Review by Quin The amount of creative inspiration that can be drawn from urban legend seems never-ending. So many of our favorite horror films have a clear basis in urban legend, but when they are bad they really fall flat. The most obvious of the bad stuff is the straight-forward no-creativity-necessary entitled the Urban Legend […]
By Keri O’Shea I hope I’m a reasonably neutral member of the team when it comes to the giallo genre – not really a big fan, but having seen a fair few by-the-by, enough to know what the features are. Essentially, I hope I came to the film without a weight of expectations. Reaching a […]
By Stephanie Scaife It’s that time of year again…yes, FrightFest is here and like Christmas, it seems to come around quicker each year. Having been a regular since 2003 I’ve seen the festival go through many changes and this year has seen some major ones. Firstly, you can say good bye to a single screen […]
By Keri O’Shea With a title like Blood Orgy of the She Devils, a film is setting itself up for a time of it, I think we’d all agree. Yes, it’s bound to get one’s attention, but it also then has to live up to a hell of a lot; any lack of blood, orgies […]
By Keri O’Shea “Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors.” (Alejandra Pizarnik) The mirror has a long, complex relationship with our culture, and so it’s little wonder that such a host of superstitions, anxieties and beliefs should have found […]
Review by Ben Bussey If Shion Sono remade a Michael Mann movie, I would expect the result to be pretty close to Killers. Writer-director duo Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel (AKA the Mo Brothers) have crafted a tale of an unlikely brotherhood between two drastically different individuals who somehow find themselves arch rivals as they […]
By Svetlana Fedetov Ever since Valiant got back into the comic game mid-2012, they have been burning up the superhero game with old favorites and new creations. While never at the Marvel or DC level, many fans have fondly returned to the 90’s megastar and for great reasons. Solid writing, kick-ass art, and an ever-expanding […]
By Matt Harries It’s 1984. During that year of Orwellian portent Hollywood warns us of the great danger that lurks in our sleeping minds. Our cosy dream-reality can in fact be usurped by others. Others who are seemingly omnipotent in their murderous intent. Others who may attack with razor sharp claws that spring from their […]
By Matt Harries About as meaty as a half-pound chilli burger and at least as subtle, Evil Feed sees stuntman and stunt co-ordinator Kimani Ray Smith (Watchmen, X-Men) make his directorial debut with the kind of film that epitomises a fast food approach to horror. If you are looking for nuance and refinement, delicacy of […]
By Svetlana Fedotov When DC comics invented Vertigo over twenty years ago, there was a certain elemental magic to it that was never quite seen again; a type of connection between reader and creator that was lined with blood, the occult, and the dark magic of the earth itself. Whilst, for the most part, DC/Vertigo […]
By Karolina Gruschka The importance of Faust to German culture is comparable to that of Hamlet to the British. All Germans encounter the tragedy at some point in their lives, mainly via the educational system. It is interesting that F.W. Murnau chose this material to be the content of his last German film before his […]