I’m not sure what it is about Yorkshire, but it’s currently the hotbed for British horror! With When the Lights Went Out (2012) and Before Dawn (2012) having achieved a certain level of success and critical acclaim, Heretic introduces us to the work of first time director Peter Handford. Father James Pallister’s (Andrew Squires) world… Read More Heretic (2012)

Adrián García Bogliano manages to have three UK releases in as many months this year. Firstly there was his contribution to the brilliant ABCs Of Death (‘B’ is for Bigfoot), his rape / revenge thriller I’ll Never Die Alone debuts on Redemption is a couple of weeks, while this week we take a look at… Read More Here Comes the Devil (2012)

Whaley House is a historical landmark in San Diego, California. Built in 1857, it was the home of one Thomas Whaley. In 2005 Life Magazine called it ‘the most haunted house in America’, and thus forms the backdrop for this latest production from those much maligned people at The Asylum. The pre-credits sequence begins with… Read More The Haunting of Whaley House (2012)

Having a creative team that met in kindergarten was always going to make Haunted an intriguing proposition. The dynamic of these two close friends working together in Downey (directing, writing) and Elliot (writing, acting) had been developing for years through the process of making shorts throughout their teenage years, so in the post-college days of… Read More Haunted (2012)

A lot has been said about the demise of the slasher film these last few years, coupled with regular face palm orientated head shaking at the amount of CGI gore that has crept into the horror industry. While this is true to an extent, with all darkness you’ll often find some light and here that… Read More Hatchet III (2013)

The notorious serial killer who terrorized London in 1888 has been the subject of countless movies not least in adaptations of Marie Belloc Lowndes’ book The Lodger which has had five interpretations alone, with the most notable by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927. Other diverse talents have attempted the tale too such as Jess Franco in… Read More Hands of the Ripper (1971)

When I pitch the concept of the Grindhouse Trailer Classics series to my rental customers the idea tends to elicit vague stares of minimal comprehension. In fact one guy that rented a volume returned it with his verdict being that they “did a great job of making them look like the Tarantino movie”. After I… Read More Grindhouse Trailer Classics 4 (2014)

Marking the launch of 88 Films Slasher Classics Collection is GRADUATION DAY, a Californian shot horror which was banned after its pre-cert UK release on IFS under a Section 3 Seizure Order, although its content was reappraised to a 15 certification as early as 2003 for its budget Hollywood DVD release. It proved an unlikely… Read More Graduation Day (1981)