Review by Ben Bussey There is a particular potency to films (or stories told in any medium, for that matter) which go to lengths to establish a naturalistic context, then introduce a supernatural element. When we are presented with a story world which we can swallow as real, it gives that bit more power to [...]

by Ben Bussey Right then… 2011. Okay. Man, these end of year reviews don’t half do my head in. There’s always a degree of assumption about them; an implication that the one writing the list has impeccable taste and saw everything of note that was released in the twelve months previous. This year more than [...]

Review by Keri O’Shea 2011 has been a bumper year for horror comedies, it seems. At least, I’ve had the benefit of a pretty clear run of horror-comedies this year that have worked very well  – which is a nice surprise, as it can be rough terrain at times – neither horror nor comedy, fish [...]

by Marc Patterson Hopefully you’ve now read my list of the films I loved the most in 2011. If not, you can go and do so now by clicking here. Now the snarky little bitch in me comes out. Throughout the year there are always those films that press outlets can’t quite shut up about. [...]

by Annie Riordan How best to compile a Year-End list of shitty movies? An ascending list, from invasive-horse-dick-sized-forcible-sodomy-awful to not-as-bad-as-a-battery-acid-enema abysmal? A Descending list perhaps, gently easing you down the shit-caked rectal chute to the boiling horror of Satan’s latrines with the assistance of some numbing Anal-Ease? And how exactly do I measure the vast [...]

by Marc Patterson In a few hours 2011 will be ancient history. I have to admit, I thought it was a damn fine year for horror. While horror at the box office seemed to be awfully underwhelming the stuff that was coming out direct-to-video and through VOD was astonishing. I touched on how 2011 would [...]

Review by Annie Riordan Regissören means “The Director” in Swedish. I know this, because I asked Ronny Carlsson, director of The Director (aka Regissören) what the hell it meant. I also asked him what the hell Regissören (aka The Director) was about. Because I had no fucking idea. I also really didn’t care what “The [...]

by Marc Patterson Space… what a weird place to set a horror film. Ha! Okay, obviously I jest. I mean, you should know I consider Alien to be only one of the finest horror films ever crafted. Perhaps what I meant to say is “An Apollo spacecraft – what a weird place to create a [...]

Review by Nia Edwards-Behi Editor’s note: be warned that this review contains substantial spoilers. For a less spoilery (though not much more postive) appraisal, see Ben’s review from FrightFest. Alternatively, stop reading once you reach the picture of the person in the funny-looking mask… It’s always pleasing to witness a British genre film gain some [...]

Review by Uncouth About five years ago I moved to a new town. I immediately struck up a friendship with one of my co-workers and I invited him over to my house to smoke some hookah (with legit Shisha) and watch Frankenhooker with me. I hadn’t seen the flick, but being a Frank Henenlotter fan [...]

Review by Marc Patterson For the Hammer Horror enthusiast The Hammer Vault will be the “must-buy” of the holiday season. Released just in time for Christmas, The Hammer Vault, from Titan Books and Hammer expert Marcus Hearn, is a unique look into the archives of Hammer studios, unveiling rarely seen marketing materials and images, typically [...]

Review by Uncouth As a young man I decided to work at the local grocery store to make money fast. See, I was stuck earning minimum wage and I needed more money so I could start my own small record label (bad idea). I figured grocery stores were union so they had to pay decently. [...]

Review by Annie Riordan Catholics: what we lack in freedom of choice, we more than make up for with crazy sexual fetishes. No birth control, no abortions, no divorce, no gay marriage, but goddamn it, we’ve got rubber lesbian nuns spanking each other with crucifixes while goat headed demons with telephone pole sized wangers plow [...]

Review by Ben Bussey Okay. At least 600 words on a movie about man-eating sharks that swim in the sand instead of the sea. I can do this. Of course I can. Never mind that it basically requires no review as the title, DVD cover and trailer tell you all you need to know. Never [...]

Review by Annie Riordan Once upon a time, there was a cabin in the woods on the edge of a lonely lake, a pretty woman with pretty hair and a dark past, and a ghost. Fuck. Again? Granted, the pretty woman with the pretty hair is Oscar Winner Mira Sorvino, and the cabin in question [...]

Review by Marc Patterson Dolphins are real sexual animals. – Grahm The LA Ripper is a film so fresh it doesn’t have a page on the IMDB yet. Holy fuckin’ shit! It’s a film made for the love of film itself; premiered recently at the New Beverly Cinema in LA and played to an excited [...]

Review by Keri O’Shea I’m going to start this review with a confession: I’m not a huge fan of the giallo genre. Gialli are stylish to look at, but once I get over the visual good stuff I find their plots are often contrived to the point of predictability, even when the eventual outcomes are [...]