Author Simon Fitzjohn

I’ll be honest, I always have a slightly weird sensation when it comes to re-watching and reviewing the first film in any horror franchise. It’s trying to operate without the benefit of hindsight, or...

Horror Channel FrightFest Halloween 2017 unleashes seven choice shockers for the 7th annual West End Halloween chillorama – a wits-end wallow in all things gruesome, gory and glorious. This year, the...

Michael Myers returns in this solid sequel

Matt Damon is one of the most iconic Hollywood A-listers currently working in the movie industry. He has some outstanding films to his name as an actor, producer, and writer and remains one of the most...

Moving on from co-directing wildly entertaining ‘haunted house’ chiller The Tour, writer/director Alex Mathieson returns to the short film format with new shocker Jitterman. And what a treat he’s...

Anyone who has spent any time in my company (or has spent any time checking out the site over the years) knows that festive horror flicks are a particular favourite of mine. After all, Bob Clark's seminal...

Riffing on everything from the likes of Dog Soldiers and Cockneys vs Zombies (and many more), Eat Locals is a scattergun affair that just about succeeds due to sheer verve. The directorial debut of Jason...

Any regular visitor to Movie Ramblings will know that we are pretty keen on putting the female slant on things (especially horror) if we possibly can. For that reason we are big fans of The Final Girls and...

Here at Movie Ramblings we're happy to admit we are fans of 1981 gem The Howling, so imagine our delight when word came through that the film is set for a welcome Blu-Ray release and restoration. Hitting us...

An 80s throwback that never quite makes enough of its premise, The Terror Of Hallow’s Eve is certainly a watchable affair. High on style and with a pleasant focus on practical effects, it’s a pretty...

I love many, many things about the horror genre, but one of the most satisfying is the ability of the genre to throw up fresher slants and new takes on well-worn routes, giving things a welcome shot in the...

Admittedly very rare for me, I suffered a genuine moment of real, sweaty-palm panic about two-thirds of the way through Alone. Now it was nothing to do with anything graphic offered up on screen - the film...

Is there anything more frustrating for a film fan than sitting through a movie that seems to have done all the hard work, only to leave you with that nagging feeling it should be so much better? That’s...

Chucky returns (again) in the seventh instalment in the ever-expanding killer doll franchise, kicking off this year’s Frightfest with a bang – and a powerdrill, a blowtorch (you get the...

With superhero flicks now very much the behemoth when it comes to box office, rarely can a visit to the old multiplex pass without some reference to spandex, tights and superpowers. You may actually be...

Ramping up the mind games, while throwing in some impressive bloodshed for good measure, writer/director Damon Rickard returns with his latest effective short, Stolen. Bigger, and arguably better, than his...

There's no doubt that genre legend Barbara Crampton is a firm favourite of the Frightfest community - after all, not only has she had a slew of films screen at the festival over the last few years, she's also...

World premieres can never be a bad thing, and one of the more interesting selections on offer at this year's shindig is director Tom Paton's Redwood. Hopefully a twist on the camping horror tales so loved...

Hitting select cinemas on August 25 before a TVOD release three days later (and a DVD outing in October), Bushwick certainly looks as though it will pack a punch. Perhaps that is not entirely surprising...

It's always great to see someone whose work you've been championing making that all-important breakthrough, so when director Kate Shenton's hugely enjoyable Egomaniac began making waves we were over the...

To be honest, Replace had me interested the second the words 'written by Richard Stanley' popped up atop the press release. But the film looks set to have a lot more to offer than just that, as the trailer...