Picture it, Halloween night, 1993 and 13-year-old me is too terrified to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street which my friend’s parents have rented on video (look it up, kids) for the annual Halloween party. So, suffering from major humiliation, I was thrust alone into an upstairs bedroom with the […]
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Never Have I Ever (Frightfest 2024) Review
What goes around comes around in Never Have I Ever‘s tale of domestic drama and drinking games. Sam (Andrew Lee Potts), is a struggling screen writer with a drinking habit who misses his deadlines and is low on cash. His reputation around town precedes him, and his struggles to get […]
Slotherhouse (2023) There are no Dumb Ideas, Only Terrible CGI (Review)
Picture the three toed Sloth. A majestic creature, slow yet steady, hanging from tree branches with docile confidence, basking in their South American forest environment, munching on leaves with a strong murderous rage in their heart. Oh yes, according to this movie, Slotherhouse, Sloths are natures number one adaptive predator […]
Creepshow Season 4 (2023)(Review)
Ahhhh, the horror anthology series. From to Tales of the Unexpected and American Horror Stories to The Twilight Zone, they’re as ubiquitous now as the horror movies they imitate. Creepshow arguably predates most of them, citing it’s origins in the 1950s comic-books Tales From the Crypt and The Vault of […]
Nightmare (2023) Thinly spread Horror that tries to wear too many hats (Review)
“To sleep, perchance to dream” said Hamlet, who was actually contemplating death rather than just forty winks when he uttered those famous words, but what happens when dreaming becomes invasive, violent and deadly? That’s the premise of ‘Nightmare’ – Norway’s answer to ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’, complete with its […]
HOME MOVIE (2008) The Right Recipe for a Found Footage Horror Classic, but… (Review)
It’s hard to believe now, but in 2008 ‘found footage’ movies were still all the rage thanks to the lingering influence of The Blair Witch Project and phone camera’s still mainly being for decoration. Home Movie is typical of the genre but was no doubt over shadowed by the infinitely […]
From Black (2023) A rehash of very much discovered Horror territory (Review)
Rituals and resurrections are the themes of Shudder’s latest original offering, From Black, but how does one go about raising the dead and haven’t we seen this all somewhere before? Recently bereaved and recovering addict Cora (Anna Camp, playing against type) is plagued with guilt following the disappearance and subsequent […]
The Unheard (2023) Compelling Thriller Elevated by Innovative Sound Design (Review)
Never mind the eyes, it’s the ears playing tricks on our unsuspecting protagonist in the Unheard, a clever little thriller by ‘The Beach House’ director Jeff A. Brown. Lachlan Watson plays Chloe, a young profoundly deaf Gen Y-er who we meet while preparing for an experimental procedure to repair her […]
Bitch Ass (2022) Gaming gets gruesome in this familiar revenge twisted tale (Review)
Bitch Ass opens with horror icon Tony Todd (Candyman) introducing the film in a sinister manner. Referencing ‘Blackula’ and ‘Tales From The Hood’ amongst others, he tells us Bitch Ass is the ‘first black serial killer to wear a mask’. Todd sets the scene, channelling the Cryptkeeper from ‘Tales From […]
The Forgiven (2021) – Desert Slow Burner, Full of Repression, Class Divides, and Grief (Blu-Ray Review)
The Forgiven opens with married couple David and Jo Henninger (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) in Morocco for their wealthy friend Richard’s party (Matt Smith) and after sinking a bottle of wine and a squabble over directions to the remote palatial venue, they accidentally hit and kill a local teen […]