Back in 2021, filmmakers Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks released their joint feature debut, a single-location psychological horror called Alone With You. That film, which follows a young woman’s descent into insanity after she becomes trapped alone in her apartment, was a creepier and more effective genre affair than many […]
Robyn Adams
Robyn Adams is an actress from Stockport, Greater Manchester, who spends a lot of her time watching horror films, feeding the pigeons in her garden, and being annoying on Twitter. She has previously written for Ghouls Magazine, hosted a panel talk on LGBTQ+ representation in horror in partnership with Forward Stockport and Grimmfest, and been a guest on numerous genre film podcasts. Her friends don't trust her to pick films on movie nights anymore.
Marshmallow (Frightfest 2025)
For many genre film enthusiasts in the UK, the mythic and beloved all-American horror setting of the summer camp is something akin to an alien world, and while similar experiences exist for young people here, they’re often provided through schools or organisations like the Scouts or Guides. This is why […]
The Banished (2024) Aussie Folk Horror a little lost amidst its stellar location & production design
The old ways are truly alive and well in the deep, dark corners of the Australian landscape – by which I mean, of course, the country’s great tradition of folkloric genre fare. The Banished, the new “folk horror” feature from Observance (2015) director Joseph Sims-Dennett, follows in the footsteps of […]
The House With Laughing Windows (Fantasia International Film Festival 2025)
Every seasoned horror fan knows that small British towns are home to pagan cults and ritual sacrifice, and small American towns are home to backwoods cannibal clans and strange locals who worship the Great Old Ones – but what danger lurks behind the sun-baked walls and seemingly welcoming storefronts of […]
Fantasia Festival 2025: What We Are Looking Forward To!
The dog days of summer are upon us, along with a season of mania, chaos, and high strangeness – all of which can be found in the line-up for the 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, which continues to bring attendees the best, boldest, and often most bizarre […]
Heart of Stone (1950) DEFA Fantasy Full of Whimsy, Hope, Darkness, and Modern Relevance?
Over the past decade-and-a-half, distributors Eureka Entertainment have been responsible for remastering and resurrecting a vast number of pre-war German cinema classics, including such landmark works as Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922) and Lang’s Metropolis (1927). Recently, however, Eureka have turned their sights towards another, oft-overlooked area of German filmmaking history – […]
Outside the Blue Box: The Mutations (1974)
Though every actor who has ever been lucky enough to portray the Doctor on-screen has put their own iconic spin on the character, it’s arguable that Tom Baker – at least for a certain generation – was a name inseparable from the role, and even perhaps the show as a […]
The Last Sacrifice (Glasgow FrightFest 2025)
On Valentine’s Day, 1945, the body of a man named Charles Walton, was discovered on the grounds of the farm where he worked on the edge of Meon Hill, Warwickshire. Walton’s demise had been a particularly gruesome one – he had been murdered with a pitchfork and bill-hook in a […]
A Quiet Place in the Country (1969) A Haunted House for the Sexual Counter-Culture Age
When the hustle and bustle of urban life gets too much, don’t you just want to head out to the countryside for a bit of peace and quiet? Leonardo – played by Italian screen icon and original Django, Franco Nero – certainly seems to feel that way; the constant noise […]
Children of the Wicker Man (Grimmfest 2024)
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 […]