By Tristan Bishop When we think of genre film from Australia we tend to think of arid outback conditions and the brutal ways of living they can engender – a long tradition of films, from Nicholas Roeg’s Walkabout (1970) to Russell Mulcahy’s Razorback (1984), from Mad Max to Wolf Creek, film-makers have used the huge […]
By Ben Bussey There was a time when I considered Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City my absolute favourite film of the 2000s. I’m no longer quite that fond of it, but I do still appreciate its heightened comic book noir aesthetic, its brash balls-out masculinity, and its effortless sense of cool which has […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi A lone man, Stanley (Mark Lewis Jones), works diligently at a well near his secluded property. He hears the sound of a car horn, and following it, finds a crashed car. He finds a young couple at the vehicle, which is part-submerged in the nearby river: the defensive Iwan (Dyfan Dwyfor) and […]
By Keri O’Shea If I’m honest, when I got offered the chance to review a film called ‘The Killage’, a certain amount of devilment made it seem like a good idea. Devilment, and who knows – maybe even a little bit of optimism. We get a lot of DVD screeners sent through to us, many […]
By Keri O’Shea As horror fans, we’re aware of the fact that any wooden structure even vaguely cabin-like in nature will necessarily be a dangerous place, prone to occult infestations, malevolent locals and of course killers – so it’s hard not to assume that whatever Jack is making in his workshop, it’ll be for no […]
By Svetlana Fedotov Boy, do I sure love me some sword fantasy! Over the top monsters, bare-chested swordsmen, forged and broken alliances, and more wolves than you can shake a stick at. Head Lopper has all that in spades! Image Comics’ newest fantasy release, Head Lopper follows the traditional manly man of barbarian tropes and […]
In his 1977 book Exo-Psychology, the notorious Dr Timothy Leary – having a decade earlier told the world to Turn On, Tune In and Drop Out – attempted to coin another enduring catchphrase in SMI²LE, an acronym which equates as follows: “SM (Space Migration) + I² (intelligence increase) + LE (Life extension).” This, Leary proposed, was […]
By Quin David Gregory has very few feature film credits on his resume. Perhaps the most well-known is a segment in the anthology film The Theater Bizarre from 2011. Almost every other title in his long list of credits are documentary shorts. It turns out that he is responsible for so many of those Making […]
By Keri O’Shea It’s always good to be able to share good news here, so finding out that one of my favourite short movie directors is about to bring us an official Stephen King adaptation is definitely something worth sharing. Some years ago, the talented Czech director Robin Kašpařík made a short occult horror film […]
By Ben Bussey All it takes is one memorable moment. I’ve no doubt I would have no recollection of the original 1990 airing of BBC miniseries The Green Man were it not for having inadvertently caught the opening scene of the first episode – and being left profoundly shocked and haunted by it. I would […]
By Ben Bussey Talk about the early days of Hammer Horror, and we all know the usual suspects: 1955’s Quatermass XPeriment paved the way, 1957’s The Curse of Frankenstein blew the doors open, 1958’s Dracula proved they were here to stay. However, one film that is rather less well-remembered – indeed, one film which I […]