Directed by Tyler MacIntyre and written by Michael Kennedy, It’s A Wonderful Knife is a slasher spin on the much beloved Christmas classic It’s A Wonderful Life from 1946. Featuring a strong supporting cast of Justin Long, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle and Cassandra Naud, It’s A Wonderful Knife centers on […]
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Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism (Soho Horror Fest 2023) (Review)
Having its UK premiere at Soho Horror Festival’s in-person Satanic Panic Gala, Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism is an exploration that scours the darkest depths of religious exorcism. Directed by Nick Kozakis and written by Alexander Angliss-Wilson, Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism centres around Australian couple Lara (Georgia Eyers), and her husband […]
10 Films You Shouldn’t Miss at Soho Horror Fest 2023
Returning this November 24th to the 26th to the Whirled Cinema, Brixton is Soho Horror Festival, closely followed by the online Sohome Horror Fest broadcasting the horror directly into your home on November 30th to December 3rd. Expertly curated by pillar of the horror community and festival director Mitch Harrod, […]
When Evil Lurks (2023) A Spirited, Grim Take On the Possession Movie (Review)
Coming off the critical success of Terrified (2017), and his standout segment in the horror anthology Satanic Hispanics (2022), Argentinian director Demián Rugna is back with another instalment of his brand of mean horror with When Evil Lurks – meaner and grimmer than before. Hot off the film festival circuit […]
The Puppetman (2023) Lost in a Year of Great Possession Horror (Review)
Directed by Brandon Christensen (Z, Superhost, Still/Born), and written by Ryan Christensen, The Puppetman follows Michal (Alyson Gorske) – a young woman haunted by her childhood and the murder of her mother by her father, who is now awaiting his fate on death row. Opening with the gruesome murder of […]
Calvaire (2004) – Grim and Nasty New French Extremity (Review)
Despite its Belgian production, Calvaire (2004 – also known as The Ordeal), became an integral film within the cinematic phenomena of New French Extremity that reared its grim and nasty head around the birth of the new millennium. The movement that championed directors such as Gaspar Noé, Pascal Laugier, Xavier […]
The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster (2023) A Real Frankenstein for the 21st Century (Review)
Fans of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus have been clambering for a cinematic adaptation that isn’t another Victorian era verbatim remake. Bringing the OG gothic science-fiction horror firmly into the 21st century, interwoven with modern anxieties over race relations is The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster. […]
Elevator Game (2023) American J-Horror minus the aesthetics and Deep Sadness (Review)
Haunted by the disappearance of his sister due to an urban legend, Ryan infiltrates a group of vloggers who specialise in completing online challenges in haunted spaces, hoping to persuade them to play the Elevator Game. The latest film from director Rebekah McKendry (Glorious), who is also the host of […]
Cocaine Bear (2023) Harks back to Classic – & Fun – 70s & 90s Creature Features (Review)
Based on the true story of Andrew Thornton, a former police narcotics investigator turned drug runner, who, through a disastrous attempt at smuggling drugs, caused a black bear to ingest a stomach full of cocaine and consequently die from an overdose, Cocaine Bear is an ode to that coke-fiend critter […]
She Came from the Woods (2022) Capable, Fun and Easy retro-influenced slasher (Review)
Directed and co-written by Eric Bloomquist, She Came From The Woods is a farcical pastiche of the golden age of the American slasher film. Set in the 1980s, the film is an ode to holiday camp horrors such as The Burning (1981), Sleepaway Camp (1983) and of course Friday The […]