Author Matthew Hammond

Phantom Halo is a story of abuse and love lost in the maelstrom of broken dreams, promises and hope. The film focuses centrally on two brothers, Samuel and Beckett, as they struggle through a life that...

Remake culture is a particularly fascinating realm of modern cinema, particularly in terms of the horror film, the genre that unquestionably features the highest concentration of remakes. Remakes aren’t...

Set in a future where technology has failed and mankind has been plunged back into a rural existence of tribal survival, Pandorica follows three warriors of one such tribe as they head out into the wilderness...

The horror genre is a deep well of emotion and stimulus, one that filmmakers dredge to conjure an experience directly focused on striking at our deepest fears and anxiety; at times for catharsis…and...

If there is one word to describe Curtain…‘bonkers’ seems as good as any. Few films can boast a concept so utterly odd…and, even more so, make it work in such a concise and imaginative...

Following the tale of two children whose world is suddenly thrown into doubt and chaos, Goodnight Mommy is an enigma. A beautifully composed piece, but also flawed in its composition; terrifying at...

Modern horror cinema has increasingly become a singular shade rather than an expansive palette; in recent years, it has fallen into the same set ups…the same jumps…the same handheld shaky...

Awards season each year brings a field of esteemed productions, marked by the presence of cinema’s most accomplished directors, actors and writers, or touching on stories that are vitally important...

The Western and the Horror are genres that can be traced back to the very beginning of cinema itself, monoliths whose instinctive, visual and often visceral strength were perfect landscapes in which form could...

Mary Shelley’s classic tale of twisted science and the nature of existence has stimulated the imagination since it’s debut in 1818, and it’s constant adaptation on stage and screen in the...

Compared to arguably the most impressive, effective and culturally intelligent American horror film of last year, It Follows, Anguish has been lauded as a truly compelling modern possession...

The grand mythology of the Frankenstein monster has been a ripe space for cinematic interpretation through the entire history of the form. From the flickering early experiment from the Edison Studios in 1910,...

Joe Begos delighted genre addicts in search of a true throwback 80s sci fi horror experience in 2014 when he unleashed Almost Human, a film that channelled the industrious and eerie brutality of cult films...

Over the years, the disaster film has become a sub-genre firmly entrenched within the broader spectrum of blockbuster cinema, a form that is so often a splintered collage of genre shards that act as crude...

In recent years, the horror genre has moved towards a particular kind of style, especially in relation to supernatural thrillers, that arguably defines this generation. The style in question is the much...

“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962, dir. John Ford. Quentin Tarantino is a filmmaker deeply concerned with legend. That is the...

In the realms of horror, Halloween is always the golden holiday, the one that entirely belongs to the spectacle of the macabre. As such, horror cinema often returns to this seasonal treat for a reliably...

Horror cinema has seen its fair share of sinister pandemics and possessions take over everywhere from the rickety old cabin in the words to the state of the art shopping mall. However, in the shape of Cooties,...

Nightmares are one of the most deeply traumatic and personal spaces in our lives. We descend into a space we all must venture, but a space whose intricate eccentricities are still beyond the realm of...

The disaster movie is perhaps the guiltiest of guilty pleasures in cinema. There is something truly spectacular about the scale of destruction and creativity on display; in the 1970s heyday of this genre,...

After a rough divorce that has left him without any money, foremost cult expert Ansel (Leland Orser) is on tour giving seminars about such brainwashing. Approached by Claire’s distraught parents, he...