Candyman (2021)
The topical and culturally charged reboot/sequel of ‘Candyman’ had big boots to fill aiming to reawaken and reimagine a cult horror icon for a new generation. A cult icon, who Continue Reading
Review: SUPERHOST
Brandon Christensen continues the trend of effective social media-based horror with his highly entertaining and super-zany ‘Super Host’! Two YouTubers choose the wrong rental to review in their latest VLOG, Continue Reading
Review: Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It
Three witless guys and a truck filled with inflatable sex-dolls all embarking on a ‘fishing trip’ deep into the countryside – what could possibly go wrong? Throw some uncompromising wilderness Continue Reading
Review: Wilderness
‘Wilderness’ is a very British slasher and as a result the overall feel is slightly less camp, and slightly more graphic than most American teen slashers; despite being structurally the Continue Reading
Review: Wrong Turn (2021)
Wrong Turn: Right decision… Whilst ordinarily I wouldn’t be all that fussed about a re-boot of a franchise, which in itself was essentially a throwback series of sorts, there was Continue Reading
Review: The Sinners
Hail Mary, full of angst… ‘Catholic high school girls in trouble’, well perhaps not quite that, but the modern religious setting does allow a nice angle on some fairly well Continue Reading
Review: Silent Night Deadly Night
I remember watching this infamous festive shocker years and years ago on a pretty poor video transfer, and despite questionable picture quality it stuck in my mind as one of Continue Reading
Review: The Nights Before Christmas
Tis the season to be jolly, or not… ‘The Nights Before Christmas’ certainly chooses the latter delivering a thoroughly nasty Christmas slasher which will see you on the naughty list Continue Reading
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
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...
