Women Of Horror Retrospective: Mia Farrow Simon Fitzjohn December 18, 2020 Editor's Choice, Features, Women Of Horror Okay, so I know as far as 'modern-day' Mia Farrow goes, acting very much seems to be in the rear-view mirror - in fact it has been more than six years since she appeared on screen, instead now devoting her...
Interview: Barbara Crampton talks Reborn, directing and more… Simon Fitzjohn August 17, 2020 Editor's Choice, Interviews, Women Of Horror Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of Julian Richards’ REBORN, on Sat 22 August, actress, producer and genre icon Barbara Crampton reflects on how You’re Next changed the direction of her career,...
Women Of Horror Retrospective: Jill Haworth Simon Fitzjohn June 13, 2020 Editor's Choice, Women Of Horror When English actress Jill Haworth sadly passed away in 2011 at the age of 65, pretty much every printed obituary led on the fact she was ‘best known’ for her role as Sally Bowles in the original Broadway...
Top 10: Killer Ladies Emily Stockham May 26, 2020 Editor's Choice, Women Of Horror Horror always presents a curious dichotomy when it comes to gender. Tradition has it that horror is the preserve of the sweaty, awkward teenage boys of the world, and of course, those men who haven’t quite...
Frightfest Interview: Director Alexis Bruchon Simon Fitzjohn March 1, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow, Interviews Ahead of FrightFest’s UK special screening of THE WOMAN WITH LEOPARD SHOES at the Glasgow Film Festival, director Alexis Bruchon talks about his love of Noir, casting his brother and directing in his...
Arrow Video Frightfest Interview: The Stylist star Najarra Townsend Simon Fitzjohn October 20, 2020 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Interviews, London, London Interviews “I find that good genre films so often have the most intense complicated characters that are the most fun to take on” Ahead of the UK premiere of Jill Gevarguzian’s THE STYLIST, lead actress Najarra...
Arrow Video Frightfest Interview: Neil Marshall Simon Fitzjohn October 8, 2020 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Interviews, London, London Previews Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest film THE RECKONING, Neil Marshall talks about the desire for creative freedom, putting leading lady Charlotte Kirk through hell, his love for FrightFest...
Arrow Video Frightfest Interview: Triggered’s Reine Swart Simon Fitzjohn August 27, 2020 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Interviews, London, London Interviews One of our pleasant surprises from Frightfest is Triggered - the South African 'friends wake up in the woods to find themselves strapped into suicide vests' tension-fest. Part of the success of the film...
Festive Frights: To All A Goodnight (1980) Simon Fitzjohn December 11, 2020 Editor's Choice, From The Vault Right, just where do I begin with To All A Goodnight? I suppose I could say that the first twenty minutes or so are absolutely terrible, with one of the lamest ‘pranks gone wrong’ sequences in horror,...
Festive Frights: Saint (2010) Simon Fitzjohn December 8, 2020 Editor's Choice, From The Vault 1 Comment A festive horror treat from Dutch director Dick Maas
Festive Frights: Christmas Evil (1980) Simon Fitzjohn December 1, 2020 Editor's Choice, From The Vault It may not appear obvious at first, but Christmas is a great time to be a horror fan. Not only do you get the chance to ask for plenty of horror-related goodies from family and friends (which I have done many...
From The Vault: Silent Partner (1978) Simon Fitzjohn November 12, 2020 Editor's Choice, Features, From The Vault Set at Christmas – and featuring a gun-toting Santa no less – Silent Partner is one of those films no doubt lumped into that favourite discussion among modern film types – is it a Christmas...
