The ‘heist gone wrong’ is a surprisingly popular motif in genre cinema lately. From Livide (2011) to Don’t Breathe (2016) through to Peppergrass (2021), to name a few, ideas about what could happen in such an unfamiliar, high stakes situation have given a fair few filmmakers food for thought, and each subsequent film uses varying […]
By Guest Contributor Darren Gaskell The fabulously monikered Levi Danube (Justin Benson) moves into a ramshackle Los Angeles apartment and, via nothing more or less than a shared interest in smoking, strikes up a rapport with fellow block dweller John Daniels (Aaron Moorhead). Both appear to be searching for some kind of direction in life […]
Festival season is upon us once more, and one by one, the best horror and genre film festivals of the UK are revealing what they have lined up. Myself and co-editor Ben often take ourselves down to Sheffield’s Showroom Cinema for Celluloid Screams: now in its ninth year, it has introduced us to a range […]
By Keri O’Shea (For the first part of Keri’s Top Ten list, please click here.) 4 – Cold in July I’ve been a big fan of Michael C. Hall since his work in Dexter – particularly the early series – so it’s testament to his skill as an actor that here, in the dark and […]