DVD Review: Dark Mirror (2007)

Review by Nia Edwards-Behi I don’t think I’ve ever watched an American ‘TV movie’. I’m sure there are plenty of good ones, but I have a preconception in my mind that I associate with the phrase ‘TV movie’ that is less than complimentary. It conjures up bad lighting, melodramatic acting and illogical plot lines. Dark […]

DVD Review: Blood Car (2007)

Review by Ben Bussey Just what are we to do if the price of petrol – oh, alright non-British readers, we can call it gas (even though it’s clearly a liquid) – keeps on rising? Some might say it was time to give the electric car a go, but this memo obviously didn’t reach the […]

Review: Rites of Spring

Review by Dustin Hall Rites of Spring starts off with great promise. Text crawls over the screen, speaking of the eerie regularity of which young girls in this rural area are kidnapped and then never recovered. Cue creepy old Midwestern homes in deserted fields, accompanied by excellent and equally creepy music. Our heroines share some […]

RoboCop – 25 Years of The Future of Law Enforcement

By Ben Bussey Beware of spoilers ahead – but come on, if you haven’t seen RoboCop what the hell have you been doing? We’ve seen a fair few landmark films celebrate major anniversaries so far this year: 25 years of Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and Evil Dead 2, as well as 30 years of New […]

Horror In Short: 'Dirty Laundry'

by Ben Bussey Okay. There’s a distinct possibility you already know what this is. This short film starring Tom Jane premiered this past weekend at San Diego Comic Con and has been popping up on many sites and blogs today, most of which have not been shy about giving the game away. For the benefit […]

Blu-ray Review: The Night Porter (1974)

Review by Nia Edwards-Behi It was only relatively recently that I saw The Night Porter for the first time. It was a couple of years ago that I first watched Joseph Losey’s The Servant, and found myself being truly blown away by Dirk Bogarde’s performance. I knew of The Night Porter, but if Bogarde’s performance […]

DVD Review: The Pact

Review by Annie Riordan Death is the great equalizer, and funerals are not for the dead, but rather for the living. It’s an opportunity to show the deceased the respect owed them, to reflect and forgive, and to pray for the salvation of the soul, both your own and that of the deceased. It’s a […]

DVD Review: Midnight Son

Review by Annie Riordan I gotta be honest: I am sick to fucking death of vampire films. There was a time when the vampire film was my absolute favorite sub-genre of horror. But that was back in Ye Olde Days when men were men, women were women and vampires were butt-ugly parasitic ghouls who did […]

Book Review: Annul Domini by Ingrid Pitt

Review by Keri O’Shea Ingrid Pitt seemed to live several lives in her seventy-three years; with regards her career, she’s of course best known for her roles in classic horror cinema like Hammer’s Countess Dracula and The Wicker Man, but she was also an accomplished writer. Her ‘Bedside Companion for Vampire Lovers’ was no second-rate […]