[Film Review] Mercy Falls (2023)
Filmed on location in Scotland, Ryan Hendrick's new thriller Mercy Falls (2023) uses soaring views of the Scottish Highlands to show that the natural world can either provide shelter or be used as a demented playground for people to hurt each other.
[Film Review] Somewhere Quiet (2023)
After watching the psychological thriller Somewhere Quiet (2023), viewers will need hours (or days) to decompress.
[Film Review] FrightFest: Farang (2023)
Farang (2023) is the latest feature film by French director Xavier Gens, and it had its UK premier at FrightFest, debuting on Saturday 26th August in the main screen.
[Film Review] The Resurrection of Charles Manson (2023)
When a couple takes a last minute mini vacation into the desert to work on an audition tape for a film about cult leader Charles Manson, they soon realise the script’s content is beginning to reflect their reality.
[Film Review] Influencer (2023)
Blending slick satire with sympathetic nuances rarely seen in films about the rich and famous, Influencer (2023) is a razor-sharp critique of online celebrity and its falsity.
[Film Review] Blades in the Darkness (2022)
Blades in the Darkness is set in present-day Albania with flashbacks to a formative and brutal period in the country's history as it transitioned away from communism in the 1990s
[Editorial] The Disrupt Symbology of Lamb (2021)
A24’s folkloric horror productions have been one of the most drawing narrative and cinematic styles within the past decade.
[Editorial] Eden Lake (2008): How a Film’s Potential is Destroyed by Bias
I often ponder if the reason we as fans of this much maligned genre watch so many films that fall within the scope of this genre is due to us being protective of it, or because we are searching for the hit which we felt on our very first time watching a film that got under our skin?
[Film Review] Little Bone Lodge (2023)
Little Bone Lodge directed by Matthias Hoene centres itself around the fierce ferociousness of mothers as two sibling criminals invade the isolated farmhouse home of Mama (Joeley Richardson) after seeking refuge from a frantic storm.
[Editorial] 9 of The Best Home Invasion Horror Movies
Here are 9 home invasion horrors that will cause you to double check whether you’ve locked all your doors and windows.
[Film Review] Brightwood (2022)
Dane Elcar’s film Brightwood (screened at Panic Fest and Salem Horror Festival) does the seemingly impossible – it makes the outdoors seem claustrophobic.
[Film Review] Lola (2022)
Set in the depths of World War II-ravaged England, scientist sisters Thomasina ‘Thom’ (Emma Appleton) and Martha ‘Mars’ Hanbury (Stefanie Martini) develop the titular LOLA: a complex machine capable of intercepting broadcasts from the future.
[Film Review] Deep Woods (2022)
In Deep Woods, we follow Ty, the aforementioned businessman, and his old college roommate Nick, a Native American Game Warden who Ty seeks out to be his guide to the wilderness.
[Film Review] Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
Spoonful of Sugar is a Shudder original film that combines an assortment of horror elements that keeps you speculating about the narrative's intent.
[Film Review] Wrong Turn 2021
Wrong Turn could easily fall prey to the usual out in the woods / folk horror tropes, but this one hits differently.
[Editorial] Survival and Suspense: 7 Recommended Horror Films for Lovers of Yellowjackets
If Yellowjackets has given you a taste for more, here are some films and series you need to check out.
[Film Review] Project Wolf Hunting (2022)
What do you get when you pair a Con-Air-esque South Korean action thriller with a sci-fi horror that reminds you of Resident Evil mixed with Universal Soldiers?
[Film Review] The Outwaters (2022)
The Outwaters, the disturbing feature debut from Robbie Banfitch, with its Mojave setting of glaring sun and blood-stained sand is stylistically worlds apart from the — very real, very tragic — incident.
[Film Review] Daughter (2022)
After having its world premiere at FrightFest 2022, taut thriller Daughter has now been released to rent or own digitally for the UK and Ireland.
[Film Review] Spencer (2021)
But very soon, through Pablo Larrain’s direction and Jonny Greenwood’s score, it’s evident that this isn’t your run of the mill ‘Diana’ film…