Friend Request
Friend Request is directed by Simon Verhoeven, the grandson of German director Paul Verhoeven – as opposed to the famous Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (I’m confused). Friend Request is the latest entry into the surprisingly […]
Tag Archives: horror
Green Room
Green Room is a horror film starring Patrick Stewart and Anton Yelchin, making it something of a Trekgasm. Make that a Borgasm. Jeremy Saulnier’s new movie follows a punk band who end […]
Single White Female
Single White Female is a 1992 thriller about a New York woman (Bridget Fonda) whose new flatmate (Jennifer Jason Leigh) turns out to be the roommate from hell. And I don’t mean she steals […]
The Boy
From Magic to Saw, creepy dolls have been as important to horror as nudity and Jamie Lee Curtis. With their dead eyes and motionless faces, they’re the genre’s answer to Henry Cavill. The latest […]
The Witch
In 1630s New England, witchcraft tears apart a family and seriously spooks their livestock. The result is probably the best goat movie since The Sound of Music – with children almost as […]
The Fly II
The Fly II opens with a birth similar to the gruesome dream sequence in the original, but this time it’s for real and it’s the offspring of the original mad […]
Julia’s Eyes
Julia’s Eyes (Los ojos de Julia) is a Spanish horror film about a woman going blind, directed by Guillem Morales and produced by Guillermo Del Toro, who likes to promote promising filmmakers (with […]
Eraserhead
After watching Erasherhead, and eating a certain amount of cheese, I dreamt I was being chased through a train by a shapeshifting man-dog and I couldn’t tell anyone because they’d say “it’s […]
What We Do in the Shadows
A group of vampires flat-share in What We Do in the Shadows, the funniest vampire movie since Twilight. This 2014 mockumentary drains great comedy from the day-to-day logistics of being a vampire […]
The Woman (Vs Room)
After Room left me feeling depressed, I revisited The Woman by way of a palette cleanser; the cinematic equivalent of a Fisherman’s Friend. Administered by Leatherface. Room and The Woman both feature Sean Bridgers as […]
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