Best Of 2019... With 2019 coming to close, us here at Haddonfield Horror put together at list of our favourites for this year. A very good year for horror films, with plenty of indy films and studio joints providing some great highlights but you there is some not horror stuff in the lists as well... Continue Reading →
Review: Dry Blood [-FILM-]
Dry Blood...Director: Kelton JonesWriter: Clint CarneyStars: Clint Carney, Jaymie Valentine, Kelton JonesReviewHorror films and their associated sub-genres (Paranormal, Monsters, Possession) have been used as analogies for a variety of real life issues such as addiction, mental illness, political statements. In Dry Blood, addiction is the scary thing hiding in the closet. Brian (Carney) escapes to a... Continue Reading →
Review: Puppet Killer (Blood In The Snow Festival) [-FILM-]
Puppet Killer...Director: Lisa OviesWriters: Kevin MosleyStars: Aleks Paunovic, Lee Majdoub, Lisa DuruptReviewSometimes you need a fun horror film to cleanse your mental palette of all of the serious horror movies you’ve been consuming. Whether it’s a nonstop slasher marathon, reality television or the news, once in a while, you need to cleanse the bad and... Continue Reading →
Review: The Nights Before Christmas (Blood In The Snow Festival) [-FILM-]
The Nights Before Christmas...Director: Paul TanterWriters: Simon Phillips, Paul TanterStars: Simon Phillips, Jennifer Willis, Sayla de GoedeReviewAfter their first slaughter in Once Upon A Time At Christmas, the Claus' are back for a second helping. Playing at the Blood In The Snow festival, The Nights Before Christmas is the bloody sequel.At large again, thanks to... Continue Reading →
Review: Carmilla [-FILM-]
Carmilla...Director: Emily HarrisWriter: Emily HarrisStars: Tobias Menzies, Greg Wise, Jessica RaineReviewThe vampire has gone through countless incarnations and served many roles in art, but sexuality is a key component to this figure’s identity that is prevalent in all its forms from Dracula to Twilight. That sexual energy is the heartbeat in Carmilla, the recent adaptation... Continue Reading →
Review: The Lighthouse (London Film festival 2019) [-FILM-]
The Lighthouse...Director: Robert EggersWriters: Max Eggers, Robert EggersStarring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman ReviewThere can be few things as psychologically damaging as being trapped in solitary confinement with someone you hate. For his follow-up to The Witch, Robert Eggers delivers a grim, hallucinatory story about two men shut up in a lighthouse tower, going... Continue Reading →
Review: Zombi Child (London Film Festival 2019) [-FILM-]
Zombi Child...Director: Bertrand BonelloWriter: Bertrand Bonello (screenplay)Starring: Louise Labeque, Wislanda Louimat, Katiana Milfort, Mackenson Bijou, Adilé David, Mathilde Riu, Ginite Popote, Ninon FrançoisReviewHorror films set in girls’ schools are a staple of that genre, but with his second feature, Zombi Child, French director Bertrand Bonello creates not a horror film as such, but one which... Continue Reading →
Review: Color Out Of Space (London Film Festival 2019) [-FILM-]
According to aficionados of H.P Lovecraft, his macabre cosmic tales are notoriously difficult to adapt into film. The challenge of adapting Lovecraft’s personal favourite, The Color Out of Space, has brought director Richard Stanley back into the cinematic fray, this film being his first narrative feature since 1992.
Review: Malvolia’s Halloween Party [-WEB-]
Malvolia's Halloween Party...Director: Paul Stephen EdwardsWriters: Jennifer NangleStars: Reyna Meee Velarde, Sarah Schultz, Brialynn Massie, Charles Chudabala, Thomas Haley, Hunter Thompson, Sheri Davis, Jennifer NangleReviewThe queen is back! Malvolia's annual Halloween party is on again and of course that means fun... for Malvolia and her collection of ghouls, not so much fun for the victim.This... Continue Reading →
Review: Sator (Brooklyn Horror Film Festival) [-FILM-]
Sator…Director: Jordan GrahamWriter: Jordan GrahamStars: Michael Daniel, Rachel Johnson, Aurora Lowe, Gabriel Nicholson, June PetersonReviewJordan Graham took about five years to put together Sator and it was worth the wait. An unsettling, sad and personal story, Graham has created a film that won't be for everyone but that no one can take away how well... Continue Reading →
Review: The Swerve (Brooklyn Horror Film Festival) [-FILM-]
A quiet and devastating look at how some people simply become invisible to their family and the consequences that may come of that, it’s a film not easily forgotten.
