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Cuckoo — picturesque nightmare photobombed by incoherence
Cuckoo — picturesque nightmare photobombed by incoherence
A 17-year-old girl is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem.
Jonathan 'Jono' Simpson
Aug 25
Alien: Romulus — effective build-up to a greatest hits package
Alien: Romulus — effective build-up to a greatest hits package
While scavenging a derelict space station, young space colonisers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe…
Dan Owen
Aug 18
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child — Freddy’s mid-life crisis fails to claw back fans
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child — Freddy’s mid-life crisis fails to claw back fans
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.
Devon Elson
Aug 10
The Beast Within — werewolf tale makes for a passable feature-length debut
The Beast Within — werewolf tale makes for a passable feature-length debut
After strange events lead her to question her family’s life in the wilds, a girl follows her parents on a trek to the heart of the forest.
Billie Gagné-Lebel
Jul 30
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan — lame sequel on cruise control
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan — lame sequel on cruise control
Jason Voorhees is awakened from his watery grave and ends up stalking a ship full of graduating high-school students headed to New York…
Devon Elson
Jul 28
The Amityville Horror (1979) — the birth of modern American horror
The Amityville Horror (1979) — the birth of modern American horror
Newlyweds and their children move into a house where a mass murder was committed, and start experiencing inexplicable manifestations…
Conall McManus
Jul 22
Longlegs — unsettling, nerve-shredding horror thriller
Longlegs — unsettling, nerve-shredding horror thriller
In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree.
Jonathan 'Jono' Simpson
Jul 14
MaXXXine — Ti West’s blood-soaked love letter to the 1980s
MaXXXine — Ti West’s blood-soaked love letter to the 1980s
An adult film star and aspiring actress gets her big break, just as a mysterious killer is stalking Hollywood starlets.
Jonathan 'Jono' Simpson
Jul 8
A Quiet Place: Day One — finding humanity in the apocalypse
A Quiet Place: Day One — finding humanity in the apocalypse
A woman finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Conall McManus
Jul 1
Night of the Eagle — a tale of witchy women and frightened men
Night of the Eagle — a tale of witchy women and frightened men
A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.
Remy Dean
Jun 29
Madman — derivative but entertaining ’80s slasher
Madman — derivative but entertaining ’80s slasher
A legendary psychopathic murderer stalks a summer camp.
Jonathan 'Jono' Simpson
Jun 21
The Exorcism — promising horror possesses few ideas and little spirit
The Exorcism — promising horror possesses few ideas and little spirit
A troubled actor begins exhibiting a disruptive behaviour while shooting a horror film, but is something more sinister at play?
Alexander Boucher
Jun 21
Under Paris — Bon-jaws
Under Paris — Bon-jaws
To save Paris from a bloodbath, a grieving scientist is forced to face her tragic past when a giant shark appears in the Seine.
Jack Heslop
Jun 13
The Watched — horrifically dull and ungraceful horror debut
The Watched — horrifically dull and ungraceful horror debut
A young artist gets stranded in a forest in Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers…
Jack Heslop
Jun 8
Mute Witness — a forgotten Hitchcockian thriller
Mute Witness — a forgotten Hitchcockian thriller
A mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours.
Jonathan 'Jono' Simpson
Jun 7
Sting — creature feature’s sting has no venom
Sting — creature feature’s sting has no venom
After raising a spider in secret, a little girl must fight for her family’s survival, when the creature grows into a flesh-eating monster.
Alexander Boucher
Jun 2
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula — zombie action sequel loses its spark
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula — zombie action sequel loses its spark
As a zombie virus spreads to all South Korea, four Koreans in Hong Kong sail through the blockade to Incheon for $20,000,000 on a truck.
Alexander Boucher
May 31
Train to Busan — a zombie trip with terror, humour, and heart
Train to Busan — a zombie trip with terror, humour, and heart
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Alexander Boucher
May 31
The Brood — the disturbing origins of body horror
The Brood — the disturbing origins of body horror
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist’s therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of murders.
Conall McManus
May 29
Tarot — by-the-numbers horror doesn’t avoid a grim fate
Tarot — by-the-numbers horror doesn’t avoid a grim fate
When a group of friends violate the sacred rule of Tarot readings, they unleash an evil trapped within the cursed cards….
Rachel Dvorak
May 7
Basket Case — outlandish low-budget horror with heart
Basket Case — outlandish low-budget horror with heart
A man carrying a basket that contains his deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them…
Jonathan 'Jono' Simpson
Apr 28
Abigail — great production and performances drowned in splatter-horror
Abigail — great production and performances drowned in splatter-horror
After criminals kidnap the daughter of a powerful figure, they retreat to a mansion, unaware they’re locked inside with no normal girl…
Thomas Burchfield
Apr 23
The Cat and the Canary (1927) — hugely influential horror comedy
The Cat and the Canary (1927) — hugely influential horror comedy
Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.
Remy Dean
Apr 17
The First Omen — devilishly good prequel stands on its own cloven hooves
The First Omen — devilishly good prequel stands on its own cloven hooves
A young woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith…
Amelia Nancy Harvey
Apr 13
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