by Nia Edwards-Behi CAUTION: Contains spoilers. Independently made on a tiny budget, Carnival of Souls is the sole feature film directed by educational and industrial filmmaker Herk Harvey. A weird little film, it was instantly forgotten on its B-release in 1962. However, it has since rightfully gained a cult appeal, playing festivals and having received several […]
Review by Eric Lefenfeld The mere notion of exorcism needs to do very little work to sell itself as the subject of a documentary. Like their undead counterparts, exorcists, along with the requisite side serving of possessed young women, have grown to become cinematic staples since the release of a sort of famous movie back […]
Review by Tristan Bishop Ghost stories are big business right now. Whilst horror fans are generally happy to consume low-budget exercises in search of thrills (and sometimes a little innovation), mainstream audiences are lapping up the most archaic of spooky stories, as evidenced by the massive success of Hammer’s version of The Woman In Black, […]
Review by Eric Lefenfeld This world of ours is far from lacking in tales of demonic possession. The last few years alone have brought us The Possession and The Last Exorcism (with a sequel on the way). Leave it to Adrián García Bogliano, returning to Fantastic Fest with his third fever dream of a film […]
Review by Tristan Bishop I’ll admit it. I had not heard any advance word on Attack Of The Werewolves and I was still incredibly excited about it. Any sane readers out there (are there any? Let’s pretend for the moment there are) will no doubt be asking themselves ‘why?’ right now. Well, let’s just say […]
Review by Ben Bussey Ever seen or heard of a movie called Ninjas Vs. Zombies? Well, that’s this film. Quite why they bothered to rename it for its UK release is beyond me, particularly given what a painfully bland and prosaic replacement title they opted to go with. Were they trying to avoid association with […]
Review by Annie Riordan I know it may sound strange to many of you, but not only was I looking forward to watching a movie about a tree, I was also expecting it to be rivetingly entertaining. You see, I automatically expect non-American films to be way better than those made here in the same […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife The original VHS sleeve of Puppetmaster is seared into my brain. It was one of those garish and enticing horror sleeves guaranteed to lure you in, and as an 8 year-old it was one I particularly remember desperately wanting to see. So, flash-forward 20 odd years and last night I finally […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife I was slightly apprehensive going into The Aggression Scale, a straight-to-video production directed by Steven C. Miller whose earlier film Scream of the Banshee was, to be blunt, crap. However I was pleasantly surprised by this low budget thriller that is, as many others have noted, like an R-rated Home Alone. […]
Review by Ben Bussey I know what you’re thinking, and sadly the answer is no: at no point does anyone in this film say “Ni.” Nor does anyone demand a shrubbery. Okay, on the off-chance that wasn’t what you were thinking, you might be pondering what a new vampire film from Germany has to offer […]
by Ben Bussey It’s no accident that the words ‘cheap’ and ‘nasty’ so often go hand in hand. Horror is perhaps the one film genre which can be done on an ultra-low budget without damaging its chances of reaching a wide audience (well, there’s also porn, but let’s not get into that now). Indeed, it can be […]