Back in 1987, just after squalid, hedonistic thrill seeker Frank Cotton was done farting around with an ornate puzzle box he’d bought from a bazaar
Tag: Horror
Smile (2022) – Review
How forgiving should a viewer be when they realise the movie they’re watching is actually incredibly derivative? With countless genres having countless entries a year,
The Funhouse (1981) – Review
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
Deadly Friend (1986) – Review
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 (2007) – Review
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 (1976) – Review
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 (1997) – Review
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 (2022) – Review
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 (2004) – Review
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 (1974) – Review
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 (1993) – Review
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 (1991) – Review
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 (1984) – Review
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 (1957) – Review
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 (2017) – Review
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 (2022) – Review
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 (1973) – Review
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 (1990) – Review
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 (1981) – Review
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 (2012) – Review
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
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