David’s top 10 horrors of 2019
Croon it with me: when I turned 33, it was a very good year. A very good year for small-scale horrors and things that bump in the night. Though we may have seen less all-time […]
Croon it with me: when I turned 33, it was a very good year. A very good year for small-scale horrors and things that bump in the night. Though we may have seen less all-time […]
BLACK CHRISTMAS Directed by Sophia Takal This review contains spoilers. I’m dreaming of a Black Christmas, just like the one I used to know. Nowadays, the 1974 original is maybe better viewed as a historical […]
KNIVES OUT Directed by Rian Johnson I wasn’t big on whodunits ’til I was in my late twenties when an armchair detective pal lured me round to watch the ITV version of Death in the […]
SECRET SANTA Directed by Adam Marcus Season’s beatings. The Xmas period has long since been a staple of our genre, with the contrast between Christmas and carnage being an immediately interesting one. Paradoxically there’s something […]
THE FARE Directed by D.C. Hamilton Awkward chats with the cab driver are a fixture of the Great British Nights Out: “what time did you start?” “What time do you end?” “You been busy?” “Could […]
DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) Directed by Mike Flanagan Talk about a tough act to follow. Though it’s maybe not my favourite, pound for pound, I reckon Stanley Kubrick’s take on The Shining is perhaps the single […]
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE Directed by Tim Miller Come with me if you want to know if Terminator: Dark Fate is good. As per the titular machine, Terminator is a franchise that shows no signs of […]
A SERIAL KILLER’S GUIDE TO LIFE (2019) Directed by Staten Cousins-Roe A while back, someone I knew in London set himself up as a life coach. For anyone who hasn’t heard this term, they’re guides […]
FRACTURED Directed by Brad Anderson What if the people you love most don’t actually exist? That’s the elevator pitch for Netflix newest entry into their thriller canon. This literal clickbait is the sort of movie […]
IN THE TALL GRASS (2019) Directed by Vincenzo Natali Like father, like son. As per pop, Stephen King, Joe Hill is an accomplished horror writer who has written such novels as Horns, The Fireman and […]
READY OR NOT (2019) Directed by Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) I previously saw Ready or Not at FrightFest and loved it, finding it a perfect marriage between bloody horror and black comedy. […]
JOKER (2019) Directed by Todd Phillips With many experiencing superhero/ anti-hero fatigue, Joker goes in a new direction by giving an origin story for the premier villain in DC’s rogue gallery. Since the forties, he’s […]
CARGO Directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke I know this has been out for a while, though as both a zombie film and a Netflix exclusive it’s never been top of my to watch […]
TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID Directed by Issa López One of the great things about film festivals and streaming services is they allow us easier access to movies we’d otherwise never think about watching or have […]
SCOOTER Directed by Matthew Wohl It’s Blair Witch on bikes! Combining elements of Jackass and Top Gear, The Three Amigos is a YouTube show about three friends doing what they’ve done since childhood: stupid shit. […]
IT CHAPTER TWO Directed by Andy Muschietti Roll up, roll up: it’s the event horror movie of the year, if not the decade. Pennywise is back for a rematch with the Losers’ Club that’s 27 […]
Of the many oddities that I saw at FrightFest this year, including Stiffler being a killer, maybe the weirdest was watching Agent Cody Banks grown up and calling a sex-line. This is how The Black […]
This interview contains possible spoilers I saw a lot of movies I loved at the London leg of FrightFest, though none quite topped Freaks for me – which I caught during the Glasgow event. The […]
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