“Is winning worth killing for?” Luis Bunuel – a movie God, the acclaimed father of cinematic surrealism. His son Raphael meanwhile will be remembered for writing this entry into the niche horror sub-genre of athletics orientated slasher movies. By 1984, the slasher movie was suffering a decline in both quality and interest. With the market… Read More Fatal Games (1984)

Everyone can always remember what got them watching foreign language movies, and for me it was undoubtedly the explosion of Asian horror towards the end of the 1990s. Films like The Ring, The Eye and Dark Water opened up my meagre brain to the realisation that there was more to horror than a guy in… Read More Fairy Tale Killer (2012)

I had a vivid nightmare last night where every horror film that was released for the remainder of 2014 was a found footage movie. Then I woke up, checked out today’s stash and first up is the very thing. I did dream it right? Surely we’re not stuck in this apocalyptic situation? How about a… Read More Evidence (2013)

At the start of Empty Rooms we meet Maddie (Ramlah Frediani) who is being shown around a property by a realtor. The money they’re asking for it makes it seem like a bargain and without much persuasion she soon signs on the dotted line. Recently separated, Maddie is having a hard time getting any maintenance… Read More Empty Rooms (2012)

With a budget rumoured in the region of $20 million and a box office return of $1 million, you can see the reasons why Dylan Dog has taken three years to make it across the Atlantic. Box office failure however does not necessarily mean bad film – take Blade Runner or The Shawshank Redemption for… Read More Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)

“It’s alright for you middle-class cineastes to see this film, but what would happen if a factory worker from Manchester happened to see it?” (James Ferman) After the critically acclaimed success of their documentary Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide, which brilliantly managed to encapsulate the moral panic that was created during the Video Nasty shenanigans… Read More Video Nasties: Draconian Days (2014)

A cast like that immediately pricks up your ears doesn’t it! Not least because Corey Haim has been dead for four years, so the chances of him appearing in a new movie are on the skinny side of slim. A little investigative work though soon digs up a film called New Terminal Hotel from 2010… Read More Do Not Disturb (2010)

It goes without saying that a film with such a title, sporting the tagline “Get down… to Hell”, pretty much demands an immediate viewing irrespective of the quality of the film you’re about to be faced with, thus perfectly echoing the appeal of the Grindhouse genre. Made for the meagre sum of $20,000, this is… Read More The Disco Exorcist (2011)

Harbouring a taste for British horror, I was introduced to Drew Cullingham when I watched his ambitious vampire film with a western lilt – Umbrage: The First Vampire. Though not perfect, it exhibited enough originality for it to be of some interest to a horror dweeb such as myself, and coupled with the informative extras… Read More The Devil’s Bargain (2014)