Author Simon Fitzjohn

I'm sure we all love ticking off home entertainment releases we want to get our grubby mitts on, especially if we let the films pass us by at the cinema. Well, the British Association for Screen...

The Strangers was one of the most unsettling, effective horrors of recent years but, if we are all totally honest, did anyone see a sequel coming down the line? I know I certainly didn't, but here we are,...

Lynne Ramsay's hard-hitting You Were Never Really Here hits UK cinemas tomorrow, and to mark the occasion we have a new clip for you. Written and directed by Ramsay and based on the book by Jonathan Ames,...

The Tomb Raider reboot lands in cinemas this month, and Alicia Vikander and company were in London this week for the film's European premiere. We've got some footage from the event below, and here's the...

Hammer dabbles with Greek mythology

I think we can all agree that streaming services are becoming increasingly important for the film industry. We're talking about Netflix, of course, the rental service that has, over the years, grown into a...

If there’s one movie genre that’s pretty much guaranteed to keep cinema-goers on the edge of their seats as they follow their hero’s escapades, it’s the sporting genre – just think of all those...

Simon swings for the fences as he pours praise on Tony Scott's baseball thriller

Horror movies are a popular movie genre for many different reasons. Audiences find them rather thrilling and able to elicit a range of emotions. In order to do this, writers of horror movie screenplays...

As well as being a high-tempo, glamorous sporting showcase, the Superbowl is also must-watch stuff for movie fans, thanks to the glut of teasers, trailers and clips that the studios wheel out to promote their...

Clint Eastwood became the name that he is largely through two roles: Harry Callaghan (the no-nonsense cop who made his debut in 1971’s Dirty Harry) and The Man with No Name (the lone gunfighter who first...

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee investigate a series of mysterious deaths

I must be honest, I'm still not convinced by this one, but a new trailer for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot landed today and at least looks interesting. Alicia Vikander is obviously on the case this time...

It's that time of year again, and earlier today saw those Frightfest bods release details of their eagerly-awaited Glasgow shindig. It looks like a goody, so here's the press release for you to...

Spectacular Optical have done it again with their latest offering, which takes on the far-from-easy task of attempting to drag together all (or as many as they could find at least) the horrific big and...

I think it's a pretty safe assumption to say that Pamela Franklin is hardly a name that would trip off the tongue of most horror fans - certainly the younger ones at least. In fact, post some 1970s British...

Short, sharp and brutally effective, writer/director Andrew Ionides’ The Quiet Zone is a lesson in taking a simple concept and maxing it out to its full potential. After all, it riffs on a scenario most...

If you fancy a day of retro horror delights as the cold weather closes in, you quite simply have to get yourself to the Genesis Cinema in London on Sunday, November 26. The always-quality Dark Side magazine...

Riding in at the end of Hammer’s dabbling with psycho-thrillers, Fear In The Night is an enjoyable, albeit slight romp that is likely to please fans of old-school British horror. Showcasing a standout...

Christopher Lee stars in this lesser-known horror effort

Wow, just where do I start on a review of MAB? Do I wax lyrical about it being a ‘folksy’ horror that practically bubbles with menace, playing with an audience’s imagination and expectations like a...