Phantasm II (1988) – Review

Don Coscarelli may not be a household name when it comes to cinematic purveyors of fright – not as much as John Carpenter and George

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The Thing (1982) – Review

John Carpenter very well may be one of the beloved genre filmmakers walking this earth and after a quick glance at his filmography (especially during

Train To Busan (2016) – Review

In many ways, the zombie genre over the last twenty years has behaved much like zombies themselves. Uncontrollably spreading in number like a virus and

47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019) – Review

Back in 2017, the orginal 47 Meters Down helpfully warned us of the dangers of cage diving when Matthew Modine is running the show and

The Visit (2015) – Review

After a seemingly endless string of movies that turned out to be boring, dopey or just outright awful, it seemed that Hollywood twist fanatic M.

Man-Thing (2005) – Review

Any of you that ever read the magazine Toyfair back in the days of print will no doubt be familiar with the humorous comic strip

A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) – Review

After Michael, Jason and Leatherface all had shiny new updates all throughout the noughties (Chucky trailed behind and got one in 2019 whereas Pinhead never

Friday The 13th (2009) – Review

With all the horror remakes whizzing around the place during the noughties, it’s frankly amazing that a Friday The 13th remake took so long to

Freddy Vs. Jason (2003) – Review

“Vs” movies are nothing new; ever since Frankenstein met the Wolf Man Hollywood has been finding ways to sling two opposing characters from different movies

Jigsaw (2017) – Review

After a hiatus, John Kramer (a.k.a. The Jigsaw Killer, a.k.a. didn’t that guy die back in part 3?) has returned despite no one really asking

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) – Review

After the ending of his sixth movie left him deader than disco and one wisecrack short of being Jimmy fucking Fallon, maybe being dead was

Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh (1995) – Review

Back in the day, I often wondered why Clive Barker’s hook wielding, bee spitting, romantic gut-splitter we all know as the Candyman never became one

Fantasy Island (2020) – Review

The concept of taking an old cult TV show and flipping the genre around is nothing new. Just take such movies such as 21 Jump

The Invisible Man (2020) – Review

After Tom Cruise’s 2017 brush with The Mummy failed to jump start Universal’s Dark Universe – an MCU style franchise of connected films that was

Color Out Of Space (2019) – Review

I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this site about the difficulty hollywood has had in trying to visualise the unearthly works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (H.P. to

Candyman (1992) – Review

It’s always been stunning to me that the many and varied works of Clive Barker hasn’t managed to produce more timeless cinematic horror classics than

Jason X (2001) – Review

Not to be confused as a deeply confusing sequel to Malcolm X, it’s always amusing to compare a new entry to a long running franchise

Candyman – Official Trailer

Universal has released the first trailer for the Jordan Peele produced sequel/reboot of ‘Candyman’ directed by Nia DaCosta. Tony Todd appears to be back as

Re-Animator (1985) – Review

Sprinting into the horror genre with all the deranged energy of a cocaine addicted cheetah, Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator turned heads and stomachs in equal measure

From Beyond (1986) – Review

In the annals of H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, there surely isn’t a movie more fucked up than From Beyond. Oh sure, Re-Animator is fucked up –

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