After the last episode's attempt at humanising the only villain this show has, the showrunners quickly decide to ignore their progress. The episode begins with little Meghan questioning if The Governor, now calling himself Brian, is evil and by the end of episode we get our answer.This is an improvement on "Live Bait" and manages... Continue Reading →
UK TV Guide 1-6 December
Ch Time Reason for watching Sun 1 The Birds SFH 3.25 Masterclass in suspense. Quatermass & The Pit H 3.55 Scared the crap out of my Dad Frankenweenie S3D 7.00 Frankenstein Fido Frolics Prometheus SFH 9.00 Fassbender only decent thing in it Bad Santa SFH 9.45 Shit Happens When You Party Naked Martyrs H 10.45... Continue Reading →
The Walking Dead Season 4 – "Live Bait" Review *contains spoilers*
So the big bad from season three returns and we are given an episode that revolves around the murderous madman. The show has taken a risk in giving the audience an episode that has nothing to do with Rick and the prison. But is it a welcome break or a disaster?The episode is somewhat a... Continue Reading →
The Walking Dead Season 4 – "Internment" Review *contains spoilers*
Well this season is getting grim fast. Of course surviving in a zombie outbreak would be a grim task, but there was little joy to be had here. Even though at the end of the day our heroes won, it felt more like defeat.The episode was mainly concerned with the quarantine zone inside the prison... Continue Reading →
UK Horror TV Guide – 16 – 22 November
Channel Time Reason for watching Sat 16 Hell's Rain Horr 3.50pm Flaming balls apparently The Company of Wolves Horr 9.00 Not the football team Prometheus Scifi/Hor 9.00 Alien goo is a bad thing Dredd Showcase 10.45 The Raid, with more guns All The Boys Love Mandy L Horr 10.55 The critics don’t Alien Resurrection More>... Continue Reading →
TheHorrorShow.TV – New Titles Added
The UK's video-on-demand platform dedicated specifically to horror fans (that's us!) have added some new titles:The ABCs of DeathTerror at Lost LakeThe ReedsThe BreederAnd today they added their first documentary - Â Never Sleep Again: The Nightmare on Elm Street Legacy.This must see show is the definitive look back at the Nightmare on Elm Street films,... Continue Reading →
The Walking Dead Season 4 – "Indifference" Review *contains spoilers*
The Walking Dead continues its obsession with titles beginning with I this week and also delivers the most emotionally satisfying episode of season 4 so far."Indifference" manages to balance the shows elements quite nicely. There is a lot of character development, zombie action and plot progression. Matthew Negrete's script focuses on the idea of characters... Continue Reading →
UK TV Horror Schedule – 09/11 – 15/11
Channel Time Reason for watching Sat 09 Abe Lincoln, Vamp Hunter Scifi/Hor 7.10 Suck on that, Obama Wind Chill Sony TV 9pm Ghosts annoy Emily Blunt Predators C4 9pm Multiple ugly motherfuckers Shark Night Sky 3D 9.15 Still shit in extra dimension Resident Evil: Extinction Watch 9.30 Do opposite of channel name The Descent 5*... Continue Reading →
The Walking Dead Season 4 – "Isolation" Review *contains spoilers*
Things take a turn for the worst this week as the survivors continue to face a "glorified cold." As more and more people get sick the characters begin to face the possibility that everything they have built at the prison might come crumbling down. "Isolation" is all doom and gloom with little in the way... Continue Reading →
Haddonfield’s News Roundup
Morning/Afternoon/Evening folks. Temporary Ed @thezoverlord here with a round up of the main horror news this week...****It's been a busy week for horror fans, what with Halloween and all, so here's some of the exciting bits and pieces you may have missed (while you were stitching yourselves into various exotic outfits or, maybe, taking advantage of... Continue Reading →
UK TV Horror Guide – 02/11 to 08/11
Channel Time Reason for watching Sat 02 Final Destination 5 Sky 3D Noon None whatsoever Total Recall (2012) Sci-Fi/Horr 9pm Colin Farrell Maniac Cop Horror 9pm Bruce Campbell. Nuff said. Invasion of Body Snatchers MGM HD 9pm 1978 - Donald Sutherland v aliens Halloween III SyFy 9pm The one without Myers Underworld Awakening Sky 3D... Continue Reading →
Haddonfield Halloween – ‘Boo’, Review by Zoe
A group of college students get trapped in an abandoned, haunted hospital on Halloween. What could possibly go wrong here?The PlotTwo college guys decide to scare their girlfriends by rigging up some fake scares in a reputedly haunted abandoned hospital. Although one of the girls is reluctant at first (clearly having more than the requisite... Continue Reading →
Haddonfield Halloween – Ginger Snaps – A Review by Zoe
Two death obsessed sisters find that their dreary lives in the dismal Canadian suburb of Bailey Downs are irrevocably altered when, after a string of neighbourhood dogs are found dismembered, elder sister Ginger is bitten by a large wolf-like creature. All of a sudden puberty doesn't seem quite so bad….****I love this film, it’s one... Continue Reading →
NEWS – Clive Barker Writing Hellraiser Remake
Clive Barker has confirmed that he has pitched a reboot of  his 1987 movie Hellraiser and has been successful in getting it off the ground. He is working on the script and long time 'pinhead' Doug Bradley will return as the iconic acupuncture specialist.Did you miss me?Fans of the original, what do you think? A... Continue Reading →
UK TV Guide – 26 Oct – 1 Nov 2013
Channel Time Reason for watching Sat 26 Cube Horror 9pm Gruesome deaths, underrated film Bag of Bones C5 9pm Stephen King meets James Bond Alien v Predator 5* 10pm Enjoyable but shit The Shining ITV4 10.10pm In case you missed it the 3 times last week Dredd Sky 3D 10.15pm At last, a reason to... Continue Reading →
UK TV Schedule 19-25 October 2013
Channel Time Reason for watching Sat 19 Hostel: Part II 5* 10pm Torture, death, horribleness, the usual Piranha 3DD Sky 3D 10pm You've wasted your cash on a 3D TV, what else you gonna do? Total Recall (2012) Sci-Fi/Horr 11.25pm It's got Colin Farrell in it Cassadaga Showcase 2.30am Serial killer turning people into marionettes.... Continue Reading →
HADDONFIELD HALLOWEEN – REVIEW: CRY WOLF
Cry Wolf (2005) A bunch of bored high school kids at a posh boarding school in the US decide to cash in on a recent murder by creating a fictional serial killer and setting themselves up as his next ‘victims’. What could possibly go wrong….? Well quite a lot actually it seems. This is a... Continue Reading →
Review – Dead Mary (2007) by Zoe Butcher
A recently separated couple head off to a woodland retreat with a group of friends. As everyone in the group seems to have been fucking each other the atmosphere grows somewhat strained and they decide to lighten the mood (!?) by playing a game of ‘Dead Mary’. This idea is exactly as bad as it... Continue Reading →
A Note From The (Temporary) Ed
For those of you who don’t know, I, Zoe Butcher (aka @thezoverlord) have been asked to step in as editor for Haddonfield Horror whilst the normal editor (and we use the word ‘normal’ in its loosest possible sense here on the site) takes an extended sabbatical. Before you all run panicking for the stairs like... Continue Reading →