By Keri O’Shea In many ways, horror can be seen as a distorting mirror, held up to the society to which it belongs in order to focus attention on certain aspects of that society. It renders that which it reflects disproportionate, grotesque or monstrous – and so one of horror’s greatest strengths is that it […]
Review by Kit Rathenar Ah, the magic of Christmas. Trees, lights, cake, presents, carols, peace, goodwill, man dressed as Father Christmas going around killing people… Wait, run that last one by me again? Oh, okay – that would be the premise of one-off director Lewis Jackson’s indie cult classic Christmas Evil, originally released in 1980 […]
Review by Comix Werewolves have been a staple of human folklore for as long as their been a reason to fear the dark. Even the wise and reasonable Greeks had their own version of the lycanthropes in the form of the Neuri tribe, who once a year, were believed to change into wolves and terrorize […]
By Keri O’Shea Here in the UK, we’re now in the grip of a good old fashioned British winter (with the exception of all the flooding, which is a fairly new development): at the moment, we have to contend with that unique Blighty cold which clings to your bones, frost, snow and high winds. Marvellous. […]
By Ben Bussey Watch out – Ben’s been thinking again. You might have noticed just over a week ago we ran a news item on Sushi Girl, a new movie from first-time feature director Kern Saxton. At the time of writing I have not seen the film, nor do I know anything of Saxton or anyone else […]
By Keri O’Shea Ah, the internet. It’s hard to remember a time when it wasn’t around, helping people to find that special someone whilst simultaneously making it possible to cut right to the chase. Don’t want to spend months of your life concealing your hang-ups and fuck-ups until you get to say what you want […]
Review by Comix “War is Hell.” This particular sentiment has been muttered by every soldier who has survived the horrors of battle; every man that delved deep into the pit of patriotism and swam back up covered in blood. But what happens when the actions of one man on the war front literally brings Hell […]
By Keri O’Shea I’ve heard a new term being used recently – on Twitter, as you might expect – and that term relates to the new wave of retro-styled trailers and movies we’ve been seeing so much of lately, those projects which hark back to a seedy, insalubrious, straight-to-video heyday. That term, folks, is ‘rewindhouse’, […]
Review by Ben Bussey Yes, Roger Corman’s still alive. No, he has not yet tired of lending his name to half-brained SyFy Channel films with a concept surely concieved over beers in a titty bar, scribbled down on a napkin, accidentally slipped into a stripper’s thong, then hastily retrieved before being rushed to American World […]
Review by Annie Riordan There wasn’t no innernet way back when I was a stupid teenage girl in the long ago 1980s. Back then, if you wanted to meet one o’ them seckshul predators, you had to get on a bus and go all the way to the mall! Why I can’t even tell you […]
By Ben Bussey I’ve already taken a swipe at the posters and DVD covers of the last 12 months that got it wrong. Now it’s time to celebrate those that got it right, and I’ll admit that’s actually a thornier prospect. Pointing out flaws and mocking them isn’t too challenging, as countless billions of school […]