Tag: horror
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REVIEW: Kiddo
(spoiler free) The opening moments of Brett Chapman’s new environmental horror short film, Kiddo sees a bus load of teenagers being driven to an undisclosed location. They are in high spirits, but one passenger – an older woman: the titular Kiddo – is less than enthused. Immediately this sparks intrigue; why is her mood so…
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REVIEW: Saint Maud
(spoiler free) Spooky season won’t ever be complete now without checking out the stunning Saint Maud; an all consuming work of terror from debut writer/director Rose Glass. Faith, care and possession simmer away with the cold backdrop of Scarborough serving as another characteristic of lonely horror. Maud (Morfydd Clark) is a carer for a private…
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REVIEW: The Platform
(spoiler free) Debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Platform is a new Spanish thriller/horror from director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Wining a People’s Choice award at the festival it’s now available to stream on Netflix. The film begins with a man, Goreng (Iván Massagué), waking up in a prison consisting of different levels, each of…
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REVIEW: Fantasy Island
(spoiler free) The only fantasy you’ll have after the torturous experience of seeing this film is that it will be expelled from your memory. In recent years Blumhouse Productions have been behind some bold and bombastic additions to the horror wheelhouse, but Fantasy Island is definitely not one of them. The film sees five lucky…
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REVIEW: The Hunt
(spoiler free) The latest film from Blumhouse Productions The Hunt finally arrives on screens after previously being cancelled amidst a number of mass shootings in the US and some pointed twitter activity from President Trump. It is based on the 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and sees twelve strangers kidnapped and…
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REVIEW: The Invisible Man
(spoiler free) Originally intended to be the Johnny Depp led component of Universal’s failed Cinematic Dark Universe, The Invisible Man is now appearing on screens under very difference circumstances. It was Leigh Whannell who was recruited after the initial plans fell through and subsequently the acclaimed horror filmmaker both writes and directs here. Elisabeth Moss…
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Why a Jaws Remake Isn’t Such a Bad Idea
Apparently there’s something in the water over at Universal. Yes, We Got This Covered are reporting that Steven Spielberg’s classic monster movie, Jaws (1975) is set the be the latest film to receive the Hollywood remake treatment. According to their source, Universal are set to remake the film with Spielberg potentially producing. And whilst only…
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Zavvi’s Terror Collection Launch
It was a cold, spooky night in Manchester…there was something strange going on within the King Street Townhouse in Manchester. In the basement below, the demons were not lurking, but instead, the cool ghouls from Zavvi and co. At the summoning of spirits from various press outlets, on display was the latest and greatest clothing…
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Doctor Sleep
(spoiler free) Most recently terrifying audiences with TV series ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ director Mike Flanagan returns to the big screen with new psychological horror ‘Doctor Sleep’. It’s an adaptation of the Stephen King novel, a sequel to his 1977 novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation, ‘The Shining’. The film stars Ewan McGregor as…
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La Llorona
(spoiler free) Don’t panic, this is not the shoddy bore-fest from ‘The Conjuring’ universe but instead a foreign film that scooped up two awards in Venice and is listed for Best Competition at this years London Film Festival. ‘La Llorona’ is a dramatic horror from Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante and sees the conflict of Guatemala…
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