Ireland’s most prolific serial-quipper is back! Seemingly ignoring the ‘lep’s’ subsequent adventures (I mean he went to space in one of them – where do you go from there? ‘back to da hood’ again?!), it presents as a direct sequel to the 90s movie, bringing back one original cast member...

Lacking in identity, clear direction, and effective scares/gore ‘Shrooms’ is by far the lesser of Paddy Breathnach’s two slasher entries unleashed last decade. ‘Shrooms’, a confusing hodgepodge of obvious influences culminating in a slasher which is neither one thing or another, and ultimately not very entertaining as a result. The...

Just when the youth of the world thought they could relax from just over a decade of ‘slashening’, 1992s ‘The Candyman’ throws a new stalker icon into the mix. Based in theme (albeit with some crucial additions from cast and writers) on another of Clive Barker’s literary nightmares ‘Candyman’ brings...

John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ sits atop of lists promoting it, not just as the directors best, but one of the best horror movies period, and for good reason. Achieving that (most coveted) zen like balance between quality characterisation, an organic feeling atmosphere, tension and dread and deliciously gory practical effects...

Having seen this on release, I was curious to find out how Marcus Adam’s feature debut holds up after its 18 years in the wild. Coming in at the tail end of the 1990s/ early 2000s slasher resurgence I remember ‘Long Time Dead’ receiving a fairly luke-warm response from mainstream...