If you’ve spent any time on social media in recent months, you’ll surely be aware of the creepy dance scene that went viral following the release of the first trailer for M3GAN and the subsequent marketing of the movie has been spot-on too. However, a consequence of that success was that the final movie turned […]
The Menu is a gastronomic comedy thriller, now showing in cinemas, and brought to us by a team who have all served on HBO’s hit drama Succession. Poking fun at high-end restaurants alongside a tense plot, The Menu had me hooked until the final course, which was sadly a little bit undercooked. The film follows
AMC’s Interview with the Vampire, based on the book of the same name, follows Louis on his journey through immortality. Louis, a prominent Creole businessman in New Orleans, meets French vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. They develop a romantic relationship, and Lestat makes Louis a vampire. They live together as a couple, and Lestat teaches him
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Cabinet of Curiosities is a new horror anthology series from Guillermo Del Toro, now airing on Netflix. Featuring 8 stories from some well-known directors and personally curated by Del Toro himself, you’d be forgiven for expecting big things from this series. However, despite some promising aspects, the end results aren’t nearly as terrifying as it
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Halloween Ends is the final instalment in David Gordon Green’s requel trilogy of the original Halloween movies. After the rather disappointing and infuriating Halloween Kills, this final film takes a daring turn which ultimately works, even if it takes a long time to get there. Unlike Halloween and Halloween Kills which were set over the
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This is a movie that almost flew completely under my radar. Since its release in US cinemas back in early September, it’s already taken $40 million, not bad for a movie with a reported budget of $4.5 million. While the trailer does successfully manage to not give too much away, it is definitely one of
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Hounded sets its sights on Britain’s class divide with this tale of a group of young thieves who get more than they bargained for when they break into a supposedly empty manor house one night. Think Don’t Breathe, but set in the English countryside and with a bunch of homeowners who aren’t anywhere near as
If there was an award for the creepiest trailer of the year, Smile would almost certainly have taken the prize. Consequently, my expectations and excitement for seeing this were high and while the end result didn’t quite turn out how I was expecting, it still managed to deliver a very satisfying blend of The Ring
Orphan: First Kill is the prequel to the 2009 horror Orphan, seeing the return of the murderous Esther 13 years after the original film. The film opens in Estonia and Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), real name Leena, is imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital two years before the events of the first film. She’s violent and desperate
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Nope is the third feature film release from writer/director Jordan Peele. Following on from his smash hits Get Out and Us, this time Peele ventures into sci-fi with a plot featuring an extra-terrestrial in the Californian countryside. The end result is both brilliant and incredibly frustrating and is by far the most conflicting film I’ve
Prey is the latest in a long line of Predator sequels, now available to watch on Disney+. With the action moving to 300 years before the original film, Prey has a lot to live up to and also a number of fairly horrific sequels to surpass. The end result is the best attempt we’ve seen
Arriving on Netflix today, The Sandman is a new series based on the award-winning DC comic series by Neil Gaiman. The original comic series ran for 75 issues between 1989 and 1996, made the New York Times Bestseller List, and continues to be one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. And, surprise
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Resident Evil is the latest adaptation of the smash hit Capcom video game series, this time brought to our screens as a Netflix tv show. Airing only 7 months after the release of the last adaptation, the promising yet disappointing Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, this series has decided to try a change of
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After a month’s wait, Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 4 has finally landed on Netflix. With 2 episodes boasting an inflated total run time of nearly 4 hours, the action picks up right where the excellent volume 1 left off. But after all of the wait and hype, volume 2 is rather more filler
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Set in 1978 and featuring a desaturated colour palette to match, The Black Phone plays nicely on the nightmares of anyone who grew up during that period of time and the era of ‘Stranger Danger’. The bad man that takes kids from the streets in an unmarked van, posters dotted around town pleading for information
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This review covers part 1 of season 4 only Stranger Things Season 4 has just landed on Netflix, but with a catch. The new release is Volume 1, featuring 7 episodes, with the final 2 episodes making up Volume 2 due to hit our screens a month later on 1st July. Due to lengthy runtimes
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