The term ‘Giallo’ tends to evoke images of black gloves, much darkness, and a de-emphasis on the plot in favour of lurid colours. A viewer could be forgiven, therefore, for their surprise when coming across a film labeled Giallo that features jaunty music, comedy pratfalls and gymnastics, and an engagement […]
Horror
V/H/S 99 (2022) Ambitious Latest Entry into Found Footage Anthology Franchise (Review)
“I think America’s got a huge rage revolution on the way. Everyone is so mad. Everyone’s Daddies got too rich.” CONTAINS SPOILERS Found footage is one of my favourite subgenres. It blurs the line between real and choreographed. The remnants of internet dark myths reverberate through every found footage endeavour. […]
The Outwaters (2022) A Brave New Nightmarish Hellscape for Found Footage (Review)
James Wan PART ONE (Saw & Insidious) Podcast
The first pure horror podcast in a while for Directors Uncut. Join Kat, Liz, and Cliff as we talk about one of the most successful horror directors of all time, especially if you are looking at box offices. The first movie we covered was Wan’s breakout and ground zero for a long-running franchise about […]
George A. Romero’s Martin (1977) Vampire horror through the hazy gaze of an Antisocial Creep (Review)
Leave (2022) surprising blend of Nordic noir, supernatural chiller and social commentary (Review)
Norway is a remarkable country, beautiful and foreboding all at once. The mountains and fjords speak of a wild landscape, while the universal health care and welcoming cities indicate a peak of civilisation. It is a country with a strong religious history, with over 60% identifying as Christian and only […]
#ChadGetsTheAxe (Glasgow Frightfest 2023)(Review)
Mother Superior (Glasgow Frightfest 2023)(Review)
Letter to the Postman (2022) & Questions to the Filmmaker
In the final days of 2022, I happened upon an intriguing sixty-minute low-budget film. Entitled Letters to the Postman, it is an adaptation by British indie filmmaker Felix Dembinski of a short story by Robert Aickman which appeared in the author’s 1980 anthology Intrusions and proved to be his final […]
Cursed Films: Series One (2020)(Review)
The first series of Shudder’s mini-series Cursed Films documents the phenomena of film sets, particularly those within the horror genre, rumoured to be cursed following consecutive tragic events that have plagued filmmakers during the course of production, and post-release. The series seeks to discover whether these cursed films are in […]