By Nia Edwards-Behi It’s hard to believe that the end of The X-Files is here, so soon, again. Even if this episode’s ‘the truth is out there’ is replaced with a sombre ‘this is the end’, it’s hard to believe that that’s truly the case. Continuing where the first episode of this series left over, […]
By Karolina Gruschka As the title of the publication implies, The Monsters’ Almanac is a calendar that contains important dates and facts about monsters. The ‘monsters’ authors Nige Burton and Jamie Jones refer to are the fictional villains and notorious abjects within the horror universe. The guide is part of a larger printed and electronic resource, […]
By Keri O’Shea A couple of years ago, I was fortunate enough to catch a theatre performance which made a sizable impression on me; this was an adaptation of a lesser-known H P Lovecraft story, ‘The Temple’, and the writer & performer behind this one-man show was Michael Sabbaton. I reviewed the show at the […]
By Karolina Gruschka “I really shouldn’t be telling you this…” Set in the late 1960s, an introverted young girl (Lauren Ashley Carter) takes up service as a house-sitter in the oldest mansion of the city. Before departing, the lady of the house (Sean Young) discloses the building’s bad reputation and admits that not many people […]
By Keri O’Shea (For the first part of Keri’s article on the historical basis of this film, please click here. As with Part 1, please note that you should read this article after seeing the film.) Those observant Christians who began to arrive in New England during the middle decades of the 1600s had – […]
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 […]