Arrow Video Frightfest announce guest line-up, bonus films & award nominees Simon Fitzjohn July 19, 2018 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London Previews Extra films, a stacked guest line-up, nominees and a trailer reel - today is a good day to get excited about next month's Arrow Video Frightfest. Here's the press release that just landed: Two extra...
2.0 Movie Review: The Secret Of Marrowbone David Watson July 16, 2018 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Fleeing their past, four English siblings – Jack (George MacKay), Jane (Mia Goth), Billy (Charlie Heaton) and Sam (Matthew Stagg) - and their ailing mother arrive in the sleepy little town on America’s...
Session 9 – An Undervalued Gem Of Modern Horror Simon Fitzjohn July 16, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features 1 Comment An asylum-based shocker that pushes all the right buttons
Arrow Video Frightfest preview: The Ranger Simon Fitzjohn July 13, 2018 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London Previews Last year's Cult Of Chucky certainly got Frightfest up and running with a crowd-pleasing bang, and no doubt genre fans heading to London are expecting the same from this slice of retro 80s splatter. The...
4.0 DVD Review: Mom And Dad David Watson July 12, 2018 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice I don’t have kids, a fact for which humanity should forever count their blessings. But amongst the many careers I’ve tried on for size over the years was a stint as a ‘manny’, childminding in...
Opinion: Shout Out For A Scream Queen Ian White July 9, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Opinion, Women Of Horror In praise of the legendary (well, to us anyway) Caroline Munro
From the Vault: Just Before Dawn (1981) Simon Fitzjohn July 6, 2018 Editor's Choice, From The Vault Released into cinemas back in October 1981, Just Before Dawn is one of those films lumped in with the wave of slasher flicks that washed into movie houses over that period. Now don’t get me wrong, I love...
Escape Plan 2 trailer lands Simon Fitzjohn July 5, 2018 Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos We're not exactly sure Escape Plan warranted a sequel, but they've gone ahead and done it anyway - and let's face it, seeing Stallone do his thing always provides entertainment right? So the good news is...
Miskatonic Institute & Spectacular Optical team up for Canadian horror events Simon Fitzjohn July 5, 2018 Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos If any of our readers happen to be hanging around in Canada at the moment, boy do we have a few treats to send your way... Check out this press release merrily thrust at us by our good friends at...
4.0 DVD Review: Journeyman David Watson July 4, 2018 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice 1 Comment Middle-aged and approaching the end of his career, middleweight boxing champ Matty Burton (Paddy Considine) is a journeyman fighter; a reliable, but not outstanding or particularly talented, professional...
5.0 DVD Review: I Kill Giants David Watson July 3, 2018 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Friendless and alone, spiky weirdo Barbara (Madison Wolfe) knows she’s an awkward freak. She knows no one likes her. And she knows that everything she does looks crazy. But that’s not going to stop from...
Why I Love: Alien 3 Simon Fitzjohn July 1, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love 4 Comments We give thanks for the David Fincher sequel
Home Entertainment Sizzle Reel: Summer Edition Simon Fitzjohn June 30, 2018 Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos 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...
Arrow Video Frightfest 2018 unleashes record-breaking line-up Simon Fitzjohn June 29, 2018 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London Remaining in the heart of London’s West End for its 19th edition, the world renowned horror and fantasy film festival turbo-charges into the Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema from Aug...
5.0 Movie Review: The Endless David Watson June 25, 2018 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Ten years after escaping the apocalyptic doomsday cult they were raised in, brothers Justin and Aaron (co-writers/directors Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead) are barely getting by, living a practically...
Why I Love: Full Circle (1978) Simon Fitzjohn June 25, 2018 Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love 3 Comments OK, here’s a slightly unusual question for you – when was the last time you actually cried during a horror movie? Now I don’t mean a chuckle at a so-bad-its-good flick, or tears of frustration at some...
From the Vault: Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) Simon Fitzjohn June 24, 2018 Editor's Choice, From The Vault A nasty slasher that it likely to delight horror fans
4.0 Movie Review: Tully David Watson May 5, 2018 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Frazzled, forty-something mum of three Marlo (Charlize Theron) is a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Perpetually exhausted, she’s already struggling as primary caregiver to daughter Sarah (Lia...
4.5 Movie Review: Avengers: Infinity War Colin D Miller April 26, 2018 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews 18 movies in 10 years, all the big guns at Marvel team up for the most ambitious and ominous instalment yet.
FrightFest and Arrow Video hit the mark with headline sponsor deal Simon Fitzjohn April 26, 2018 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest Arrow Video and FrightFest have agreed a one-year partnership deal, which sees the leading UK independent film distributor become headline sponsor for the UK’s biggest and most popular genre film...
2.5 Movie Review: Pyewacket David Watson April 22, 2018 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews At some point in their adolescence, every teenager has wished their parents were dead. Rather than summon a demon straight from Hell however most of us just retreated to our rooms for a weep and a wank,...