Review: Rock, Paper and Scissors (Brooklyn Horror Film Festival) [-FILM-]
Rock, Paper and Scissors...Directors: Martín Blousson, Macarena García LenziWriters: Macarena García Lenzi, Martín BloussonStars: Agustina Cerviño, Valeria Giorcelli, Pablo SigalReviewAt the 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, directors Macarena García Lenzi and Martín Blousson’s film Rock, Paper and Scissors will have it’s East Coast Premiere. Based on Lenzi’s stage play of the same name, this micro... Continue Reading →
Review: Bloodline [-FILM-]
Bloodline...Director: Henry JacobsonWriters: Avra Fox-Lerner, Will HonleyStars: Seann William Scott, Mariela Garriga, Dale DickeyReviewEvan is living a blessed life with a beautiful wife, a nice house and a job that he loves. Working as a high school counselor with at risk kids, Evan hears about physical abuse, drug addicted parents and the always present creepy... Continue Reading →
Review: Bliss [-FILM-]
Bliss... Director: Joe Begos Writer: Joe Begos Stars: Dora Madison, Tru Collins, Rhys Wakefield Review Bliss is a neon lit, scuzzy, hardcore vampire film that at its core is really about being creative and the creative process, filtered through an angry 'fuck you' vibe. Dezzy is an artist that through apathy, anxiety and a big... Continue Reading →
Review: 3 From Hell [-FILM-]
3 From Hell...Director: Rob ZombieWriter: Rob ZombieStars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Richard BrakeReviewIn 2005 Rob Zombie surprised everyone with The Devil's Rejects - a brutal throwback film, that managed to find the human inside the monster. Now fourteen years later the story of the Firefly clan continues with 3 From Hell.The film... Continue Reading →
Review: Candy Corn [-FILM-]
Candy Corn...Director: Josh HastyWriter: Josh HastyStars: Tony Todd, P.J. Soles, Courtney GainsReviewIt’s Halloween weekend in a nondescript small town that is inhabited by token weird guy Jacob Atkins and the asshole kids who find enjoyment in their yearly tradition of hazing him. Also in town is a carnival with Dr. Death’s Sideshow Spook House Spectacular:... Continue Reading →
Review: Satanic Panic [-FILM-]
Satanic Panic...Director: Chelsea StardustWriters: Grady Hendrix (screenplay), Ted Geoghegan (story)Stars: Hayley Griffith, Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O'Connell, Jordan Ladd, Ruby Modine, Ardin MyrinReviewSatanic Panic has that low budget horror comedy charm that relies more the dialogue than any huge effects and this gives the film some goodwill and occasionally this style of film needs that goodwill... Continue Reading →
Review: IT Chapter Two [-FILM-]
IT Chapter Two...Director: Andy MuschiettiWriters: Gary Dauberman (screenplay), Stephen King (novel)Stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Bill Skarsgård ReviewAfter the massive success of IT Chapter One, the pressure was on to finish the story off and make a good film whilst doing it. Chapter Two is a far... Continue Reading →
Review: Wicked Witches [-FILM-]
Wicked Witches... Director: Martin J Pickering Writers: Mark Pickering, Martin J Pickering Stars: Duncan Casey, Justin Marosa, Kitt Proudfoot, Samantha Schnitzler Review Let’s start simple here. Wicked Witches, the first film by brothers Mark and Martin Pickering, is a surprisingly scary film. Originally titled as The Witches of Dumpling Farm – a title I prefer,... Continue Reading →
Review: Tone-Deaf [-FILM-]
Tone-Deaf...Director: Richard Bates Jr.Writer: Richard Bates Jr.Stars: Amanda Crew, Robert Patrick, Hayley Marie NormanReviewLet's be up front and honest for a second. These days politics rules the zeitgeist and you're either with us or against us. It doesn't matter who us is, or any of your various thoughts or feelings on any topic, you are... Continue Reading →