The Night House is a mind-bending horror thriller from director David Bruckner, the man behind horrors such as 2017’s The Ritual and 2012’s V/H/S. With a trailer that looked intriguing yet a tad confusing, I was a little sceptical about how this would play out and I’m afraid to say that despite having a decent […]
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Following 3.5 million podcast downloads and sold-out live shows, The ParaPod now has the honour of becoming the first podcast to be turned into a film, thanks to its devoted fans providing crowdfunding financing. Three years in the making, the movie enjoyed a sell-out premiere and fan screenings back in early 2020 and was scheduled
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When the Screaming Starts is a comedy-horror mockumentary that received its premiere recently at FrightFest. It is billed as being for fans of What We Do In The Shadows and The Office, but I’m sorry to say that it is nowhere near as clever or as funny as either of those. Norman Graysmith (Jared Rogers)
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Bloodthirsty is the latest release to take on the werewolf horror genre. Rather than being the full-on gore-fest that the title might suggest, this film is a slow-burning, character piece that for the most part works fairly well although the execution is hit and miss. The film follows Grey (Lauren Beatty), a singer-songwriter struggling to
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Demonic is the latest feature film direct by Neill Blomkamp, his first in 6 years, who rose to fame after his successful debut with District 9 in 2009. Sadly, Blomkamp’s next films, Elysium in 2013 and Chappie in 2015, never quite lived up to his debut so with Demonic expectations were high. However, despite a
2016s Don’t Breathe was a real gem of a film that I’d had on my watchlist for a fair while before finally getting round to watching and then wishing I’d done so sooner. From Uruguayan filmmakers Rodo Sayagues and Fede Alvarez, it featured a relatively simple home invasion setup involving a group of young burglars
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The Return is an award-winning supernatural thriller from director BJ Verot. Richard Harmon stars as Rodger Emmerlich, a young physics student who is returning to his family home following the recent death of his father under ‘mysterious circumstances’. Joining him are girlfriend Beth (Sara Thompson) and best friend Jordan (Echo Andersson). We’re already wary of
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The Forever Purge is the fifth, and supposedly final, instalment of the Purge franchise. What started out as a low-key home invasion horror in The Purge has turned into fast-paced action with this latest film, and unfortunately, it doesn’t quite live up to expectations. The film follows on from the events of the third film,
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is the sequel to 2019’s Escape Room, a series of action horrors set in, you guessed it, escape rooms. Despite a fairly ridiculous plot, I enjoyed the first film immensely and I’m pleased to say I felt the same about this sequel. Spoiler alert, but the plot follows on directly
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Fear Street Part 3: 1666 is the final part of a trilogy of films that have been released weekly on Netflix, and is based on the book series of the same name by R.L Stine. My feelings towards parts 1 and 2 do differ slightly from Sarah, who reviewed both for us (see here and
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Fear Street Part 2: 1978 is the second of a trilogy of films being released weekly on Netflix, based on the book series of the same name by R.L Stine. Despite claiming in my review for part 1 that I wouldn’t drop everything to watch the second film, curiosity got the best of me and
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Fear Street Part One: 1994 is the first in a trilogy of films released on Netflix, based on the supernatural book series by R.L Stine. Packed full of film references and 90s nostalgia, the first part of this trilogy is a fairly entertaining watch. The film opens on a young woman, Heather (Maya Hawke), working
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Arriving almost eight months after its release in the US, Freaky comes from director Christopher Landon, who also directed the hugely entertaining Happy Death Day movies. It manages to take the tired old body swap genre and add a fresh horror spin, while still keeping things fun. It’s Wednesday the 11th. Vince Vaughn is the
Werewolves Within is a whodunnit horror-comedy from director Josh Ruben (Scare Me) and from a screenplay by Mishna Wolff. It is based on a video game of the same name and kicks off with a vicious attack on a man out in the snowy wilderness, which we assume is being carried out by a werewolf…
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Kindred is a psychological thriller/horror about the reluctantly pregnant Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) after her boyfriend, Ben (Edward Holcroft), dies in a workplace accident. After this accident, Charlotte is taken in by Ben’s mother (Fiona Shaw), and creepy stepbrother, Thomas (Jack Lowden). They proceed to basically torture her and question her sanity. Prior to the accident,
Witch Hunt is a 2021 supernatural drama within an alternate modern-day America, where witches are real, witchcraft is illegal and being burnt at the stake by witch hunters is a feared punishment. While the concept is good and had heaps of potential, the poor lacklustre execution does not make for a bewitching watch. The film
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