Amber T / Contributor 08/07/2023 Amber T / Contributor 08/07/2023

[Film Review] The Sound of Summer (2022)

There are certain sounds that encapsulate life in Japan. The gentle 'beep boop' of the pedestrian crossing signal. The lighthearted arrival jingles that signal the approach of your commuter train.

Jenn Reid / Contributor 06/07/2023 Jenn Reid / Contributor 06/07/2023

[Film Review] Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares - The Robert Englund Story (2023)

Like many horror fans, I have vivid memories of seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) for the first time. Or, more accurately, I have vivid memories of the nightmares I had afterwards. As a kid, I was terrified of Freddy Krueger.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 29/06/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 29/06/2023

[Film Review] The Ancestral (2021)

If you think a haunted house is scary, imagine that your house is built on top of a problematic psychiatric hospital. Ancestral (2021) is a Vietnamese film directed and written by Le-Van Kiet who is well known for his film, Furie (2019) and recent release, The Princess (2022).

Isobel Frost / Contributor 26/06/2023 Isobel Frost / Contributor 26/06/2023

[Film Review] She Came From The Woods (2023)

Few subgenres of horror have become quite so entrenched in the cultural consciousness as the summer camp slasher — and with a new generation of filmmakers coming to the fore seeking to pay homage to Friday the 13th and other chilling classics, it’s having a bloody renaissance.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 22/06/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 22/06/2023

[Film Review] Mind Leech (2023)

Just when you thought ice fishing would be boring, Mind Leech finds a way to pass the time— not with beer or music —but with a parasitic mind-controlling invertebrate. Set in a small town, specifically in 1998, police officers are met with a new foe, an unnervingly large leech which of course was created by a poor mishandling of a toxic substance in the local lake.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 20/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 20/06/2023

[Film Review] Creepypasta (2023)

An unnamed man searches for clues as to his whereabouts and how to escape the house he is currently trapped in by trawling through web videos associated with creepypastas.

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 12/06/2023 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 12/06/2023

[Film Review] The Boogeyman (2023)

Audiences will recognise some names from the story but The Boogeyman (2023) takes the story further, darker and into the depths of fear.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/06/2023

[Film Review] Old Man (2022)

Directed by Lucky McKee, Old Man is an exploration of the effects on the mind due to self-imposed isolation both environmental and psychological.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023

[Film Review] Wolf Garden (2023)

Wolf Garden sees William hiding out in a remote and isolated country house, his psyche beginning to crumble as he struggles to contain the terrible secret hidden in the garden shed.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 01/06/2023 Megan Kenny / Contributor 01/06/2023

[Film Review] Cherry Tree (2015)

Cherry Tree (2015) tells the story of Faith, a girl whose father is dying of cancer. Desperate to save him, she makes a pact with a coven of witches, led by her hockey teacher Sissy, who need blood sacrifices to nourish the cursed roots of the eponymous cherry tree.

Rabia Sitabi / Contributor 30/05/2023 Rabia Sitabi / Contributor 30/05/2023

[Film Review] Invitation Only (2009)

Invitation Only is a testament to the fact that you can really grow in your career and how trends in Horror can influence someone’s style.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/05/2023

[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.

Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 26/05/2023 Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 26/05/2023

[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.

Christina Brennan / Contributor 25/05/2023 Christina Brennan / Contributor 25/05/2023

[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

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 22/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 22/05/2023

[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.

Faye Toulson / Contributor 21/05/2023 Faye Toulson / Contributor 21/05/2023

[Film Review] The UFO Chronicles: A History Of Mysterious Sightings (2023)

The selling point of The UFO Chronicles: A History Of Mysterious Sightings, is that it's written, performed and illustrated entirely by Artificial Intelligence.

Kat Hughes / Contributor 20/05/2023 Kat Hughes / Contributor 20/05/2023

[Film Review] Cube (2021)

Inspired by Vincenzo Natali’s 1997 film of the same name, Cube joins a group of six strangers as they awaken in a nightmarish puzzle box.

Kitty Hurst / Contributor 18/05/2023 Kitty Hurst / Contributor 18/05/2023

[Film Review] Renfield (2023)

Nicolas Cage as Dracula. What more could you want? Renfield knows what you are here for, and it delivers deliciously.

Isobel Frost / Contributor 16/05/2023 Isobel Frost / Contributor 16/05/2023

[Film Review] The Unheard (2023)

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the core concept for Shudder Original The Unheard is a familiar one. Starring television horror alum Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Chucky), the film opens on profoundly deaf student Chloe Grayden (Watson) as she undergoes an experimental clinical trial in the hopes of regaining her hearing

Emma Kostopolus / Contributor 15/05/2023 Emma Kostopolus / Contributor 15/05/2023

[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.