I guess as someone who grew up in the 80s, I should be utterly unfazed by thr arrival of any unnecessary horror sequels, but even
Tag: Horror
Longlegs (2024) – Review
It happens approximately around once a year. You’ve all seen it, that quote on the year’s most anticipated horror film that usually reads something like
Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) – Review
Thanks to the iconic efforts of both Universal Studios and Hammer, the domain of the Vampire had comfortably been established since the 30s as lush
Night Terrors (1993) – Review
There’s a common belief that the quality control of Tobe Hooper took a brisk march off a cliff after the release of his blockbusting, Spielbergian
The Gorgon (1964) – Review
While it’s hardly fair to say that Hammer Studios only made endless adventures featuring the antisocial exploits of Peter Cushing’s Frankenstein and Christopher Lee’s Dracula,
The Burning (1981) – Review
1981 was something of a banner year for the slasher film that not only saw the first of many Friday The 13th and Halloween sequels,
In A Violent Nature (2024) – Review
Much like the hulking, masked marauders that lurk within, the 80s slasher genre was something of a simplistic engine of destruction that moved inexorably toward
Maniac (2012) – Review
During an interview held sometime after the release of the 1998, meta sci-fi flick, The Faculty, director Robert Rodriguez stated that he’d love to cast
Night Of The Demons 2 (1994) – Review
Compared to the ballsy, brassier days of 80s horror, fear flicks of the 90s that actually made it to the cinema usually seemed a bit
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) – Review
When John Krasinski’s soft-soft-LOUD dystopian horror/thriller first landed in cinemas, audiences found there was plenty to shout about at this tale of a family struggling
Stopmotion (2023) – Review
Anyone who has even caught a hint of the less child-orientated offerings that the art of stop motion animation has unleashed, knows that the animators
The Exorcism (2024) – Review
When most successful actors hit their middle-age these days, they seem to take the Liam Neeson approach to acting and suddenly become a grizzled action
Videodrome (1983) – Review
“You’ll forgive me if I don’t stay around to watch. I just can’t cope with the freaky stuff.”These word utter from the lips of Barry
The Serpent And The Rainbow (1988) – Review
Despite creating Freddy Krueger – undoubtedly the horror icon of the decade – Wes Craven seemed to find the 80s quite hard going. Even though
Arcadian (2024) – Review
In his continuing evolution from indie maverick, to action oddball, to DTV maniac and back to indie Maverick again, Nicolas Cage seems to be on
The Watchers (2024) – Review
Personally speaking, I’ve never been one to cry nepotism when it comes to the children of famous filmmakers taking flight on their own. If I
Tourist Trap (1979) – Review
The 70s certainly knew how to hold it’s own when it came to the realms of weird-ass horror. Don Coscerelli’s gloriously trippy Phantasm effortlessly turned
Maniac (1980) – Review
In a time when even the grottiest of films usually come with a comforting veneer of sheen, it’s great to take the time every now
Sting (2024) – Review
If Frank Marshall’s spiderific 1990 bug-out, Arachnophobia, could be considered the Jaws of killer spider movies (and it should), surely then the far sillier Eight
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Review
Proving that old Hollywood adage of nothing ever dies, the trio of mask wearing, Tamara inquiring, thrill killers known as the Strangers have returned to
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