Rob Zombie's 31 (2016)
Rob Zombie's 31 was one of the most eagerly anticipated horror films of the year. Not because his track record is overflowing with cinematic masterpieces—quite the opposite, in fact—but because the...
Read More →Rob Zombie's 31 was one of the most eagerly anticipated horror films of the year. Not because his track record is overflowing with cinematic masterpieces—quite the opposite, in fact—but because the...
Read More →well-crafted, acted, and thoroughly engaging thriller from the House of Hammer
Read More →The history behind this 1980 slasher film is that it came from the infamous production house of Golan and Globus, AKA Cannon Films. They had a contract with Klaus Kinski for five movies that had to...
Read More →Apparently, Heather may have survived in 1999, so her younger brother sets off with some friends and a couple who drifted out from Cabin Fever to search for her in the same woods in Burkittsville. More of the same with none of the freshness or impact.
Read More →A very unusual Hammer production, and one that demonstrates just how versatile the studio could be when it chose to step outside its familiar Gothic territory.
Read More →Following the enormous success of the original Boris Karloff classic, The Mummy's Hand arrived in 1940 carrying a considerable burden of expectation.
Read More →1978 was synonymous with Studio 54, Chic, Donna Summer, Sister Sledge, Sylvester, Blondie, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang and disco music was the soundtrack to an era when Gay, Black and inner...
Read More →Meg, the bestselling novel from the late 1990s, spent what felt like an eternity languishing in development hell before finally making it to the screen courtesy of Warner Brothers. The box-office r...
Read More →Poor Jane Hardy has had a rough time of it lately. Her mother has died, her marriage has collapsed, and in an effort to rebuild her shattered nerves she decides the best possible course of action i...
Read More →Typical conveyer-belt 80's slasher fare but done with flair and with a superbly kitted out killer. Atrmospheric and occasionally intensely creepy. Has aged like fine wine.
Read More →Fabulously lurid, trash-art take on Franju’s Eyes Without a face. Wonderfully warped and entertaining. Memorable and worthy camp classic with a nasty edge.
Read More →More than enough of the same formula from the original smash hit with copious amounts of gore and creative death scenes to the delight of fans. Lurid, Nasty shocker – most enjoyable!
Read More →This film is about as far removed from the glamour and gloss traditionally associated with Hollywood as it is possible to be.
Read More →Maniac emerged as part of Hammer's new wave of psychological thrillers during the 1960s, a cycle driven as much by financial opportunity as artistic inspiration. The phenomenal success of Psycho an...
Read More →Lee Grant plays a feisty feminist television reporter determined to tell it like it is, regardless of whose feathers she may ruffle in the process.
Read More →The poster for Dogs has occupied pride of place in my bedroom for as long as I can remember. Every horror poster enthusiast has their personal favourites and I have been fortunate enough to surroun...
Read More →It is 1973 and a triumphant expedition to Mars has captured the imagination of the entire world. Unfortunately, something has gone catastrophically wrong.
Read More →Devout Bible Woman brings home a puppet that changes her life
Read More →Hammer attempting new directions in the 1970s with mixed results.
Read More →Creepy, Macabre and sinister tale reminscent of The House of Wax
Read More →Footage of ants of all shapes and sizes diligently going about their daily duties, accompanied by a wonderfully serious deadpan voiceover, gets the ball rolling in H.G. Wells’ Empire of the Ants. T...
Read More →A sleazy sexploitationer cleverly camouflaged as a socially relevant protest movie. Nice try.
Read More →Yet another zero-budget shocker taking its cue from The Evil Dead and co.
Read More →Susan George babysits for a family with a secret and soon gets embroiled in a terrifying nightmare. Highly enjoyable and tension-filled ride from the pre-internet, pre-cellphone era. Well worth a revisit.
Read More →In the year of Straw Dogs, this well-acted little thriller is a tale of regular folk revealing their dark sides and being unable to control events once they begin to spin out of control.
Read More →Bat, The (1959)Starring: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorhead, Gavin Gordon, Lenita LaneDirector: Crane WilburSynopsis: Vintage, old-fashioned mystery whodunit is a gas and about as scary as an episode of...
Read More →"Compelling shocker blending elements of Svengali and Dead Of Night" Creature Features
Read More →The Curse of JhankarPop music became increasingly tech-oriented during the 1980s, with computer-based solutions taking centre stage over “traditional bands” playing “traditional in
Read More →The Mummy franchise sprouted a third sequel with the release of 1944’s The Mummy’s Ghost, with Lon Chaney reprising his role as the marauding Mummy and George Zucco making a final appearance as the...
Read More →Death stalks the sleepy town of Mapleton once more as we find that “Draining The Swamp” has some deadly after effects, and the arrival of a weird foreigner is always an ominous sign.
Read More →Racist and Xenophobic shades enhance this sublime slice of vintage Hammer horror, where a spate of mysterious deaths points towards something extremely sinister.
Read More →ugly exploitation shocker, infamous for being a "Video Nasty", tries hard to emulate Last House on the Left.
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