If you’re a regular visitor to The Geek Show, then you might be aware that this isn’t the first adaptation of John Willard’s 1922 play “The Cat and the Canary” that I have written about – nor is it the first adaptation to receive a shiny remastered Blu-Ray edition from […]
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.
Birdeater (SXSW 2024)(Review)
In spite of what its title and country of origin might suggest, not a single spider appears in Birdeater (2023), the feature debut of Australian directing duo Jack Clark and Jim Weir; the webs of predatory entrapment that its characters become tangled in are of the metaphorical variety, constructed using […]
Wake Up (Glasgow Frightfest 2024)(Review)
If the name “RKSS” sounds familiar to you, it’s likely because they were the French-Canadian trio responsible for 2015’s quirky post-apocalyptic gore-fest Turbo Kid – likely the stand-out title of the kids-on-bikes-sploitation wave that sprung up around the mid-2010s, when the world was caught in the grip of Stranger Things […]
All You Need is Death (Glasgow Frightfest 2024)(Review)
“Folk horror” is a term which has been applied to a large variety of vastly different, and occasionally disparate, pieces of genre film and fiction – yet what ties together almost all of those works is one central, core concept; that which is past is not dead, and furthermore, it […]
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981) Formerly Banned Video Nasty launches Severin in the UK (Review)
The die-hard cult genre cinema fans that make up The Geek Show’s reader base will undoubtedly already be deeply familiar with the name Severin Films, but for those of you who aren’t, allow me to quickly introduce you to your latest obsession. Severin are a US-based physical media label renowned […]
History of Evil (2024) A Thoroughly American Horror Story (Review)
If you haven’t heard anything about the latest “Shudder Original”, History of Evil (2024), prior to its recent arrival on the platform, then you’re not alone; seemingly little information was made public on the film prior to its release, aside from its cast list and a vague, one-sentence plot summary. […]
High Tension (2003) Loved and Loathed in Equal Measure (Review)
Saw may have ushered in a new wave of gritty “torture-porn” horror in the States, but by the time that James Wan’s modern classic hit U.S. cinemas in late 2004, filmmakers in France were already two steps ahead of the curve. Characterised by bleak tones, grungy colour palettes, and extended […]
Femme (2023) An Engaging, Intelligent, and sometimes Shocking Experience (Review)
What if the true revenge was the friends we made along the way? 2023, whilst perhaps not the greatest year for LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream cinema, has certainly had its fair share of interesting titles. Queer cinema is all about breaking rules: the anarchic irreverence of Bottoms; the rebellious spirit […]
Satan Wants You (Soho Horror Fest 2023)(Review)
In November of 1980 a psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Lawrence Pazder from Victoria, British Columbia, wrote and published “Michelle Remembers” – an allegedly factual account of the childhood abuse of his patient, Michelle Smith, by a Satanic cult. Co-written by Smith herself, the book graphically describes how Michelle […]
Saint Drogo (Soho Horror Festival 2023)(Review)
In Catholicism, Drogo is considered to be the patron saint of the unsightly and the outcast, shepherding a flock made up of those who are exiled and shunned for their perceived ugliness. The Flemish martyr’s relevance to Provincetown, Massachusetts (a small holiday town on the New England coast), may not […]