Luisa Guerreiro as The Toxic Avenger Two years ago, glowing reviews for this new update of Troma’s superhero The Toxic Avenger came...

Weapons , from former Whitest Kids You Know comedian and sophomore horror director Zach Cregger, is the latest much-hyped horror movie to...

Note: this piece was written back in February 2024 & has been rejigged slightly. Back at the start of 2024, and with the impending...

I love a good themed film week, and on June 15th 2025, one of the best returned for its 5th year. Every year Fulci Lives Film Week ...

It hasn’t always been easy being a lifelong Predator fan. John McTiernan’s Arnie-starring classic came out in 1987, when I was ten, but...

Sally Hawkins in Bring Her Back *Minor spoilers below. Just the other week, I bemoaned the utter lack of feeling and originality in the...

Back in 2021, Netflix released a trilogy of films based on RL Stine's Fear Street books. As someone already reading Stephen King and...

Day 1: Oddity (2024) Kicking off 31 days of horror with this new Shudder release. Irish filmmaker Damien McCarthy is 2 for 2 in my...

The only good bug is a dead bug. Paul Verhoeven is a straight-up mad genius, the kind we don’t get enough of anymore. Verhoeven was...

This wild dose of Maximum King is a coked out whirlwind of sentient machines gore and pure unadulterated fun. Maximum Overdrive is often...

Alex Garland’s fourth film, and third with indie slash major film studio A24, has already kicked up a fuss in the States before its...

I first caught Tremors in the cinema back in 1990 and dug it, but was kinda bummed that the amazing creature on the poster was nowhere to...

After burning myself out on 31 Days of Halloween viewings last October, I took a more relaxed approach to January Giallo, managing 11...

Sticking with the Italian / Argento theme of last month's January Giallo, I watched the new documentary on the Maestro Dario Argento...

I watch more old films and rewatches than new releases in any given year. This isn’t due to any aversion to modern cinema, I just can’t...

Doom Asylum (1987) Wow, this piece of 80s trash is my kind of what the fuckery. A group of overacting teens (including Sex & The City’s...

The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018) Week three of Halloween month kicks off with this mean-spirited, neon-drenched throwback slasher with...

The Lords of Salem (2012) Week 2 of 31 days of Halloween begins with The Lords of Salem. I’ve always thought of Rob Zombie as a talented...

Week one of October's Halloween watchathon is done. This week was all about first-time watches. There are still a few newer titles I want...

50 years (50!) ago, William Friedkin’s horror classic The Exorcist was released upon an unsuspecting world, terrifying audiences,...