Review by Nia Edwards-Behi Back in 2010, I saw The Collector in the screening room of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, and almost immediately dismissed it. The film which started life as a Saw prequel came across as nothing more than a dull rip-off, Saw and its several sequels making it seem derivative and […]
Review by Ben Bussey Ideas: those little sparks of inspiration that are the backbone of all creative acts, yet so often seem painfully thin on the ground. All movies need at least one big idea to bounce off, and to a certain extent it doesn’t really matter whether it’s good or bad, new or old, incredibly smart or […]
By Comix Every comic company has one: some strange creature forever creeping in the back issues of long forgotten comics, popping up occasionally in an obscure reference only to sink back down into the depths of imagination. A creation that demands unflinching dedication to its story, a reflection not only of the worlds ills, but […]
By Stephanie Scaife Although Cronenberg had made a name for himself in the 70’s as the master of low budget gross-out body horror with the release of Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977) and The Brood (1979) it wasn’t until the release of the slightly more accessible sci-fi action flick Scanners (1981) that he really hit the […]
Review by Tristan Bishop Do you remember the J-horror boom of the early noughties? My first experience was The Ring, on an Asian VCD purchased in London’s Chinatown after reading about the buzz it (and the subsequent sequels) were generating in Japan. This was sometime in 2000 – by then the film had been out […]
By Kit Rathenar John Carpenters Vampires (hereafter just “Vampires”, for simplicity’s sake) is a film I feel a little odd writing about. It’s a film that I absolutely love, but I’ve got the strangest feeling that if it could speak to me it would ask me “What the fuck are you doing here?” I don’t […]
By Keri O’Shea When the trailer for Lords of Salem premièred a few months back, I couldn’t help but be quietly optimistic. Oh, sure, Rob Zombie has made mistakes – and a lot of them. As much as House of 1,000 Corpses has its share of charms, the tapestry it weaves out of its many […]
By Kit Rathenar It’s amazing what ten years can do. Everyone knows Rob Zombie the movie director by now. While his cinematic career hasn’t been hugely prolific by some standards, he’s got several notable titles under his belt – including the remake of Halloween – and whatever critical opinion may say of his movies, nobody […]
Review by Ben Bussey As much as I generally prefer not to make bold predictions of things which may or may not come to pass, I’m about to make one now: Spring Breakers will be for the 2010s what Trainspotting was for the 1990s. This is an era-defining, genre-defying film that will be adored, obsessed over and […]
Review by Dustin Hall The Evil Dead remake is a fucking fantastic modern horror movie. However, is it “The most terrifying film you will ever experience?” That’s a tough call. There’s lots of jump and squirm about in this movie but, on a personal note, I went to this film accompanied by a friend who’s […]
By Keri O’Shea For a while there, it looked as though director Jesús ‘Jess’ Franco was invincible; despite losing the love of his life and his muse Lina Romay just over a year ago, despite increasing ill-health culminating in a serious stroke last week, Jess was still with us. Hell, he was still working up […]