The Babadook
From Rosemary’s Baby to Mama, horror has a long history of exploring motherhood. The latest example is The Babadook, an Australian chiller about a struggling widow (Essie Davis) and her […]
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A TV crew follow a team of fire-fighters into an apartment block, in Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s found-footage horror movie. It’s not giving too much away to say that […]
Carrie (2013)
I recently watched the Carrie remake. I didn’t pay, I hasten to add. It just popped up on Netflix. While I could talk about how mediocre it was, how unconvincing […]
Triangle
Triangle is a 2009 psychological horror film about a group of friends who head out on a yachting trip. But it’s not exactly smooth sailing, as a freak storm leaves them stranded, only to […]
Oculus
World Cup! Now I’ve got your attention, here’s a review of a new horror film about a haunted mirror. Oculus opens with 21-year-old Tim (Brenton Thwaites) being released from a psychiatric hospital, […]
Stigmata
Stigmata is part of a noble tradition of movies that exploit religious imagery for a cheap thrill. Whether it’s End of Days, Drag Me to Hell, The Devil’s Advocate, or […]
The Mummy (1959)
An British archaeologist (Peter Cushing) is exploring an Egyptian tomb in the late 19th Century. He is warned by a local fez wearer that bad things will happen to the […]
Some Guy Who Kills People
Kenny (Kevin Corrigan) is an aspiring artist who works in an ice cream parlour. A man of few words, his world is shaken when his estranged daughter shows up, and […]
Hobo With a Shotgun
Rutger Hauer, who you might remember from such films as Blade Runner and…er…Blade Runner, plays a hobo who arrives in a town that’s the lowest of the low. It’s so […]
Dressed to Kill
Michael Caine plays a psychiatrist who grows concerned when his female patients start being murdered. When a lazy New York detective (Dennis Franz) fails to get to the bottom of […]
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