Johnny Mnemonic gets UK Blu-ray release date Simon Fitzjohn March 10, 2022 Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos Releasing on 25th April, Robert Longo and William Gibson's cyberpunk classic Johnny Mnemonic (1995),title 025 on the 101 Films Black Label, released on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Adapted for...
Frightfest Interview: A Cloud So High director Christopher Parson Simon Fitzjohn March 10, 2022 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow Previews, Interviews Ahead of FrightFest’s UK premiere of A CLOUD SO HIGH at the Glasgow Film Festival, director Christopher Parson talks about his encounter with a peeping tom, casting a serial killer and writing demented...
Why I Love: My Bloody Valentine Simon Fitzjohn February 1, 2022 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love Simon pays tribute to the Canadian horror classic
Frightfest unveil Glasgow line-up Simon Fitzjohn January 21, 2022 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Glasgow The UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival is back in person at the Glasgow Film Theatre, which for 17 glorious years has been FrightFest’s second home, as part of the internationally renowned...
3.5 Movie Review: Scream (2022) Simon Fitzjohn January 17, 2022 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Back in 1996, there is little doubt that Scream was one hell of a genre game-changer – smart, horror-savvy and a whole load of fun. I remember full well being part of a lucky audience that saw the film...
Horror Channel unleash February premieres Simon Fitzjohn January 14, 2022 Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos February on Horror Channel keeps genre fans alive with the UK TV premiere of WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE - another suspenseful knife to the throat of 21st Century genre cinema from the deliciously warped mind of...
Why I Love: Winona Ryder Simon Fitzjohn January 14, 2022 Editor's Choice, Features I have no idea where my old classmate Liz Stevens is now, or what she's up to, but there is little doubting the fact that she had a far greater impact on my life than she probably ever realised. You see,...
My Horror Journey: Full Circle, parental fears – and me Simon Fitzjohn January 4, 2022 Editor's Choice, Features For purposes of full disclosure, let me state right from the outset that this is going to be a pretty raw feature – it’s been one I’ve considered writing for some time now, but always...
Festive Frights: Saint (2010) Simon Fitzjohn December 12, 2021 Editor's Choice, From The Vault 1 Comment A festive horror treat from Dutch director Dick Maas
Stagefright heading to Blu-ray Simon Fitzjohn December 9, 2021 Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos Combining graphic, blood-splattered set pieces with his trademark wit and filmmaking elegance, Michele Soavi's (Dellamorte Dellamore, The Sect, The Church), Stagefright is now unleashed in a new 4K...
Festive Frights: Christmas Evil (1980) Simon Fitzjohn December 6, 2021 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...
Why I Love: Wargames Simon Fitzjohn December 5, 2021 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love A computer geek brings the world to the brink of destruction
4.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Halloween Review: Amulet Simon Fitzjohn October 31, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Every so often, as a film writer and overall genre fan, you get stumped by a movie. Amulet was definitely one of those – full disclosure, I tried to watch it the first time when way too tired and...
2.5 Arrow Video Frightfest Halloween Review: Miracle Valley Simon Fitzjohn October 31, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Sometimes, you cannot help but admire a film that wears its crapness proudly on its sleeve and just says, you know what – to hell with it. Miracle Valley certainly fits that bill – stuffed to...
2.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Halloween Review: Last Survivors Simon Fitzjohn October 30, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Devastated by the brutal chaos of 2002’s World War III, young father Troy (Stephen Moyer) elects to grab his son, give up on what remains of mankind and hotfoot it to an isolated cabin in the...
3.0 Arrow Video Frightfest Halloween Review: Barbarians Simon Fitzjohn October 29, 2021 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Dinner parties can prove fertile ground for genre content – after all, Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation remains one of my favourite offerings of the last decade or so. Trying to put a British...
Month Of Myers: Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007) Simon Fitzjohn October 28, 2021 Editor's Choice, Features, Halloween Okay, I’m going to put this out there right from the off – just so we know where we all stand. If you agree, then great, but if you are so violently opposed that you plan on quitting reading...
Monster road movie Walking Against The Rain nearing release Simon Fitzjohn October 21, 2021 Latest News and Videos The apocalyptic monster road movie, WALKING AGAINST THE RAIN, has entered post-production. Directed by Scott Lyus, making his feature film debut, the graphic tale of two strangers navigating their way...
Month Of Myers: Halloween Resurrection (2002) Simon Fitzjohn October 20, 2021 Editor's Choice, Features, 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 14, 2021 Editor's Choice, Features, Halloween 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...
From The Vault: Nothing But The Night (1973) Simon Fitzjohn October 13, 2021 Editor's Choice, From The Vault Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee investigate a series of mysterious deaths