david.s.smith, Author at Horror Cult Films

Annabelle

October 7, 2014 david.s.smith 0

Dolls get a bad rap in horror. As with clowns, rocking horses and carnivals they’ll show up regularly as some sort of perversion on childhood. Among others we’ve had the mischievous Chucky, the toy from […]

HCF exclusive interview with Okora: The Prelude writers/directors Lexx James and Lyston Laurence

September 4, 2014 david.s.smith 0

Earlier in the week Horror Cult Films reviewed the excellent London based horror/ fantasy Okora The Prelude . Since then we’ve exchanged emails with the young and talented directors Lexx James and Lyston Laurence in […]

Okora: The Prelude

September 1, 2014 david.s.smith 2

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPhmbC4LUVE[/youtube] ‘Hey David’ says the lovely Horror Cult Films web-mistress (who I’m in no way sucking up to). ‘You able to attend a premier of Okora The Prelude next week?’ Being a fan of going […]

As Above So Below (2014)

August 29, 2014 david.s.smith 1

As Above So Below (2014) Directed by John Erick Dowdle Note: This review contains mild spoilers, though nothing that is not shown in the trailer. As Above So Below has been getting a fair bit […]

Dawn of the Dead with Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin

August 20, 2014 david.s.smith 0

This piece was very almost subtitled ‘losing my virginity at 28’. Not, I will hasten to add, because I fornicated for the first time this week. No, as I’m sure you can tell by me […]

Sex, horror and friendship: the social side of scary movies

August 5, 2014 david.s.smith 3

Torture porn hyperbole aside, the horror genre has several things in common with sexual intercourse. Leaving some room for interpretation, I’m only going to list three here. First, if done correctly then both sex and […]

Diminishing returns: All part of horror fandom

April 24, 2014 david.s.smith 0

Shortly after moving to London as a single young man, I joined a dating network with the intention of finding companionship and, hopefully shortly after, fornication (this will be relevant by the end of […]

To Hell and back: In defence of remakes

February 7, 2013 david.s.smith 1

With the once loveable Leatherface revving up his chainsaw again last month, I got thinking about remakes and reboots; something that as a horror fan it can be somewhat difficult to avoid. It seems that […]

The Download Horror (2012)

December 6, 2012 david.s.smith 1

Have you and a friend ever brought out the crisps, got some cold beers and put your feet up to watch a mediocre horror movie? The answer’s probably yep; we’re genre fans after all. Ok, […]

Teeth (2007)

November 29, 2012 david.s.smith 3

When I first told Horror Cult Films I wanted to review Teeth I got asked if it was the one where a lady’s private region ‘grew jaws’. Indeed, Teeth is much like the surprisingly tame […]

Stephen King’s The Shining (1997)

September 14, 2012 david.s.smith 1

With the Stanley Kubrick masterpiece getting a re-release for Halloween, I thought the time was ripe to revisit the TV miniseries of The Shining. Written by Stephen King (who was famously disappointed in the cinematic […]

My FrightFest 2012 Trip Part 2: Maniac and Some Fairly Average Movies

September 6, 2012 david.s.smith 0

This is my follow up my first day of London Fright Fest 2012. My first report contains brief reviews of V/H/S and [Rec]3 among others, and can be seen at https://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/08/my-frightfest-2012-trip-part-1-vhs-rec3-and-others/ It’s not that I […]