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 […]
Tag Archives: horror
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 […]
Scanners
David Cronenberg, the Canadian King of Venereal Horror, writes and directs Scanners – a sci-fi/horror film about individuals with telekinetic powers, weaponised by the ConSec corporation. Let’s call it The Canadian Candidate. Released in […]
Peeping Tom
There’s a great moment in Scre4m, during one of Ghostface’s deadly games of horror trivia: “Name the movie that started the slasher craze: Halloween, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Last House […]
Martyrs
Aaauuuuggghh. That’s the sound of me just having watched 2008 horror film Martyrs. From the New French Extremity movement, Martyrs is ostensibly the story of a woman (Mylène Jampanoï) seeking revenge on her torturers, […]
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension 3D
I think this yoghurt is haunted. That’s the last time I buy Paranormal Activia. I’ve wasted enough time complaining about found footage films, so I’ll spare you another rant about watching […]
Frankenstein (1931)
This is the definitive adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel – the one you’ve seen clips of, and the one a million later Frankenstein’s monsters have been modelled on. Created […]
Prom Night
Time for another film available for free on YouTube – the sign of a quality movie. Prom Night opens with a group of children playing hide and seek. It’s all […]
Gothika
This 2003 horror movie is a woeful entry into the moribund scary-ghost-girl sub-genre. In a performance as limp and lifeless as her hair, Halle Berry plays a psychiatrist who’s inexplicably […]
Children of the Corn
Stupid parents – first they’re telling you to go to bed, then they’re making you get out of bed at some ungodly hour like noon. It’s no wonder the child cult of Children of […]
Screen Goblin 