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...
Remembering Joan Fontaine and Hammer’s ‘The Witches’ Ian White April 16, 2020 Editor's Choice, Women Of Horror 1 Comment Amazingly, it's more than six years since the world lost a mesmerising and almost forgotten actress called Joan Fontaine. Of course, to people who love movies Joan Fontaine needs no introduction. As the...
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...
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,...
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...
Month Of Myers: Halloween Resurrection (2002) Simon Fitzjohn October 30, 2020 Editor's Choice, From The Vault, Halloween Having waded through oceans of cinematic (mostly horror) drek over the years, it takes a lot to get me angry. Slightly annoyed? Yep. Frustrated or disappointed? Hell yes. But angry? Fists clenched, temples...
Month Of Myers: Halloween H20 (1998) Simon Fitzjohn October 29, 2020 Editor's Choice, From The Vault Derided by critics and justifiably unloved even by the fanbase (OK, not the entire fanbase), Halloween 6: The Curse Of Michael Myers all but killed the franchise. Sure, there were plans for a straight-to-DVD...
