When Cabinet Of Curiosities was first announced, I eagerly cast an eye of the director list to see who Guillermo Del Toro had selected to
Tag: Horror
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Season 1, Episode 6: Dreams In The Witch House (2022) – Review
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times before, if Cabinet Of Curiosities reminds me if anything, it’s the 2005 Showtime anthology show Masters Of Horror
The Ward (2010) – Review
It had been about ten years since John Carpenter last directed a feature and his self-imposed retirement had been born of him finally losing his
Chucky – Season 2, Episode 7: Goin’ To The Chapel (2022) – Review
Even though I’ve gone on about it until I’m blue in the face (from repetition, not because I’m getting choked out by a killer doll),
Terrifier (2016) – Review
If there’s one thing the modern horror genre is lacking is a truly endearing antagonist that really captures the imagination of the masses. I mean
Hamada To Oversee Paramount Horror
Former DC Films head, Walter Hamada, has found a new home at Paramount weeks after leaving Warner Bros. Hamada had been in charge of DC
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Season 1, Episode 5: Pickman’s Model (2022) – Review
Perhaps it’s no real surprise that when given the chance to shepherd an anthology series on Neflix, Guillermo Del Toro took this as an opportunity
The Kiss Of The Vampire (1963) – Review
Picture the scene: it’s a typically grim day as mourners gather for the funeral of a young woman taken before her time. The sky is
Chucky – Season 2, Episode 6: He Is Risen Indeed (2022) – Review
After a couple of cracking episodes on the trot, Chucky now has the unenviable task of having to start roping together all of its threads
Vampire Circus (1972) – Review
It may be something of a hot take, but when comparing Hammer’s unreasonably sizable catalogue of vampire movies side by side, you start to realise
Countess Dracula (1971) – Review
As Hammer Films cruised into the 70’s, expanding upon the elevated sex and violence the changing times and audience demand required, there was sometimes a
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Season 1, Episode 4: The Outside (2022) – Review
As we roll around to Guillermo Del Toro’s fourth offering in his Halloween treat of a Netflix show, one thing that you can’t have helped
Twins Of Evil (1971) – Review
After lesbian tinged The Vampire Lovers and Lust For A Vampire, Hammer Films closed out their lusty Karnstein Trilogy with Twins Of Evil, an apparent
Hands Of The Ripper (1971) – Review
Hammer Films was chiefly renowned for their revolutionary contributions to the horror genre, but when they weren’t slapping a new coat of paint on such
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Season 1, Episode 3: The Autopsy (2022) – Review
This may be a particularly ghoulish fact to admit, but I’ve always been fascinated by cinematic autopsies.Whether it’s used as an exclamation point to really
The Mummy (1959) – Review
After retro-fitting and updating such classic characters as Frankenstein and Dracula with more modern (for the 50’s anyway) sensibilities, it was a shoo-in that Hammer
Chucky – Season 2, Episode 5: Doll On Doll (2022) – Review
Once Episode 4 ended with the murder of a genuine WWE Superstar, there was a feeling that the magnificent lunacy of this genuinely madcap 47
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Season 1, Episode 2: Graveyard Rats (2022) – Review
Now this is more like it!The previous episode of Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities was a reliably slick and visually rousing dollop of single
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Season 1, Episode 1: Lot 36 (2022) – Review
Ever since The Twilight Zone introduced us to that spooky floating door and Rod Serling’s dulcent tones, the creepy anthology series has been a staple
Prey For The Devil (2022) – Review
If I’m being honest, in the wake of William Friedkin’s seminal 1973 classic, The Exorcist, I’ve always found exorcism movies to be incredibly samey and
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