Review: Knocking
Nauseating and claustrophobic ‘Knocking’ is a Swedish made film about mental health that will erode at your own! Following the rehabilitation and release of a deeply disturbed woman the plot Continue Reading
Review: Wired Shut
Wired shut, the debut film of writer/director Alexander Sharp is a slow burn thriller which has, for both the good and the bad, got ‘indie’ written all over it – Continue Reading
Review: The Alpines
Dante Aubain invites us to ‘The Alpines’, a tense, voyeuristic encapsulation of the human condition, with more twists and turns than rusted barbed wire. The tag ‘psychological thriller’ is an Continue Reading
Review: The Owners
Predictable, yet expertly executed… ‘The Owners’ is another film promoting a fresh take on the home invasion genre. There have actually been quite a good number of movies which take Continue Reading
Review: Better Watch Out
It’s not very often that the horror genre churns out plot which blindsides you. ‘Better Watch Out’, listed as a home invasion movie, does just this, with a change of Continue Reading
Review: Black Box
As far as dumb horror film plots go, this ones a doozy, my god! (spoilers) Admittedly, the genre as whole isn’t renowned for highbrow, deep thinking concepts, but still, ‘Black Continue Reading
Review: Midsommar
Well, Ari ‘Hereditary’ Aster does it again. The new guy on the block cements himself as a modern master of horror with his follow-up cult (in both senses of the Continue Reading
Review: Criminal Audition
‘Criminal Audition’ is a clever, tension-focussed thriller with a satisfyingly brutal edge. The film’s premise – which is refreshingly original I might add – follows the activities of a shady Continue Reading
Review: The Platform
Netflix is becoming the home to a lot of under the radar horror/thriller films these days, either distributed by the streaming giant itself or finding a new home there. ‘The Continue Reading
Review: The Bay of Silence
Dark thriller ‘Bay of Silence’ is, well dark, really dark. Whilst the all-star cast grace each scene, and some thoroughly gorgeous cinematography threatens to take you out of the moment, Continue Reading
Categories
- Enjoying something of a resurgence of late, within this Spooktacular category you will find all manner of films providing jumps and jolts from those entities who linger beyond the grave. Consider your spine well and truly tingled.
- Monsters and mayhem! Vampires, Werewolves - anything with teeth, claws, scales or fur. If it kills, you will find it here.
- Some of horror's most celebrated directors cut their teeth in the genre. Named after the yellow stickers on genre novels 'Giallo' movies shoot to thrill. We've also banged in other assorted thrillers into this eclectic genre collection.
- "Rip, and cut, and mutilate the innocent! His friends, and again, and again". A category that needs no introduction to horror fans. Baby sitter? Coed? Virgin? - better stay away.
- Something of a guilty pleasure, films found behind this suitably gore spattered button represent the limits of the horror genre - and more often than not, those of good taste to! View discretion is advised.
- “WHEN THERE'S NO MORE ROOM IN HELL, THE DEAD WILL WALK THE EARTH" - from Romero and Fulci to modern classics, we got you covered. Better check your brain out before viewing though...
