The Hughes family have recently lost their six year old daughter in a tragic accident, and we join Mark Hughes (Joshua Close), his wife Mary (Selma Blair) along with their remaining child Brendon (Quinn Lord) on a picturesque drive to an isolated getaway. From the washed out palette of the film we get the overwhelming… Read More In Their Skin (2012)

We join Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert) as they embark upon their first getaway as a couple. Tom has booked the Kilairney Hotel for the pair to enjoy some uninterrupted time together, but as they head to their location a number of horror movie clichés rear their ugly head. From a confrontation… Read More In Fear (2013)

I’m going to forewarn you a little of the contents of this review. I’m concerned I come across a little, erm… I believe the phrase is ‘Tookey’ after the much maligned film critic for the Daily Fail. Chris Tookey said of Watchmen, my favourite film of 2009 “This despicable trash will find an audience among… Read More I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)

Having spent much of his career on the production side of things in projects as diverse as D.E.B.S (2004), and the TV show Sons of Anarchy (2008), David Mun steps into the director’s chair for this psychological horror film which was shot on a tight budget of $150,000. The movie opens with a traumatic moment… Read More House of Good and Evil (2013)

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)