A few years ago, whilst working freelance for a magazine called FilmInk, I was called upon to interview the horror writing/directing team, The Vicious Brothers – FilmInk interview During our discussion they mentioned they were working on a new horror movie about aliens, so when Extraterrestrial was released, I was eager to see it, despite the various […]
This was the film that all the horror fans were talking about – ‘a hark back to the glory days 80’s horror’ they said; ‘a truly terrifying film’ they said. So after much searching I managed to track it down and started watching prepared for a treat. Two things to know – It is […]
So some studio executive thought that even though the original Poltergeist was directed by horror royalty Tobe Hooper, produced by hollywood royalty Steven Speilberg and still considered as perfectly effective, creepy and great today as it was in 1982, it was due for a remake. Wheels were put in motion, script reboot completed, cast sought […]
With Sons of Anarchy finally hitting its inevitable end (please keep the sobbing to a minimum folks) and the lack of any new decent horrors on the shelves (and it being Friday the 13th and all!) it seemed a good time to feature a ‘special’ – this one’s subject matter combining my two great loves, […]
We all are afraid of something; and sometimes those can be very different things. Some of those fears come from deep seated experiences perhaps even from back in our infancy, some are influenced by what movies we have watched lately or books we’ve read or even from glancing at the news occasionally and seing how […]
When you are a connoisseur of horror films you are acutely aware of the patterns that emerge in certain sub-genres such as ‘psycho killer stalker’, ‘backwoods hillbilly killers’, ‘haunted house’, ‘devil possession’ etc. – they have formulas and if you’ve seen enough of them, you can tick those cues off like blowing out candles; the […]
The much maligned slasher genre, once so strong in it’s heyday (70’s – 80’s) has been limping along in misshapen almost-parodies of itself for sometime now. a shadow of its former self and a huge disappointment for fans of it’s unique charms. with the possible exceptions of my bloody valentine 3d (a remake so arguably […]
A horror movie with big name stars used to be a rare thing, most higher profile actors seemed to think the horror genre was beneath them and so there was a stable of ‘horror actors’ willing to get their hands dirty so to speak.. that does not seem to be the case anymore. Just this […]
Something occurred to me while I watched this, the second instalment of director Greg Mclean’s juggernaut that was the original Wolf Creek – I Love Australian horror and the reason is the characterisation. Unlike American horrors (and to a far lesser extent, British and European horrors) Australian horrors are inhabited by real people who you […]
PA5TMO as i shall now call it, was always going to happen. The last four have made an extremely large amount of money for their creators, in fact, PA1 holds the title of the most profitable film ever made. I have to admit to having a very soft spot for this particular series […]
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