Craven Imagery: Scream’s Legacy is Munch Ado About Requeling…
When Tara Carpenter gets a menacing phone-call that may be coming from inside her home, it’s just the start of a series of events that echo the massacre in Woodsbro … Read More
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Turn of Le Sceau: Netflix’s horror-fest ‘Marianne’ exorcises its rites…
Emma Larsimon (Victorie Du Bois,) is a seemingly petulant and self-absorbed writer of horror fiction; something of an aloof international celebrity with her ongoing saga that has her hero, Lizzie … Read More
The more ‘Things’ change: More Horror, Homage and Heart in Hawkins…
Summers change everything and when Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) returns from summer-camp, boasting of a new love, he’s somewhat disappointed to find that the romances between Eleven (Mille Bobby Brown) and … Read More
Oh, the horror! Bloody Bananas split the difference?
For those of a certain age, there are likely fond but likely incredibly surreal memories of an American television show called The Banana Splits (technically, ‘The Banana Splits Adventure Hour‘) … Read More
Bespoke and mirrors… ‘Us’ has more than face value…
In 1986, young Adelaide strolls off from her parents while visiting a beachside funfair at Santa Cruz and finds herself entering a rundown funhouse, complete with a chamber of mirrors … Read More
Hallowed Grounding: #TimesUp for Michael Myers?
Forty years ago, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) was the only survivor of a horrific massacre as Michael Myers turned the holiday of Hallowe’en into a buzzword for bloody murder. … Read More
The Nun: Not with a bang but a wimple…
The Conjuring franchise, the horror mythology loosely (sometimes very loosely) taking its cues from real people and events, has had its ups and downs, including the main films, the Annabelle … Read More
‘Slenderman’ horror offers slim pickings…
Wren (Joey King), Hallie (Julia Goldani Telles), Katie (Annalise Basso) and Chloe (Jaz Sinclair) decide to up the ante by exploring the internet phenomena known as ‘Slenderman’ but it’s a … Read More
Waking the Dread: Hereditary’s family fears…
Annie Graham (Toni Collette) is an artist who lives with her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and family in a luxurious multi-story house, an idyllic rural setting. Their lives are less … Read More
Nailed it. Silence is golden for ‘A Quiet Place’…
A group of people slowly make their way around the ramshackle remains of a small city store – its staff, inhabitants and a majority of its stock now long gone. … Read More
Winchester: Old school horror gets a realty check…
Compromised and soon-to-be-impoverished psychiatrist Eric Price (Jason Clarke) is beginning to wonder whether his own addictions may have been the downfall of an otherwise respected career but he is approached … Read More
Locking down the Insidious key to success… (DVD)
New Mexico, 1953, and a young Elise Rainier must cope with her ability to see the undead with the regular punishments her abusive father dishes out for each ‘transgression’. When … Read More
‘Heriditary’ promises scary storeys and familial fears…
Horror films may be big business but they largely seem to fall into the shocker / slasher category. However the Oscar-nomination for Get Out suggests that audience and pundits appreciate … Read More
RIP – Tobe Hooper (Director, horror auteur)…
It’s been a tough year for the horror genre with the loss of several key movers and shakers. Earlier this year George A. Romero passed away and now comes news … Read More