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 […]
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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 […]
The House on Sorority Row
Last night I watched 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row, because – actually, no, I don’t have to explain myself to you. A group of sorority sisters are getting ready for […]
Xtro
Yesterday, my co-goblin Alex reviewed the new Shakespeare adaptation Macbeth; today, I’m reviewing alien B movie Xtro. You can’t say we don’t mix it up. This British sci-fi/horror film follows […]
Video Nasty 28: The Last House on the Left
Regular readers will know how much I love Wes Craven, the pioneer of horror cinema and birdwatcher who sadly died from brain cancer yesterday at the age of 76. Let’s […]
Cub
Cub (Welp) is a partially crowd-funded Flemish film set at scout camp, in the middle of the woods, supposedly stalked by a werewolf boy. Cub, werewolf, get it? Be Prepared: this is quite a […]
Maggie
It’s been a strange month for Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s gone back to his most successful franchise for the fourth time with the latest Terminator film, and now does something he’s never […]
The Mist
Set almost entirely in a shop, Dawn of the Dead-style, The Mist is a 2007 horror dirge about a bunch of idiots hiding from some mist. “Would the malevolent mist […]
Hellraiser & Hellbound
What is it with boxes in horror? Mulholland Drive, The Box, Deal or No Deal… But there is none more terrifying than the puzzle box of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser; a […]
The Amityville Horror
To quote the late great Roger Ebert: “What Jesus was to the 1950s movie epic, the devil is to the 1970s.” Another post-Exorcist Satan movie, The Amityville Horror is supposedly […]
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