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 […]
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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 […]
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, […]
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