Apple TV+ have finally unleashed a trailer to reveal the ingredients that promise to spicen up the spooky in the now infamous Philly brownstone where virtually the entire series of “Servant” has taken place so far. Executive produced by Academy Award-nominated director M. Night Shyamalan, the ten-episode second season is all set to premiere around […]
Crumbs – Review
Sometimes a film comes along with a defining voice. It could be that the message at the heart of it is vital. Or the acting is so incredible that it is pivotal to a certain thespians catalogue. Sometimes it’s the visuals ...
R.A.D.’s Friday 13th Event Report
Grimmfest is Manchester’s home of horror and cult films is entering its seventh year. The festival has hosted many World, UK and Regional premieres and over the years the guest list has included Pollyanna McIntosh (The Wo...
Looking Back at The Loved Ones [2009]
I seem to be setting a trend with reviewing horror films that feature proms. Is this some childhood trauma subconsciously emerging? Prom anyone? Anyway back to The Loved Ones… Brent is a depressed dope smoking teen, who a...
Grimmfest 2014: Part One
This past weekend saw the return of Manchester’s premiere horror film festival as Grimmfest returned for its sixth year. Taking place at The Dancehouse theatre the the festival saw twenty-five features and eleven short films pl...
Looking Back at 1997’s Mimic
Deciding to watch a film from 1997 for the first time in 2014 can go two ways. Either it turns out to be a god-awful idea; the effects are bad and the story is out-dated, having been replicated many times. Or, the film can be a...
Looking Back at 1976’s Carrie
A timid high school girl struggles with the physical and mental abuse of not only her peers, but her obsessive religious mother. Gifted in telekinesis, which is triggered during great stress, she tries to overcome her shyness a...
Astron-6 to open Celluloid Screams 2014
Yorkshire’s best horror movie film festival Celluloid Screams will return for its sixth year to the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield between Friday 24th to Sunday 26th October 2014. Serving up a weekend of blood, chills and scares,...
Throwback Thursday: Dracula (1992)
Gary Oldman is an icon. If you don’t agree with me, then you are wrong. Gary Oldman is a national treasure. Not only are his roles immensely great, but he is hysterical too. Ok, so recently he has made a couple of gaffs by allo...
Guilty Treasures: Revisiting 1976’s Carrie
If you walk out of your latest cinema, tune into telly or even dotted around your street, you will see adverts for the latest horror movie Carrie. Starring Chloe Mortez and Julianne Moore, it is a movie about a teenage outcast ...
Before & After: Critters. They Bite!
It has been 27 years since Critters, a cult horror science fiction film starring Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush and Scott Grimes was released. Directed by Stephen Herek, the film was believed to be inspired by Jo...
Guilty Treasures Halloween Special: Halloween H20
It has been 35 years since the first Halloween came out. A fantastic slasher movie that birthed a villainous iconic psychopath, Halloween made us very afraid of the boogie man as the ruthless Michael Myers stalked babysitters o...
Guilty Treasures: The Wicker Man
An effective horror movie comes from learning that it isn’t just the excessive blood that makes people squirm. It is the atmosphere. Sure, galleons of gore, pus and body parts cause weak stomachs to churn accompanied by that te...
