By Keri O’Shea Bram Stoker’s Dracula was the direct antecedent of what is arguably the first horror film ever made, and in the best part of a century which has followed, it has remained a particularly fertile source for horror movie makers. By their very nature, the films which have followed have been variable; never, […]
Review by Kit Rathenar CAUTION: NSFW Photos below. “Don’t you know it’s the eighties?!” Believe me when I say that between the music, the costumes, the haircuts, the cars, and the cinematography, I COULD TELL. I came away from David DeCoteau’s 1989 flick Dr Alien fairly certain that it was objectively dreadful, but not quite […]
By Oliver Longden Clowns; the number one entertainment career of choice for serial killers, potential serial killers and people who just hate children. Whether you’re afraid of clowns like many normal people or sexually attracted to them as I am, there’s no mistaking the fact that a clown in its natural environment is about as […]
By Tristan Bishop If you missed it, click here to read Part 1 of Tristan’s history of Cushing’s horror career outside Hammer, as part of our Cushing Centenary tribute. 1971 was not a good year for Cushing. The death of his wife Helen Beck, after 28 years of marriage, affected him greatly. He had to […]
By Tristan Bishop Think of Peter Cushing and you think of Hammer – and vice-versa, as the studio and the actor are intrinsically linked. He appeared, alongside fellow Hammer stalwart Christopher Lee, in the breakthrough hits from the studio, The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958), and their early successes paved the way for […]
By Keri O’Shea What is it that defines the term ‘gentleman’? Without a doubt, it is a term which remains nebulous, and one which has changed throughout its history; you could also make the case that the term itself has lost much of its meaning in the modern day, but perhaps we can still say […]
By Ben Bussey If I were to ask who the most iconic screen Dracula was, I imagine the answers would be wide-ranging. Presumably most would be torn between Lugosi and Lee, with maybe a few shout-outs for Oldman, and one or two bending the matter slightly by arguing for Schreck. However, if I were to […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife Mild spoilers ahead. The Hidden Face – or La cara oculta, Bunker or Inside as it’s variously been released – is a Columbian psychological thriller directed by Andrés Baiz (Satan), and although it appears to have been doing the festival circuit for a couple of years it’s only now making its […]
By Oliver Longden 26th May 2013 marks what would have been the 100th birthday of Peter Cushing. Perhaps best known to modern audiences as the skeletally thin Grand Moff Tarkin from the first Star Wars film, Cushing was a versatile and immensely dedicated actor. He achieved worldwide recognition for his many roles in Hammer horror […]
By Comix Sometimes, the strangest stories come from the most humble of people. What could at one moment be a sweet tale of childhood innocence can quickly turn into one of horror in a world a thousand miles beyond redemption. Sweet Tooth is exactly that kind of comic. It is a story of brutality and […]
By Keri O’Shea As a general rule of thumb, I tend to avoid English language versions of J-horrors. Sure, the Far East has provided rich pickings for cautious filmmakers and those who fund them, but almost as soon as Ring happened, Japanese horror became a victim of its own success; no sooner had Sadako become […]