One term that’s hurled around a lot these days (especially by me) is “Cronenbergian”. For those not in the know, it’s shorthand to describe movies
One term that’s hurled around a lot these days (especially by me) is “Cronenbergian”. For those not in the know, it’s shorthand to describe movies
Idiocy is a tough gig to pull off. The dumber the concept, the smarter the brains behind it has to be – and let’s be
In the 2000s, horror found itself at something of a crossroads. Having being fairly dormant at the box office for most of the 90s, the
Some films are created to expand your consciousness, to teach you about the world that surrounds you and aims to try to understand the existential
Anyone out there seen George Sluizer’s The Vanishing?At first glance that might not seem like much of a loaded question, but your answer may vary
With the merciless Wolf Creek, antipodean director Greg McLean gave us a chilling vision of exactly how dangerous the outback can be courtesy of Mick
In the slimy, drooly wake of Ridley Scott’s Alien, all manner of creepy, amorphous extraterrestrials stalked out from dark, industrial corners and alien world to
In 1994, Neil Jordan’s take on Anne Rice’s sumptuous vampire novel managed to do the impossible and finally bring the author’s brooding, romanticized blood suckers
Alarm bells should always sound when the actor who played a reoccurring role in a horror franchise suddenly opts out mid series. After all, Robert
For those who solely know Wes Craven for his work on the Scream franchise, be warned, back in his days as a fledgling filmmaker, the
Since the Cabin Fever franchise started back with Eli Roth’s 2002 debut, the series has established a very obvious set up that saw obnoxious, toxic
It’s something of a common fact about the career of Dario Argento that Italy’s master of horror saw something of a drop off in quality
With the inevitable rise of AI, the future of humanity has never been tougher to predict – which is ironic considering that’s what algorithms are
While George A. Romero was most famous for reinventing the living dead as we know them today, becoming famous as the king of the zombies
Most of us are guilty of it one way or another. Keeping silent when some sort of wrong has been done to you in order
Cinematic comfort food takes many different forms depending upon who you are and what floats your boat, but when concerning hardcore horror fans, sometimes all
Announcing that your brand new horror is scary and all is all well and good – but I’d rather prefer it if the ad campaign
“You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of
The saying goes that from little acorns, mighty oaks grow, but I guess no one was expecting anything mighty from director Ti West after the
Back in 1989 we got Warlock, a surprisingly over-achieving, time travelling horror/comedy that saw Julian Sands and Richard E. Grant do battle in a centuries