Since its announcement, The Predator has been beleaguered by controversy. While initial reports stating that the film would have an R-rating filled Predator fans with hope, these hopes soon faltered… Continue reading "‘The Predator’ is Fun But it Can’t Escape its Offscreen Failings"
I was honoured to be invited to the preview of director Matt Shaw’s newest gore flick, Monster, when it screened in London. Having started out as a Kickstarter and Indiegogo project, Monster has come… Continue reading "Matt Shaw’s ‘Monster’ Promises Laughs, Gore and Human Birthday Cake"
Netflix has come under fire in recent times, with accusers marking its content as boring and unoriginal. We decided to investigate this for ourselves. After delving deep into the streaming… Continue reading "5 Weird and Wonderful Shows to Watch on Netflix This Summer"
Crucible of the Vampire is the second film from writer and director Iain Ross-McNamee. It’s already premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and garnered a generally positive reception thanks to… Continue reading "‘Crucible of the Vampire’: A Throwback to Classic British Horror in Graphic Novel Form"
The Nintendo Switch is fast becoming the go-to platform for indie horror gaming. With now beloved games like Little Nightmares and, more recently, Inside, sailing onto the Switch like they’d… Continue reading "‘Dream Alone’ Blends Creative Puzzles with an Intensely Dark Atmosphere"
Films like Hereditary fall into an established pattern of success. From bubbling word of mouth on the festival circuit to glowing reviews from genre tastemakers right through to a cinematic… Continue reading "‘Hereditary’: A New Horror Classic?"
When Dark Souls first came out, it was groundbreaking in terms of gameplay, design and even narrative. While it became famous for its intense difficulty – even now, subsequent difficult games… Continue reading "‘Dark Souls Remastered’ is a Fantastic Game… But Only an OK Remaster"
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County is a little-known ‘found footage’ style movie that tells the story of an alien attack on a rural American family enjoying a Thanksgiving dinner.… Continue reading "The Scariest Alien Abduction Movie You’ve Never Heard of"
Just days away from the first arc coming to a conclusion, the rich and mysterious plot of Cognition has been brewing for years. The combination of Ken Reynolds’s narrative and… Continue reading "‘Cognition’ Blends Horror and Steampunk in a Wonderfully Dark Mystery"
When it comes to short eBooks that you can buy for less than the price of a coffee, there’s no way of knowing what to expect. It might be best… Continue reading "There May Not Be Much Science in ‘The Children’ But it’s Satisfyingly Creepy"
An immediately atmospheric book, Flight: The Call of the Rift plunges you from the very first page into a beautiful and remarkably constructed fantasy world. The map on the inside… Continue reading "‘Flight: The Call of the Rift’ is the Calm Before the Storm of an Epic Fantasy War"
If you haven’t been paying attention to what’s going on in the United States of America, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Tom McAllister’s How To Be Safe was set… Continue reading "‘How To Be Safe’ Explores the Gun Violence Conversation That America is Afraid of"
The Clinic by David Jester offers you exactly the experience you expect from the title and cover art and general description. It is a horror story set within a mental… Continue reading "BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Clinic’ is a Ridiculous and Bloodthirsty Dance Through Classic Carnage"
The retro 8-bit art style of The Final Station lulls you into a false sense of security with the assumption that nothing in it is going to be too scary.… Continue reading "‘The Final Station’ is a Master of Encroaching Horror"
It seems obvious that combining the brilliant scientific mind of Nikola Tesla and the chilling Eldritch horrors of H. P. Lovecraft would make for something genuinely epic. It’s a surprise… Continue reading "‘Tesla vs Lovecraft’ Blends Sci-Fi and Eldritch Horror in a Beautiful and Addictive Arena Shooter"