KNOCK AT THE CABIN Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Love him or hate him, M Night Shyamalan is never boring. His movies aren’t average, tending to fall into neat little thrillers or glorious failures: why […]
It’s that reflective time of year again. While 2020 and 2021 weren’t great for horror, 2022 has been phenomenal. In the list below, I mention 25 films (15 picks and 10 honourable mentions). And yet […]
In episode 26 of The HorrorCultFilms Podcast, David speaks with screenwriter Chris Watt to celebrate the release of his feature debut Stalker – available now on DVD and on demand services. For anyone interested in […]
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER Directed by Ryan Coogler A few years ago, I began a review with reference to superhero fatigue. In 2022, it’s that and then some. Not even counting the many Sony and […]
SMILE Directed by Parker Finn A non-franchise 18-certificate horror getting a cinema release? There’s something to be happy about. Smile is the feature debut of writer/director Parker Finn, who has extended upon his short Laura […]
Another year, another FrightFest. This is the page for you for those who don’t have the time to read five days’ worth of diaries and other reviews or can’t be arsed. Here I rank every […]
A shorter day today – not least because I can’t mention one of the films until later in the year (I emphasise that this is not a comment on its quality, but something that often […]
It’s day four! A decent festival so far, with the latest and greatest genre offerings. And this one was looking really stacked. As such, please note that there are some movies I simply didn’t have […]
CULT OF VHS Directed by Rob Preciado What was your local video store? Mine was Alphabet Video in Edinburgh – an absolute haven of B-Movies. In the days before any of us had DVD players, […]
FOLLOW HER Directed by Sylvia Caminer So, the internet can be a bad thing huh? By now, you probably think you’ve seen enough social media horror. Both online anonymity and its opposite, the desire for […]
Day three, so you know the drill. Here’s a rundown of the things I watched at FrightFest. Another decent day, and it was particularly thrilling to be in the audience for Dario Argento – even […]
Day 2 of FrightFest, and what a collection it looks like. We got some road movies, a Giallo, a pandemic horror, and a French language remake of a modern classic. So let’s stop wasting time […]
DAUGHTER Directed by Corey Deshon One of the most rewarding things about FrightFest is finding new blood. Here, we witness the debut of writer/director/producer Corey Deshon with this fantastic little slice of familial horror. There […]
Including Glasgow events and digital ones, this year marks my fifteenth time at FrightFest: the dark heart of cinema – and around the ninth or tenth I’ve covered for this site. Celebrating its 23rd edition […]
ORPHAN: FIRST KILL Directed by William Brent Bell It shouldn’t work. Of all the horror properties I thought I’d want to see a prequel to 13 years later, Orphan would be towards the bottom of […]
NOPE Directed by Jordan Peele “Nope” is a word movie fans worldwide will have repeatedly said to themselves during a horror. Don’t go outside, don’t split up, don’t go into the house. Or, in the […]
THE WITCH (2015) Directed by Robert Eggers Available on Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-Ray from Second Sight When you hear the word witch your first mental image is likely a green skinned hag, cackling on […]
Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s most popular horror and fantasy film festival, is back at London’s Cineworld Leicester Square and the Prince Charles Cinema from Thursday August 25 – Monday 29 August for five days […]
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