Review by Ben Bussey High concept filmmaking is alive and well in the 21st century. Whether it’s a megabudget studio theatrical release or a microbudget straight-to-DVD, if you can sum it up in a sentence chances are you can sell it. Pacific Rim? Monsters versus robots. Megashark Vs. Giant Octopus? Erm… there’s a clue in […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi A woman rents a lakeside cottage in order to retreat and spend the summer months writing her first novel. Her arrival attracts the attention of four local men, who proceed to stalk her, attack her, repeatedly rape her, then leave her for dead. The woman is not dead. She takes time to […]
By Keri O’Shea I like to go into film screenings knowing as little as possible, which makes the internet a nightmare on many occasions – but, being familiar with director Adam Mason’s other films, I thought I had a reasonable idea of what to expect from his most recent film, Junkie. It was bound to […]
By Keri O’Shea It’s no real secret that I’m a big fan of director Adam Mason’s work, so when I was offered the chance to take a look at Adam and long-standing writing partner Simon Boyes’ latest film, Junkie, of course I said yes. I’ll be posting my review of the film very soon, but […]
It was only recently that I offered up an enthusiastic review of The Machine, a new British movie which explores the ramifications of a human consciousness transferred into an android in an intelligent, mature way. Smart sci-fi of that breed is always welcome… but then, there’s sci-fi like Robotrix. Sigh; remember the good old days before […]
Review by Quin If anybody thought there was going to be a subgenre of horror films that take place in dark holes, deep within the earth’s bowels, let me just say that I declare it officially dead. In 2005, The Descent did something truly amazing. It gave us something scary and different; its sequel in […]
By Ben Bussey Click here to read Tristan’s report on Abertoir Horror Festival from Monday 5th -Thursday 8th November 2013. So here I pick up where Tristan left off – more or less. See, while I did indeed arrive on Friday 9th November for my second year at Abertoir, I didn’t get there until mid-afternoon. […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife Jeremy Lovering’s feature film debut In Fear opens in UK cinemas today. It’s an extremely taut little thriller that very efficiently follows the number one rule for effective low-budget horror – keep it simple! Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert) have just started dating; in fact they barely know […]
By Tristan Bishop Anyone who has been to Abertoir will tell you it isn’t like other film festivals. In fact I lost count this year of the amount of people I overheard talking about this. Why? Well some of the newcomers were praising the non-commercialism of the event. There are no corporate sponsors here, for […]
Review by Tristan Bishop I bet you’ve never really considered having a demon living up your arse, have you? Or if you have, your thinking probably went along the lines of ‘I really don’t fancy having a demon living up my arse’. Well, it’s a tough concept to sell, I’ll admit it, but Bad Milo […]
By Kit Rathenar Read Part 1 of Kit’s BSIFF report here. SATURDAY, 26 October Halfway through the festival, and this morning took an academic turn with one of the lectures that BSIFF likes to sprinkle into their programme. This one, entitled “Crucifixes, Cadavers and Demons”, was presented by freelance horror lecturer and journalist Dr Karen […]