Funny Games (1997)
Funny Games is an Austrian horror film from Michael Haneke of Amour fame, a movie I mention only to include this bizarre video. Part endurance horror and part postmodern finger-wagging […]
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Beetlejuice
Not to be confused with the Simpsons episode The Bart of War, in which Bart and Milhouse consume Beatles-inspired soda drinks (John Lemon, Paul McIced Tea, Orange Harrison and Mango […]
Magic
Someone’s dummy starts to take over their life in Magic: The Melania Trump Story. Despite appearances, 1978’s Magic is not a haunted doll movie (Annabelle, The Boy, that episode of Buffy) but […]
Ju-on: The Grudge
This is the Japanese chiller from 2002 as opposed to the Sarah Michelle Gellar remake which I refuse to watch for the same reasons I won’t see the Naomi Watts Ring remake. I’m […]
Better Watch Out and How to Spot a Christmas Film
Regular readers (hi mum) will know that I love a good Christmas horror movie. Which is why Better Watch Out left me cold. Not to be confused with You Better Watch Out, […]
Lifeforce
Based on the novel The Space Vampires by Colin Wilson, Lifeforce is a 1985 sci-fi horror directed by the late Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) and written by Don Jakoby (Evolution) and […]
The Orphanage
To quote my co-goblin Alex: “Why do people find orphans so scary?” From the shrill hysteria of Orphan to the shrill hysteria of Annie, cinema is rife with stories of […]
Jigsaw
7 years after we last saw John Kramer AKA the Jigsaw Killer comes this new Saw film. Remember the Saw films? They were one of these depressing noughties inventions, like Skins […]
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Yorgos Lanthimos directs this follow-up to his 2015 film The Lobster. It follows a couple, doctors Anna and Steven (Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell), whose children fall ill in unexplained […]
Happy Death Day
If you happened to watch Groundhog Day and thought “I wish this was a lame horror film”, then Happy Death Day is the movie for you. This slasher-comedy stars Jessica Rothe as […]
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