Editor's Choice

For most people, the word red when placed in the context of Christmas conjures festive imagery of holly, fairy lights and St Nick’s infamous suit. For horror fans however, it means another seasonal...

The ‘2003’ Christmas Films You’re always good for at least one new Christmas film every year, but sadly most end up being nothing more than a cash-in the holiday before fading into...

In praise of the legendary (well, to us anyway) Caroline Munro

A festive horror treat from Dutch director Dick Maas

The ‘Divisive’ Christmas Film Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)   Back in 1966, an animated television short of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released,...

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...

The ‘So Bad It’s Good’ Christmas Film Jingle All The Way (1996) Putting Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christmas comedy together seems like a match made hell. Lets face it; the Austrian...

Can a film be evil? I'm not talking about cursed films. We've all heard tales of cursed films, usually films of a supernatural bent, The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, films where cast and crew members died...

12 Days of Christmas As we count down to the big day, no doubt you’ll be looking to get into the yuletide spirit, and what better way to get you in the mood than to curling up with your loved ones and...

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...

A computer geek brings the world to the brink of destruction

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee investigate a series of mysterious deaths

If Halloween 5 was the fear franchise close to coming off the tracks, Halloween 6: The Curse Of Michael Myers was the perhaps inevitable train wreck. An absolute mess of a film, the sixth instalment is pretty...

I must admit, I always had a soft spot for a gun-toting Milla Jovovich running around slaying zombies (in the first few entries anyway) but, as is the way with the film business, no sooner has a franchise...