@VentSpleen2014 sees if the Exorcist has stood the test of time...On Monday 20th October 2014 (today!) - The Exorcist turns 40! For forty years the film has been gripping and terrifying generations of fear hungry horror fans. It has been banned across multiple continents and has been the cause of fierce theological and religious debate... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: The Harvest
@sjdavis_1982 bathes in the slow burn of The Harvest...Director John McNaughton, who made his name with Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer back in 1986 and then later in the 90’s with Wild Things, has said that his latest, The Harvest, is very much in keeping with a fairy tale, and it’s easy to see in... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: The Signal
Here's @sjdavis_1982 and his verdict on The Signal...The Signal comes from across the pond with some excellent word-of-mouth. A head-scratching, slow burning sci-fi rather than one concerned with explosions or green goo, it has certainly made an impact when it has been shown across this year’s festival circuit. Is it worthy of all the fuss bewstowed upon... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: Wolfcop
@sjdavis1982 gives his verdict on WolfCop...If you have seen the trailer for WolfCop, you may have had an inkling as to what all the fuss has been about across the festival circuit. If you haven’t, you are in for one hell of a treat. A true cult classic in the making, Lowell Dean’s film is as... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: Green Inferno
Gracing Film 4's Frightfest, here's Scott Davis' verdict on Eli Roth's The Green Inferno...For many years now, director Eli Roth has been considered the premium purveyor of horror by many fans across the globe. His taste for all things gruesome (with a dash of black humour), has seen him enjoy great success, from his debut... Continue Reading →
Film News: Nightlight First Image and Details
Supernatural thriller Nightlight to get VOD and US theatrical releaseSynchronicity Entertainment took the Nightlight to the Cannes market with great success. While they’re looking to sell the film, they have already sold the supernatural thriller to Lionsgate here in the States. An update reveals that Film Arcade is partnering on the limited theatrical release, while Lionsgate... Continue Reading →
Film News & Trailer – Nothing Bad Can Happen
The official theatrical trailer has arrived for the highly acclaimed horror drama Nothing Bad Can Happen, directed by German filmmaker Katrin Gebbe. The flick will be getting a June 27th release in Los Angeles and New York with an expanded national rollout to follow, so be sure to check your local listings when the time... Continue Reading →
Film News – Phantasmagoria Teaser Trailer
Phantasmagoria will premiere at Cannes later this month and in anticipation of this, a teaser trailer has been released.... In this Italian anthology production, three directors - Mickael Abbate, Domiziano Cristopharo and Tiziano Martella - put forth their original visions of fear in three gripping short films: Diabolique, Il serpente dalla lingua acciaio and My... Continue Reading →
Film News – New poster for The Sacrament
The Ti West film gets some new artwork...Tweeted out by Ti West yesterday, it's very reminiscent of the Saul Bass Hitchcock posters back in the day and West called it his personal favourite. Directed by Ti West and produced by Eli Roth, the film stars Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz, AJ Bowen, Kate Lyn Sheil, and... Continue Reading →
Film News – Clive Barker’s Jacqueline Ess
Jacqueline Ess is coming to the big screen...The film is based on one of Clive Barker’s “Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” and is about a woman who can telekinetically alter the bodies of others. It will mark a feature-length directorial debut for Jovanka Vuckovic, who also co wrote the script with Christian Francis. Variety... Continue Reading →
Film Trailer – The Drownsman
You will never have a bath again...Breakthrough Entertainment and Black Fawn Films have released the first trailer for The Drownsman. Produced by Christopher Giroux and starring Michelle Mylett and with Ryan Barrett as the Drownsman, director Chad Archibald co-wrote the script with Cody Calahan, keeping together the great team that brought you Antisocial.Here's the synopsis... Continue Reading →
Interview – Jonathan Chance, director of The Rectory
Steve Taylor-Bryant sits down with director Jonathan Chance to talk about the great new film The Rectory, about the most haunted house in England, and a new crowd funding campaign...Firstly thanks for joining us. How's the world of Chance at the moment? Haha, he’s doing pretty well right now. Very happy for the way things... Continue Reading →
Film News – Blood Widow
Midnight Releasing announce a US release date for Blood Widow... Marking Jeremiah Buckhalt's directorial debut, Blood Widow is, as its name suggests, centred around a masked madwoman. The official synopsis of the film isLaurie and Hugh are a successful young couple who have just closed on a weekend home away from the city. Unbeknownst to... Continue Reading →
Film Trailer – What We Do in the Shadows
For a bit of Bank Holiday fun, we thought we'd bring you the trailer for What We Do in the Shadows...What we do in the Shadows is an 86-minute mockumentary comedy about New Zealand vampires, co-written, co-directed, and co-starring Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.Flatmates Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are three vampires who are just trying... Continue Reading →
Film News – V/H/S Viral
The third movie in the V/H/S franchise has been confirmed, as V/H/S Viral is to go on sale at Cannes...Reported by The Wrap and Screen Daily, as with all the others in the series, this V/H/S is set to be made up of short segments directed by Todd Lincoln, Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin... Continue Reading →
Film Opinion – In defence of Jennifer’s Body or: How I Learned to Stop Prejudging and Love Megan Fox
RJ Bayley takes the stand to defend Jennifer's Body...I never actually saw writer Diablo Cody’s (this is one of the occasions when the film is clearly much more the writer’s than the director’s) Jennifer’s Body when it was released way back in 2009. This was partially due to me travelling through India or South Africa... Continue Reading →
Film News – Watch Lovecraft adaptation Die Farbe FREE
Fancy a free film for the long weekend...If you're a Lovecraft fan, then you know that film adaptations of his weird and twisted worlds are...um... varied. Then along came some German independent film makers with Die Farbe, an adaptation of the wonderfully creepy The Color Out of Space, and it was so good that it... Continue Reading →
Film Review – Hush
Recently on Film4 in the UK, Hush is reviewed by Wolfpaw...Mention the term British Horror film and most people will assume you mean Hammer Horror but in recent years the British horror film has evolved from the "tits and teeth" type of carry on to a more sophisticated, darker, cleverer type of film. Mark Tonderai... Continue Reading →
Film Review – The Conjuring
Directed by James Wan, starring Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor and Patrick Wilson, The Conjuring is examined closely by Ren Zelen...The Conjuring, the 2013 horror film from James Wan, was the American box office success story of last summer. It presents all the creepy movie cliches — creaky doors, cobwebbed cellars, toys you wouldn't have in... Continue Reading →
Film News – Found Footage 3D Makes First Casting Announcement
Found Footage 3D announce the first casting...A month before rolling camera on the meta horror film Found Footage 3D, the filmmakers are pleased to announce their first cast member: Austin native Jessica Perrin, who will assume the role of Lily, the awestruck production assistant.FF3D tells the story of a film crew who travel to a... Continue Reading →
