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...

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...

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 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...

When it comes to my favourite films from years past, there are some I revisit more than others. These films are like comfort food, that...

Four years ago, Netflix struck gold with The Ritual, a stunning slice of folk/backwoods horror with a dark emotional thread based on...

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

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...

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

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...

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

I first caught Drew Goddard’s sophomore film on a long haul flight. I am not really a fan of movies on the plane - the screens are...

Next up in the French Extremity festival is Xavier Gens’ shocker Frontiere(s) which takes a group of youth on the run after a money...

French Horror maestros Baustillo & Maury exploded out of the gate in 2007 with their home invasion masterpiece ‘Inside’. But their...

Roses are red, violets are blue, one is dead, and so are you. . I’ve watched Cherry Falls & Valentine over the last few nights so it’s...

A fun well made slasher with hints of Giallo / Euro horror from the golden age of the genre, Row plays like an 80’s redo of the...

Pray it desires not you. • Scott Copper’s horror drama hit all the right spots for me, crafting an affecting tale of troubled youth &...