Children of the Wicker Man (Grimmfest 2024)

Robyn Adams

The Wicker Man (1973) needs no introduction. To many, myself included, Robin Hardy’s folk-horror classic is considered one of the greatest British horror films – heck, perhaps horror films in general – of all time. However, to two of the director’s sons, Justin and Dominic Hardy, The Wicker Man is […]

Satan War (1979) (Fantastic Fest 2024)

Robyn Adams

When The Exorcist was first released back in 1973, rumours began to spread that the movie itself bore supernatural, satanic properties; after all, how could somebody possibly make, or even want to make, a movie as sinister and shocking as that without calling upon the forces of darkness? In the […]

Oddity (Fantasia 2024)(Review)

Robyn Adams

A horror movie doesn’t necessarily need to be “scary” to be successful, and even then what gets under peoples’ skin is highly subjective. Describing a horror movie as “scary” can nonetheless imply its success in several areas at being able to frighten audiences, such as having a well-developed atmosphere or […]

Ghost Game (Frightfest 2024) Review

Robyn Adams

For as long as there have been cameras, they’ve been used to “capture” ghosts. The invention of the daguerreotype in the 1800s brought with it the advent of “spirit photography” – an attempt to capture definitive photographic proof of the paranormal (or at least sell it as such), during the […]

Cuckoo (Fantasia 2024) (Review)

Robyn Adams

Cuckoos are brood parasites that lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species and, once hatched, the chicks are raised by the unsuspecting host parents, who frequently reject their own eggs and young as a result. To Gretchen (Hunter Schafer), a teenage girl forced to move to the […]