Celluloid Screams 2016: Ben and Keri talk aboot Yoga Hosers (2016)

By Ben Bussey and Keri O’Shea Sheffield horror festival Celluloid Screams hosted a screening of Kevin Smith’s (how to put this generously) somewhat divisive latest movie Yoga Hosers, starring the writer-director’s daughter Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp (daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, who also co-star) in a reprise of their roles from […]

Review: The Rezort (2015)

By Ben Bussey As high concept one sentence pitches go, ‘Jurassic Park with zombies’ isn’t a bad one. Playing on much the same vacation from hell theme, The Rezort presents us with a literally post-apocalyptic vision of a world which has survived a rampant zombie plague. A few years on, with the world’s (living) population reduced […]

DVD Review: One Million Years BC (1966)

Do creature features get much more iconic than this? The classic combination of eye-catching monster and attractive leading lady has served filmmakers well over the decades, but to take one of the most renowned big screen beauties of all time and pit her against the creations of the most celebrated creator of special effects in […]

Review: Wekufe: El Origen del Mal (The Origin of Evil) (2016)

The recent release of Blair Witch, to considerably lower box office and critical acclaim than anticipated, prompted my colleague Dustin Hall to question whether the film marked the last nail in the coffin of the found footage horror movie, remarking that it would be a “sad, but fitting place to end” the subgenre. This, I […]

Blu-ray Review: The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast

It’s a curious sensation when cheap, willfully base trash attains a sense of real poignancy. Who could have known back when Arrow Video first announced this mighty Herschell Gordon Lewis box set back in the summer that the man himself would not live to see its release? Still, as sad as Lewis’s recent death was, […]

Review: Plank Face (2016)

One of the exciting things about the contemporary indie horror scene is that, as a seemingly increasing number of filmmakers opt to self-distribute their own work, the more prolific among them may put out two or more films per year. A hell of a lot of work for the filmmakers, no doubt, but a tremendous advantage […]

DVD Review: Shelley (2016)

By Keri O’Shea As a willing outsider to parenthood, it’s not too much of a reach for me to see the whole thing rather as some very fine horror movies have seen it – as something alienating, pervasive and often irrational. Having children is something most people sign up to eventually, or often yearn to […]

DVD Review: Grave Walkers (AKA Live Evil) (2015)

By Ben Bussey There’s nothing too out of the ordinary about being left disappointed by a low budget indie horror movie from a largely unknown cast and crew. However, there’s a particularly bitter sting to this sensation when the film in question shows so much promise, and ticks so many of your personal boxes for […]

DVD Review: The Last King (2016)

By Keri O’Shea I hope that I’m not doing the film being reviewed a disservice to immediately mention Game of Thrones here, but it sees that the success of the latter is now so huge that there’s a large battle-shaped void in our viewing when the latter disappears from our screens for another year, and […]