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Another John Carpenter classic to receive the 4K restoration and re-release treatment, The Fog is one of those strange films that, despite having been watched (and admired) by all self-respecting genre fans,...

Simon pays tribute to a truly classic creation

OBEY “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum!” declares the heavily armed protagonist of John Carpenter’s They Live (re-released this week) just before he...

In 1968, George A. Romero established the modern zombie film with his raw and terrifying debut The Night of the Living Dead, one of the most well-regarded and influential horror movies of all time. He...

John Carpenter is considered to be a horror director, which is a fair comment in the main. But with films like Starman, Memoirs of an Invisible Man and Big Trouble in Little China also under his belt, he is...

John Carpenter's take on the Stephen King novel gets the thumbs up

By Jake Sapsford Following the releases of both Shaun of the Dead in 2004 and Hot Fuzz in 2007, my interest peaked as a teenager and I started to be heavily invested in the work of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost...

So, it’s Halloween again (well, nearly). But you don’t just wanna watch Halloween again - or even the latest Michael Myers outing when it arrives. The problem is horror is such an eco-friendly genre,...

By Casey Evans Why subtlety is key for the Clown Prince of crime... In the entirety of Batman’s Rogues Gallery, the Joker has always stood out as the prime example of the perfect villain; an antithesis...

I've always viewed Clive Owen as something of a 'nearly man' - he has headlined numerous enjoyable films (the likes of King Arthur and Shoot 'Em Up spring to mind), often bringing a world-weariness to other...

A look back at Joe Dante's monster movie classic

A Vietnam veteran returns home to wreak havoc

Simon professes his love for the Wesley Snipes air-bound actioner

With the Soskas now knee-deep in their work on the Rabid reboot, and the film in question readily available, I wanted to remind everyone about my favourite film of recent years without question and, I firmly...

Okay, so I know as far as 'modern-day' Mia Farrow goes, acting very much seems to be in the rear-view mirror - in fact it has been more than six years since she appeared on screen, instead now devoting her...

Sometimes in life it just clicks: the stars align, quirks of fate occur, everything comes together and out of it all you’re left with a film that simply works. Towards the beginning of the summer ‘88...

An asylum-based shocker that pushes all the right buttons

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

We give thanks for the David Fincher sequel

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...

‘The Invasion’ is the fourth and most recent screen adaptation of Jack Finney’s 1954 novel ‘The Body Snatchers’ (retitled ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ for its 1956 cinema release, ostensibly...