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'The Stephen King Trifecta of 1983' article up now at Dread Central
A few weeks back, I had my first article on Dread Central: 'The Stephen King Trifecta of 1983: ‘Cujo’, ‘The Dead Zone’, and ‘Christine’,...


Review: Girls School Screamers (1986)
Girls School Screamers is nowhere as good as the various posters (funny that for a DTV 80s horror jam). The Vinegar Syndrome disc has 3...


Talk To Me (2022): new Oz horror classic lives up to the hype.
New Oz horror classic lives up to the hype.


A Life-Time of Loving 'John Carpenter's The Thing'
The Thing Blu-Ray from Arrow Video When it comes to my favourite films from years past, there are some I revisit more than others. These...


Stay out of the Water: My lifelong love (and fear) of Jaws
Everyone remembers the first time they saw Jaws. Whether in a packed cinema in 1975 or later on television or VHS, most people have a...


NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE (2021): a worthy spook-fest for the Halloween season
Four years ago, Netflix struck gold with The Ritual, a stunning slice of folk/backwoods horror with a dark emotional thread based on...


Giallo January
I managed to watch six films for Giallo January this year, mostly first-time watches. The tropes of the Giallo (black-gloved killer,...


The Case of the Scorpion’s Tale (1971)
Dipping my toes into the cool waters of #januarygiallo with this sweet little number from Sergio Martino, who knocked out a great run of...


Top 10 Films from 2022
Here's the Top 10 new films I watched last year, not really representative of all that was released or all I watched as I missed a lot of...


Deadstream (2022)
Best described as a YouTube Evil Dead, Deadstream is the good version of that description, thanks to the endearing performance of...


Bliss (2019)
I’ve been aware of director Joe Begos for a while, having heard him on a few podcasts over the years, but this is the first of his films...


Razorback (1984)
It’s waiting outside and it can sense your fear. No nightmare will prepare you for it! Razorback, Russell Mulcahy’s mid ‘80s Ozploitation...


Glorious (2022)
The universe has a favour to ask. • Shudder continues its winning streak this year with Rebecca McKendry’s cosmic horror comedy Glorious,...


Rome Armed To The Teeth (1976)
Umberto Lenzi sends supremely angry cop Maurizio Merli flying around Rome beating and shooting the shit out of every criminal in the city...


Mad God (2022)
Holy Shitting Giants! Mere words are not sufficient to describe this film. Mad God is one of those transcendent experiences that are hard...


Alligator (1980)
I first caught Alligator on the Sunday Horrors, a late night TV horror slot in the late ‘80s. I’d been meaning to rewatch it, but I never...


A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Everything is not going to be ok… • Richard Linklater at his best. Keanu at his best. Winona, Robert Downey & Woody at their kookiest....


Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
No one films insanity like Tobe Hooper. From the original Chainsaw through Eaten Alive and The Funhouse to this Cannon funded sequel, he...


Friday the 13th series reviewed (so far)
Here are some of my reviews of the Friday the 13th films from the last couple of years. I will keep adding new reviews as and when I...


The House of the Devil (2009)
Ti West’s fourth film came after his notoriously shitty Hollywood experience on Cabin Fever 2, where the film got re-edited and re-shot...
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