Just so there’s no misunderstanding as to which side of the fence I stand, I’m one of those who has never understood why Eli Roth is held up as a modern master of horror. Okay, so he’s a good looking and charismatic man, who comes off as genuinely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the genre; I’ve […]
By Keri O’Shea Editor’s note: this article discusses The Witch in detail, and as such contains some spoilers. Please read it after you’ve seen the film. For a spoiler-free review, click here. One of the most unusual and atmospheric films to hit the festival circuit late last year, The Witch – a claustrophobic tale of […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi Chris Carter was recently posited as the George Lucas of television. It’s hard to argue with that assessment when an episode like Babylon comes along, an ultimately enjoyable but extremely flawed tale of terrorism, politics, and existential angst. In this episode a terrorist attack on an art gallery draws the attention of […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi Despite being a big fan of films like Last House on the Left, Ms. 45, and, I Spit on Your Grave, I don’t actually actively seek out rape-revenge films. However, I do gravitate towards genre films with female protagonists, and lord knows they often enough end up being revenge narratives of some […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi The special mini-series of The X-Files continues to be something of a heavy-handed affair, which, for a slightly unconditional fan like myself, doesn’t pose too many problems. However, I suspect for anyone not as deeply invested in the characters the forceful way in which certain plot threads are being developed or revisited […]
Interview by Keri O’Shea If you haven’t seen Deathgasm yet then, if I may, it’s time you climbed out from under that nice, safe rock of yours and ascended to the top of a towering crag (preferably where there are some obliging women in chainmail to cling to your legs, Manowar-style). It was one of […]
By Keri O’Shea There’s a strange feeling of foreboding when you browse a film you’re due to review and find it’s one of those rarest of beasts – one of IMDb’s ‘Worst Rated’. Considering the sheer amount of films which are listed on that site, this means any film getting a mention for how appalling […]
By Ben Bussey Boy, Ozploitation’s really gone to the dogs, hasn’t it? Heheh… you see, that’s a pun, because this is a film about killer dogs. And. Erm. Yeah. That’s about it. Please excuse my painfully lazy and feeble attempts at humour – but in my defence, this movie left me in so near-catatonic a […]
By Tristan Bishop To quote British rapper Akira The Don – ‘Don’t come talking to me about no post-apocalypse. Look up apocalypse in the dictionary. It’s like a Sunday. There ain’t no post.’ He’s right, of course, but that doesn’t stop the post-apocalypse from being perennially popular in horror and sci-fi, and right now, thanks […]
By Ben Bussey I owe Clinger a minor apology. I’d assumed, based on the synopsis and first trailer, that this was a zom-rom-com, when in truth it’s more of a ghost story. Even so, the ghosts involved here are able to take physical form, make physical contact, and even get physically intimate… indeed, a lot […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi If you missed Nia’s review of the first two episodes of the new X-Files, click here. If there’s one thing that always made The X-Files stand out, it was its sense of humour. Not just the vein of dry and sardonic humour that ran throughout the series, which worked thanks to both […]