Its been another solid year of horror. I wouldn’t say it is quite a golden age but there have been many, many good films worthy of our hard earned pennies/not turning off after five minutes on Netflix. As we enter the next decade some trends are seemingly coming to an end: the haunting/exorcism genre seems…
Charlie Says 2018
It is fifty years since the Manson murders and it would seem that popular culture cannot get enough of the man. This year alone we have had three movies, a TV drama and countless books, podcasts and documentaries about Charles Manson and his delightful family. The continuing obsession with true crime and serial killers seems…
In The Tall Grass 2019
America is a vast, sprawling space of ever changing landscapes and natural beauty. Whilst the United States is only a few hundred years old, the country and culture itself is an ancient spiritual unknown. This makes it ripe for genre exploration, and no one does that more successfully than Stephen King. With the novella In…
Creepshow 2 1987
As many an ex lover has told me, it is funny how time can be kind to initial disappointments. This is especially true of horror sequels. A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 Freddy’s Revenge was much maligned upon its initial release. Even I thought it was a tonal mess at best. The passing of thirty…
Color Out Of Space 2019
Let me start by freely admitting that director Richard Stanley is a hero of mine. I am in no way going to be objective in my thoughts on Colour Out of Space. This is not the same as me saying that Kate Bush’s 1993 album The Red Shoes is great even though it clearly isn’t…
Crawl 2019
Three thoughts occurred to me as I sat down in the over priced (but comfy) chair at the Odeon Luxe cinema in Leicester Square to watch this alligator much fest. Firstly, the seat was advertised as a double so would I get some stranger shimmying up to me in the middle of this bloodbath. An…
The Perfection 2018
There’s nothing better than going into a movie blind and finding it full of delightful surprises. The Perfection does this whether you know anything about it or not: watching the trailer with a weeping Logan Browning whilst Alison Williams follows her down the road immediately makes you think the Get Out star is repeating her…
Revenge 2018
The rape revenge movie is not a sub genre I am keen on as a fun way to pass the time. For starters there is the rape, something I can’t hardly bare to witness. It’s just about gut wrenchingly acceptable in a film like The Accused because being witness to that horrific act is the…
Upcoming Horror in 2019
Last year was another strong year for horror movies, even a strong year for giant shark horror movies starring Jason Statham. So 2019 all bets are off and anything could be a hit. There are the usual haunted/possession films that I can barely raise a heartbeat to, but there are also some genuinely exciting titles:…
The Night Eats The World 2018
I know its hard to believe but less than twenty years ago the zombie movie was all but dead. After the frenzy of undead flicks in the the late seventies/early eighties, after the success of Dawn of the Dead, the zombie genre all but died out with Return of the Living Dead but being a…
My Own Personal Hell 