Indie distributor A24 has been carving quite the impressive path throughout this golden age of the rather ill-defined sub-genre known as “thoughtful horror”, giving such
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Annabelle (2014) – Review
After James Wan’s The Conjuring scared up a treat at the box office, it was a sure bet that it would get a follow up,
Tales From The Crypt Presents: Bordello Of Blood (1996) – Review
Back in 1995, pioneering HBO horror anthology show Tales From The Crypt decided to make the jump to the big screen with the rollicking gore
Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) – Review
Somewhat of an anomaly among his fellow Universal Monsters alumni, the humble Gill-Man is the rare example of the group who is essentially a totally
The Conjuring (2013) – Review
With Saw, director James Wan made an impact on the horror genre with all the force of a reverse bear trap springing open; and then
The Wolf Man (1941) – Review
The familiar rogues gallery of Universal’s stable of classic creatures have always been tinged with a taste of the tragic – Frankenstein’s Monster is a
Tentacles (1977) – Review
I think we’re all in agreement when I say there’s nothing worse than going out for a midnight swim and being grabbed firmly by the
Psycho (1960) – Review
Technically speaking, I have never seen Psycho – at least not in the way that rotund blonde botherer Alfred Hitchcock had intended. After all who
Phantasm: Ravager (2016) – Review
After the confusing denouement of 1998’s Phantasm: Oblivion, it seemed that Don Coscerelli’s far out horror odessy had finally been laid to rest with no
Phantasm: Oblivion (1998) – Review
It’s a common fact that when your horror franchise continues over an extended period of time the audience tends to shrink until only the faithful
The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) – Review
Back in 2017 Netflix knocked out a feisty comedy horror that not only rose about the usual three-star-and-under type of throwaway film that they usually
Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead (1994) – Review
Back in 1979, indie filmmaker Don Coscerelli realised that to make some money, maybe he should shift his efforts from making family movies like Kenny
The New Mutants (2020) – Review
The X-Men have faced many an obstacle in their long and varied career that includes everything from Magneto’s latest hissy fit to Mojo desperately needing
Crawl (2019) – Review
Over the last couple of years there’s been an impressive assault on the multiplexs by the Phoenix style resurgence of the killer shark movie. Finally
Phantasm (1979) – Review
During the 70’s, the horror genre had made huge steps in moving away from the cobwebby old backdrops of Hammer’s various movies thanks to the
The Host (2006) – Review
Not to be confused with the many other movies out there that’s claimed this admittedly derivative title, Bong Joon-ho’s genre blending monster mash emerged from
Scream 4 (2011) – Review
The main thing about Ghostface, the munch-faced nom de plume of the five different serial killers who’s fallen before the wrath of post modern “final
Mr. Vampire (1985) – Review
Sometimes, to REALLY explore what a sub-genre can do, you have to go elsewhere from the norm; not that there’s much normal about the vast
Scream 3 (2000) – Review
The Scream series has many things which sets it apart from it’s similarly stab-happy, slasher brethren but one of the more radical is that it’s
Scream 2 (1997) – Review
With the rousing success of Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson’s Scream, a film that attached jumper cables to the nascent slasher genre and juiced it
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