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FrightFest 2020: 5 films I can’t wait to watch
It’s officially August and that means only one thing for UK-based horror fans… FrightFest! As event after event is cancelled, …Read More »
My Neighbor Totoro – God of Death?
I think we can all agree that Japanese animation giant, Studio Ghibli, produce some of the most beautiful and emotive …Read More »
Director Interview: Rob Savage
Following up on his review of HOST, the insanely popular UK indie horror, Hugh had the chance to catch up with …Read More »
Film Review: Host
Strike while the iron is hot is an adage that can be applied liberally to Rob Savage’s brilliantly creepy British …Read More »
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Category Archives: Review
Short Film Review: Sleep Tight
The eighties are back (again)! It seems that no matter how many films we get which are set in the not-so-distant past, it is apparently not enough! I reckon most horror aficionados love a good film inspired by this era, … Continue reading
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Film Review: The Invisible Man
Leigh Whannell’s latest film, The Invisible Man, a re-imagining of H. G. Wells’ 1897 novel, debuted this weekend in cinemas and spoiler: it’s good! We open with Cecilia Kass, played brilliantly by Elisabeth Moss, who has managed to run away … Continue reading
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LHF Review: Him Indoors
Sam returned to The Pleasance in Islington for his fifth and final review of this year’s London Horror Festival: Cheekyita’s comedy horror Him Indoors. Sold as “The Mighty Boosh meets The Wicker Man” (with demonic eels), the story starts with … Continue reading
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LHF Review: Edred, The Vampyre
Oh, Edred – the vampyre that had sex with Shakespeare but did not bite him; the vampyre that likes garlic and that loves the sunshine. What else is there to say? Edred, the Vampyre played last week as part of … Continue reading
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Film Review: Doctor Sleep
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining has sat atop horror’s Mount Everest, like the Overlook itself, surveying all that has come after it for almost forty years. A horror icon that is perhaps the most transcendent of the genre; it is a … Continue reading
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