Author Emily Stockham

Anna the agoraphobic is our protagonist in American drama-horror, Shut In, directed by Adam Schindler. However, this fact about our leading lady made me a little uncomfortable from the outset, although I’ll...

UK filmmaker Adam Mason director of ‘Broken’ and ‘The Devil’s Chair’ and the gob-smackingly shocking ‘Pig’, is known for gruelling, brutal and often explicit horror films. This year, he hits...

Starting the beginning with the end, or if I’m going to be fancy the denouement or the moment where the film reaches its peak is always a risk. Emmerdale’s Dominic Brunt takes this risk with his Frightfest...

Winner of the 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is the story of Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), an awkward high school senior whose mom forces him to spend time...

A boring Christmas evening of too much food and a little marijuana ends up in a series of unfortunate and gruesome events for a group of girls looking to inject a little fun into their otherwise stagnant...

Every year at Film4 Frightfest there is a myriad of foreign oddities. Films with subtitles that range from the weird and wonderful to the downright bizarre. Yes, I’m mainly thinking of Tulpa when I speak of...

Emily tracks down the controversial 'missing' film

I’ve just lost about an hour and a half of my life, time I will never retrieve. Okay, so that may sound like a dramatic opening for a review, but I guess I’m trying to highlight how annoyed I am with...

Tweaked from its original UK title Nymph, Killer Mermaids is a Serbian monster movie about a murderous fish-bottomed lady a la Ariel but without the red hair and Disney smile – her teeth are pointier. The...

Without giving too much away, director Adam Mason's home-invasion-with-a-twist shocker Hangman is one of the films screening at this year's Frightfest that will definitely get the Movie Ramblings seal of...

I often get strange looks when I proclaim that some of the best horror films are hilarious. Of course, those who are familiar with all things horror will know that this is entirely possible. Not so bad it's...

If there’s two things I love, its romance and zombies. A weird mix I know, but you can at least now imagine how much I love a comedy zom-rom. Comedy and classic horror go hand in hand in Joe Dante’s...

When I saw the title ‘Second Coming’ placed alongside its one-line synopsis, “A look at the life and struggles of a family living in London” I was both intrigued and bemused and those feelings stuck...

British horror is my go-to genre. When I’m sick of Hollywood’s spatter-fests of blood and guts (and over-amped CGI) I feel I can always rely on low-budget British horror to go back to basics with things...

I have always had a love-hate affair with found footage films. Although, I fear recent offerings have forced me to slip on the spectrum closer to hate. Paranormal Activity in 2007 was genuinely one of my...

Nazis. Zombies. Snow – what more fun could zombie-genre fans want? A sequel showcasing more of the same, obviously. Violent Nazi zombies emerged from the Scandinavian snow to reclaim a treasure in the...

The short story of The Expendables 3 is, that if you enjoyed the first two, you are in for much of the same enjoyment – it does exactly what it says on this franchise tin. However, that’s not to say...

Katniss Everdeen is back as the face of revolution in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. A reluctant revolutionary, but one for the people none the less. The Hunger Games are well and truly over – the...

From the A-list, top-line billing of Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr and Billy Bob Thornton, The Judge, directed by David Dobkins, held some promise. I say some promise with reference to the stellar cast, as...

I have always had a love-hate affair with found footage films. Although, I fear recent offerings have forced me to slip on the spectrum closer to hate. Paranormal Activity in 2007 was genuinely one of my...

Nymph, or “Killer Mermaid” as it’s known in the states – is a Serbian monster movie about a murderous fish-bottomed lady a la Ariel but without the red hair and Disney smile – her teeth are pointier....