Review: Leprechaun Returns
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 Continue Reading
Review: Shrooms
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 Continue Reading
Review: The Candyman
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 Continue Reading
Review: The Thing
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 Continue Reading
Review: Long Time Dead
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 Continue Reading
Review: The Fly
No introduction is needed for another of Cronenberg’s powerhouse films, the reputation of ‘The Fly’ being Cronenberg’s best is well deserved. As for plot, the tagline ‘Half man. Half insect. Continue Reading
Review: Whispering Corridors
The 1998 Korean chiller ‘Whispering Corridors’ is part statement regarding the strict schooling regime under military controlled government, and part ghost story about a haunted all-girls school. Unfortunately, as a Continue Reading
Review: Maniac Cop
Before we even start on its content a big nod to the classic tagline: “You have the right to remain silent forever”. That isn’t where the film’s potential ends either. Continue Reading
Review: Pulse (Kairo)
I have tried to watch Kiyoshi Kurosawa acclaimed ‘masterpiece’ a couple of times, braving a boggy pace and lack of scares to really get under the skin of what makes Continue Reading
Review: Harpoon
Harpoon’s slightly cryptic synopsis, tagline and trailer ultimately translate into one of the best contemporary slashers I’ve seen so far this year. With a title that’s easy to confuse with 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...
