horror

Alfred's Girls: The Women Of Hitchcock Horror
Alfred’s Girls: The Women Of Hitchc*ck Horror

Alfred Hitchc*ck is famous not only for his masterful films, but for the sometimes harmful ways that he would treat his leading ladies.

Shut Out: The Snubbing Of Horror Films During Award Seasons
Shut Out: The Snubbing Of Horror Films During Award Seasons

It’s quite rare that horror films are given any type of awards attention, despite their prominence in the mainstream film scene. We discuss why.

DON’T HANG UP: Contemporary Horror At Its Simplest

Don’t Hang Up is a tense and effective low-budget thriller, though it misses out on fully probing the dangers of online bullying.

RINGS: A Poorly Wrought Attempt At Nostalgia
RINGS: A Poorly Wrought Attempt At Nostalgia

Rings is a film that falls flat on its face, failing to capture the raw and understated tension in the original American remake.

Blood In The Ice Cream: A Deeper Look At The CORNETTO TRILOGY
Blood In The Ice Cream: A Deeper Look At The CORNETTO TRILOGY

The Cornetto Trilogy are not only some of the funniest films this century, but they also convey important themes about life and maturity.

FEAR ITSELF: A Half-Hearted Exploration Into A Fascinating Subject
FEAR ITSELF: A Half-Hearted Exploration Into A Fascinating Subject

Fear Itself is a series of montages of famous horror films, though it misses out on probing just why we are fascinated by being scared.

SPLIT: Let's Twist Again?
SPLIT: Let’s Twist Again?

James McAvoy shines in M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, in which he portrays an array of characters as a man who suffers from dissociative identity disorder.

PREVENGE: Motherhood & Murder Have Never Looked So Good
PREVENGE: Motherhood & Murder Have Never Looked So Good

Prevenge is a film about revenge from the womb; it succeeds both as a satire of how pregnant women are seen and as a hilarious comedy.

BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION: A Tale Of Obsession
BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION: A Tale Of Obsession

In Broadcast Signal Intrusion, a psychological horror short film, a grief-stricken video archivist becomes increasingly obsessed with the meaning behind a sinister television signal hijacking.

What Makes The Perfect Horror? A Talk With GENE Director Nick Padley
What Makes The Perfect Horror? A Talk With GENE Director Nick Padley

We sat down with Nick Padley, director of the horror short film GENE, which is making the rounds on the festival circuit.

BE MY CAT - A FILM FOR ANNE: Close To Purr-fect Found-Footage Satire
BE MY CAT – A FILM FOR ANNE: Close To Purr-fect Found-Footage Satire

Be My Cat is a satirical found footage film that manages to poke at the superficial ideologies of filmmaking while also being entertaining.

Hormones & Hacksaws: Coming-of-Age Horror
Hormones & Hacksaws: Coming-of-Age Horror

Horror films sometimes contain themes that focus on the primal fears of growing up; here are some prime examples of how they have done so.

The Love Witch: A Heady Brew
THE LOVE WITCH: A Heady Brew

The Love Witch is an aesthetically sophisticated and deeply-layered dramatization of the gender obstacles that we continue to embed in our society.

BRUTAL: An Excessive Exercise In Diminished Rewards
BRUTAL: An Excessive Exercise In Diminished Rewards

Brutal is an unentertaining slog to get through from start to finish, and it should have been abandoned on the very first day of shooting.

Blood, Actually: A BLACK CHRISTMAS Tradition
Blood, Actually: A BLACK CHRISTMAS Tradition

Holiday Horrors provide a comforting alternative to the forced gaiety of the season – and Black Christmas is one of the best to watch.