Son (2021); Hell hath no fury like a Mother stalked (Review)

Mike Leitch 09/11/2021
Son (2021); Hell hath no fury like a Mother stalked (Review)

There has been an increased interest in Shudder original movies over the last few years that has earned it the reputation of “Netflix for horror”. Its biggest successes – the timely and terrifying Zoom horror Host, the Peabody Award-winning La Llorona, and the popular television adaptation of Creepshow – put […]

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John and the Hole (2021); A Child’s Fantasy or an Eerie Nightmare? (Review)

Mike Leitch 13/10/2021
John and the Hole (2021); A Child’s Fantasy or an Eerie Nightmare? (Review)

Following its UK premiere at Frightfest, Vertigo Releasing’s John and the Hole is released in cinemas and digitally as the latest in the growing trend of indie arthouse horror. Nicolas’ Giacobone adapts his own short story, ‘El Pozo’ (approximately translated to ‘The Well’) with collaborator Pascual Sisto making his directorial […]

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Dementer + Jug Face (2019/2013) A Pair of Outsider Horrors (Review)

Mike Leitch 01/10/2021
Dementer + Jug Face (2019/2013) A Pair of Outsider Horrors (Review)

With this double-disc set, Arrow have put together a nice showcase of Chad Crawford Kinkle’s two features, Dementer (2019) and Jug Face (2013). Both show off Kinkle’s range with the former mixing docu-drama with occult horror, while the latter is a straight-up folk horror set in the American South. He shows clear talent in terms of sound design and […]

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