Desperate for a remedy to his grief after the loss of his wife, Eric Black finds solitude in the form of a newspaper advert: Remote west-coast island seeks sole resident… Continue reading "Escaping into Scottish Solitude: Director Russell Owen on Slow-Burn Horror ‘Shepherd’"
Slapface is a hard-hitting horror from Jeremiah Kipp, which fuses social commentary together with the sinister. It sheds light on how trauma and human suffering can manifest into something much… Continue reading "The Manifestation of Mourning: Director Jeremiah Kipp on Grief and Witches in ‘Slapface’"
Father of Flies is a psychological horror that invites us into the home of a family struggling to reconcile with their traumatic past. As the friction between characters grows, the… Continue reading "Director Ben Charles Edwards on Snowbound Psychological Horror ‘Father of Flies’"
Alex Kahuam’s art-horror feature Forgiveness is a deeply personal project that asks difficult questions of its audience. Rejecting the use of dialogue, Kahuam instead forms his own cinematic language through… Continue reading "A Torturous Triptych: Director Alex Kahuam on Enigmatic, Female-Led Horror ‘Forgiveness’"
In a fusion of pint-sipping and vampire-slaying, director Chris Baugh sinks his teeth into some Dracula folk-lore whilst adding a parodic twist in his latest comedy horror The Boys from… Continue reading "Blood, Beer and Half-Pulled Heart Strings in Irish Vampire Movie ‘Boys From County Hell’"
Debuting recently at SXSW, director Elle Callahan brings to the screen a blend of horror and socio-political commentary in her latest young adult thriller Witch Hunt. Pulled straight from the… Continue reading "‘Witch Hunt’: A Dystopian Young Adult Horror With A Meaningful Message"
With its blaring reference to the Simon & Garfunkel song in the title, Alex Noyer’s latest Finnish-American slasher Sound of Violence promises an intriguing mixture of brutality and musical expression. As… Continue reading "Murder Ballads: ‘Sound of Violence’ is a Synaesthesia Slasher with an Explosive Visual Style"
The release of Unsane in 2018 marked a monumental step for the use of smartphones in filmmaking, after Steven Soderbergh swapped his entire camera crew for the 28mm 12-megapixel camera… Continue reading "Road Trip Horror ‘Threshold’ Takes a Detour Down Memory Lane"
Fear of Rain marks the first serious passion project of former actress and newfound writer-director Castille Landon. In her young adult thriller, we hitchhike on the sleuthing pursuits of a… Continue reading "Shock Therapy: ‘Fear of Rain’ Examines Mental Health Issues Through a Horror Lens"
After the initial release of the sci-fi horror hit The Meg back in 2018, the film has since taken centre-stage in the sharksploitation sub-genre. Based on the 1997 novel Meg:… Continue reading "British Horror Director Ben Wheatley to Helm ‘The Meg 2’"