Up until now, one of the main positives that fans have been praising about The Last Of Us, is that it hues impressive close to
Tag: Horror
The Incredible Melting Man
There’s something about a truly lurid movie title that speaks directly to that lizard part of my brain and demands that I have to simply
The Vampire Lovers
Back in their glory days, the vampire-themed horror movies Hammer Films released into an unsuspecting public were always charged with a subtle sexual energy, what
May The Devil Take You
We’ve tackled the homage/ripoff conundrum here many times before and the consensus usually is that if your movie is legitimately entertaining, you can basically get
Creepshow – Season 2, Episode 2: Dead And Breakfast/Pesticide
After a barnstorming premiere episode for Creepshow’s second season, it seemed that the show had finally found its groove with a couple of raucous, yet
The Last Of Us – Season 1, Episode 2: Infected
After an absolute cracker of an opening episode, it seemed that The Last Of Us had finally smashed the curse of the video game adaption
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
After the runaway success of Poltergeist – the result of the controversial union of Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper – a sequel seemed like a
The Deadly Spawn
Sometimes, there’s nothing more warming to the cockles of my heart than seeing a bunch of youngsters, utterly out of their depth and blessedly naive
The Last Of Us – Season 1, Episode 1: When You’re Lost In The Darkness
I’ve always wondered what a viewer would make of a videogame adaptation who has next-to-zero familiarity with the source material. Not having the reverential love
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 6: Skincrawlers/By The Silver Water Of Lake Champlain
And so, after five episodes and ten stories of wildly varying tone and quantity, the Creep final flicks through the final issue of the first
M3GAN
Back in 1988, a cinematic serial killer used the voodoo Demballa chant to level up after catching a fatal bullet after a foot chase that
Taste The Blood Of Dracula
For any studio that tends to focus on a more singular output, the name of the game is to try and make sure your product
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 5: Night Of The Paw/Times Is Tough In Musky Holler
As much as I’ve enjoyed Creepshow’s spirited return from the grave, a quick glance at the fifth episode’s credit revealed a worrying fact – that
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 4: The Companion/ Lydia Layne’s Better Half
The trick to enjoying a horror anthology series that features short stories is to take any sense of lingering logic you may have, screw it
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
When the titles started rolling on Hammer’s previous Frankenstein endeavor, there was a feeling that Peter Cushing’s resident violator of the laws of nature was
Squirm
While describing the 70’s output of nature going crazy movies as a heyday may strain your personal definition of what a heyday should be, there’s
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 3: All Hallows Eve/The Man In The Suitcase
One of the inevitable side effects of having a horror anthology show is that with every episode bringing you something completely new, the chances for
Poltergeist
Most ghost movies usually rely on subtlety to give an audience a taste of what lurks on the other side – take Robert Wise’s work
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 2: Bad Wolf Down/The Finger
As I’ve no doubt mentioned before, one of the advantages of an anthology show is that if a duff episode manages to slip out, things
Creepshow – Season 1, Episode 1: Gray Matter/The House Of The Head
In a horror comeback worthy of a Jason or a Michael, 2019 saw the return of a horror legend the likes of which I genuinely
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