Even though it features a masked maniac boring through teens one at a time with a roaring powerful, I’ve always been loath to class The
Tag: Horror
Deadly Friend
Wes Craven’s ability to craft imaginative, fantastical horrors with a sobering, violent edge is virtually second to none when to take in the weird and
Dead Silence
After the surprise hit of Saw, the fiendish horror/thriller from horror’s hot new things, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, things sort of went quiet there
Eaten Alive
After The Texas Chainsaw Massacre had cut a bloody swathe through cinemas and drive-ins up and down America, maverick/lunatic Tobe Hooper had a decision to
Event Horizon
I’ve been repeatedly harsh on the output of Paul W.S. Anderson thanks to his seemingly never ending stream of empty video game adaptations and vapid
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Could it be that we’re entering a new, golden age of slasher movies – there’s certainly enough proof to suggest it as 2022 has already
Toolbox Murders
In the world of horror cinema, a comeback is firmly in the eye of the beholder – but surely no-one needed one more than the
The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires
When studios pool their resources the results sometimes tend to be a little erratic. Now, when I say pooling, I don’t mean two Hollywood powerhouses
Necronomicon
While there has been many adaptations filmed from the eldritch works of Rhode Island’s grumpiest son, H.P. Lovecraft, possibly one of the most deranged may
The Resurrected
Notorious horror author H.P. Lovecraft and sreenwriter/director Dan O’Bannon both had a lot in common; not only did both men change the very face of
Invitation To Hell
It’s truly phenomenal what skeletons you can dig up when pulling a deep search into the filmography of a beloved auteur and for an extra
The Curse Of Frankenstein
Hammer Studios had dipped its toes into the realms of horror fantasy before with the adaptation of The Quatermass Xperiment, but in 1957, the studio
Underworld: Blood Wars
I may have ranted out this particular lament before, but who the Hell insists on watching the Underworld movies enough to the extent that we
The Invitation
A pertinent question that always arises when a movie trailer comes along that spills more beans than a nervous barista is: does a spoilerish ad
The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
By the time Hammer’s Dracula series made it to its eighth and final installment, you could that the lifeblood of the continuing misadventures of Christopher
Killer Crocodile 2
Looking back over my previous review of Fabrizio De Angelis’ original Killer Crocodile, I was stunned to see I’d given it a whopping three stars
Deadly Blessing
How does one go from the relentless, sordid brutality of Last House On The Left and The Hills Have Eyes to slicker, more populist fare
Underworld: Awakening
At this point, I feel I should ask a couple of pertinent questions, like who out there is actually demanding for more Underworld sequels and
The Mangler
It’s probably best to employ a certain level of subtle sophistication when approaching a Stephen King adaptation with the intent of turning his many, many
Day Shift
Vampire hunters have taken many forms over the years; hell, even Van Helsing himself has had more facelifts than Jackie Stallone, but with Netflix’s new
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