M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters Directed by Tucia Lyman It was twenty minutes or so into this film that I realised who leading lady Melinda Page Hamilton reminded me off: Lionel Shriver. Which is a nice […]
MERCY BLACK Directed by Owen Egerton You hear the story about two teenagers who took their friend into the woods, and then stabbed her several times as part of a blood ritual to please a […]
THE LAPLACE’S DEMON Directed by Giordano Giulivi I’m sure everyone reading this has had an instance when a movie comes along that almost seems as if it were made with them in mind: a cinematic […]
VIVARIUM(2019) Directed by Lorcan Finnegan If there’s such thing as the western capitalist dream, as in a socially accepted aspiration not limited to America, I suspect it’d be a lot like what the couple in […]
THE WOLF HOUR Directed by Alistair Banks Griffin To the, presumably many, people reading this review years later, it was written in late March 2020, when the UK had been undergoing lockdown for about a […]
THE PLATFORM Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia There couldn’t be a more apt time for this Spanish sci-fi/ thriller to reach streaming services. As people angrily fight for food or loo-roll in a supermarket near you, […]
This review contains mild spoilers. Not another ruddy found footage! It’s easy to be put off by the thought of another shaky cam, more vague snippets of spectres and people recording long after they should […]
It started like any other Friday: I was in the kitchen, rushing down breakfast. Then a striking black envelope, with a wax seal, fell through my letterbox – apparently from an organisation called The Archive […]
This review contains mild spoilers. The Hunt is on! It’s hard to ignore the controversy that’s surrounded Craig Zobel’s satirical, action-horror. Coming six months later than planned, and with the weight of expectations, the film […]
What a weekend! There were veterans shooting punks, Zombies devouring cabbages, something I won’t spoil bursting out a pee-hole and various things going up someone’s jacksie. And people say horror films are all the same! […]
After a late-night, made even later by the loud sounds of next door’s TV through the paper-thin walls, I awoke to a Scottish breakfast and day 2 of FrightFest Glasgow. The first was varied enough, […]
If FrightFest is the movie festival version of the punk kid, that sits in the corner, then FrightFest Glasgow is that kid’s even punkier little brother. Now in its fifteenth year, the Scottish leg continues […]
LITTLE JOE Directed by Jessica Hausner Horror has never been known to shy away from tough themes, with recent movies addressing everything from institutionalised racism to schizophrenia and the oppression of the British Empire. The […]
This article contains spoilers for The Purge films and TV series. Here’s a question for y’all: if crime was legal for 12 hours, what would you do? It’s something I’d bet many reading this have […]
PARASITE Directed by Bong Joon Ho Finally, after wowing critics, bloggers and general audiences all around the world, Bong Joon Ho’s seventh film Parasite has hit our shores. And if you’ve read anything about it, […]
47 Meters Down: Uncaged Directed by Johannes Roberts Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the hidden, underwater Mayan city. Original director/ co-writer Johannes Roberts returns for this stand-alone sequel to […]
THE GRUDGE Directed by Nicolas Pesce Some horror fans, myself fully included, are like (Brundle)flies in that, while we watch lots of good stuff we’ll also gravitate towards shit. Part of being this sort of […]
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