I’ve mentioned my love of the paradoxical subgenre known as the feel good horror film before; but while there are many great examples of this
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The House With A Clock In Its Walls (2018) – Review
In a career full of necrotic deceases, profitable torture cults and cannibals, surely the most shocking twist of all is when Eli Roth suddenly veered
Prison (1987) – Review
When I look at the brief, but weirdly specific run of “electric chair horror” that sparked up during the late 80s, it really does seem
Ick (2024) – Review
When you’re delivering a horror comedy that predominantly contains the kind of ruthless, acid-witted teens that lean more into Heathers territory than the sort of
Romeo Must Die (2000) – Review
The year was 2000. Hollywood martial arts had finally broken into the big time with the release of The Matrix the year prior and it
Leprechaun (1992) – Review
If horror cinema has proven anything, it’s that it’s possible to eke out a movie from even the most ridiculous premise. Over the years we’ve
Hudson Hawk (1991) – Review
While it wouldn’t be entirely fair to credit Die Hard entirely for the superstardom of Bruce Willis (does Moonlighting mean nothing to anyone anymore?), watching
The Exterminator (1980) – Review
The vigilante genre – especially ones that also dabble in Nam-sploitation – tend to be quite a grim prospect both in tone and in (pun
The Guest (2014) – Review
After the team of director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett managed to flip the trope of the Final Girl on its head (and then
Sniper: Legacy (2014) – Review
As we approach the five movie mark of a franchise that stubbornly refuses to roll over, there’s almost a sense of peaceful calm that washes
The Long Walk (2025) – Review
In a time where the vast majority of King adaptations are already on their second, or even third go round, it’s somewhat refreshing to find
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) – Review
Whether or not to believe that the stories behind the spectral adventures of Ed and Lorraine Warren are true, you can’t deny that horror’s most
Frogs (1972) – Review
With some movies, it sometimes helps to read the small print. Back when I was a mere slip of a lad, I stood in the
The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (2005) – Review
While it took me some time to spot it, it seems that there’s nothing that Scott Derrickson likes more than to take a typical horror
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974) – Review
There’s something about a 70s thriller that just hits different. Maybe because it was a decade so utterly berefted of sanded down edges that just
You’re Next (2011) – Review
Before he moved into the neon-lit worlds of blockbuster, kaiju smackdowns, Adam Wingard was the very model of an indie filmmaker. Not only was he
The Lawnmower Man (1992) – Review
When is a Stephen King adaptation not a Stephen King adaptation? Probably when you can’t stretch one of his short stories to feature length and
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018) – Review
No one was really hoping for a fourth Death Race movie any more than they were counting on a second one, yet in 2018, Paul
The Devil Rides Out (1968) – Review
We all know the deal with a Hammer horror movie by now, right? More often than not it’s an adaption/sequel of an existing property such
Caught Stealing (2025) – Review
Surely I can’t have been the only one to notice that there’s been a clutch of modest thrillers popping up that’s hoping to bring the
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