Review by Ben Bussey The end of an era tends not to be the prettiest sight, especially not for those with particularly fond memories of the way things used to be. Not all devotees of the Universal monster movies were best pleased when that cycle reached its lampoonish conclusion in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein; […]
Review by Svetlana Fedotov For fans of horror videogames, one of the first games that come to mind is Konami’s Silent Hill franchise. A careful mix of 3rd person action and puzzling solving platforms, this survival horror managed to join the ranks of other breakthrough exploration games such as Resident Evil and Castlevania, while creating […]
By Matt Harries It is 1943. Dr Albert Hoffman of Sundoz Labs, Switzerland, sets off on one of the more notable bicycle rides in history. Through accidental absorption of the drug he synthesised in 1938, Hoffman became aware of the remarkable properties of LSD-25. He ingested a deliberate, and much larger dose, some days later […]
Review by Ben Bussey What a difference eighteen years can make. Widely dismissed on release as little more than a spoke in the 90s erotic thriller cycle (which, by 1996, was rapidly losing momentum in the wake of Showgirls and Striptease), I think it’s fair to say Bound has since become something of a cult […]
Review by Tristan Bishop The Northern European crime thriller, now commonly referred to as the Nordic Noir, has been quite the hot export in recent years. In much the same way as Germany’s pop art-infused krimi films of the 60s and the stylish and savage Italian gialli which dominated the 70s, these Scandinavian murder tales […]
Review by Ben Bussey When we think of the Hammer Horror brand in the early 1970s, typically we think of sleaze. The once-mighty British institution was falling on hard times, struggling to keep up with a rapidly evolving industry – to say nothing of an evolving horror genre – and so they sought to retain […]
By Stephanie Scaife If you missed the first part of Steph’s FrightFest 2014 report, click here; otherwise, read on… Life After Beth had received some fairly lacklustre reviews in the mainstream press so I went in with low expectations, only to find myself pleasantly surprised. Dane DeHaan stars as Zach, a young man who has […]
Review by Ben Bussey I get the sneaky suspicion I may have just seen my favourite film of the year. So many of the things I have long mourned the lack of in contemporary horror are present and correct in The Demon’s Rook: awesome practical monster make-up and gore FX, eerie artificial lighting, billowing dry […]
Review by Karolina Gruschka Edgar Allan Poe – a “brilliant and disturbed man” (R. Corman) The first time Roger Corman read E.A. Poe was aged thirteen for a school assignment. He was so fascinated by The Fall of the House of Usher that, the following Christmas, he wished for the complete works of Poe. About […]
By Svetlana Fedotov I read a lot of comics. I mean a LOT of comics, and I don’t even review nearly half of what I read. There are many reasons why I pass on covering the majority of what I find, though mostly, it comes down to time and how fresh the comics are. I […]
Review by Karolina Grushcka Technically not a horror film, The Rover is definitely a movie for alternative audiences. I base this on the director’s experimental approach, the bleak tone of the film and the depictions of graphic violence. The Rover is an Aussie production, written and directed by David Michod. The story is set in […]