The Born Of Woman short film showcase has been a fixture at Fantasia since 2016, and this year’s line-up is a spectacular mix of horror, fantasy and dark comedy. Vengeance was had, blood was spilled, ceilings were danced upon, grudges were unleashed and fears were faced. While there was, as the previous sentence indicates, a
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Three more names have been added to Mike Flanagan’s film of Stephen King’s Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, which stars Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson. First up, Variety reports that everyone’s favourite Westworld Season 2 star Zahn McClarnon is in talks to play “Crow Daddy, the right-hand man of Ferguson’s character.” Ferguson, of course, is playing
Horror comedy web series Netfl!x And Kill will hit Hex Studios’ YouTube channel this weekend By Jonathan Hatfull 31-07-18 1,191 From Egomaniac and On Tender Hooks writer-director Kate Shenton comes a new horror comedy webseries: Netfl!x And Kill! The show follows the lives of two rather unique characters: a psychopath (Adam Rhys-Davies) and his victim (Nic
At its best, the horror anthology serves as a delicious amuse-bouche of scares. Ideally, the spread will feature complementary flavours and textures but in life, you rarely get exactly what you want. Mick Garris’ new horror anthology, Nightmare Cinema, is frankly a mix of good and bad. Featuring five filmmakers and six short films, Nightmare
You can’t unsee the new trailer for Slender Man By Jonathan Hatfull 26-07-18 8,396 A new trailer has arrived for the controversial upcoming horror movie Slender Man, which is still set to be released on 24 August. Give it a look… The first trailer arrived some time ago and triggered a huge backlash, drawing
“I came here to have a serious discussion with you, not to be psychoanalysed,” complains Ethan Lightman (Thomas Mann) to his semi-estranged girlfriend Hannah (Nicola Peltz), about halfway through Anthony Scott Burns’ Our House. The line marks an important transition. For up until this point, Our House has followed young adult Ethan, his teenaged brother
In the great tradition of the horror anthology, Nightmare Cinema is the newest entry in the sub-genre. With a wraparound story featuring Mickey Rourke as the ominous Projectionist, this international collection of shorts brings together some of the greatest talents of horror. ‘The Projectionist’ is directed by Mick Garris, who also contributed a short called
In 2014, Unfriended had its world premiere at Fantasia. One of two films that year, along with Open Windows, that takes place on a computer screen – the film’s success has been a pivotal benchmark in a storytelling movement that reflects our increasingly plugged-in lives. Four years later, the sequel, Unfriended: Dark Web drops the
“I remember what it was like to be a boy in the summer,” one character says in the middle of Summer Of 84. “It’s hard to pass up an adventure.” Nostalgia is a powerful impulse, as seductive as that narrow yet wide-eyed view of the world which we all have as children, and to whose
Anya Taylor-Joy, George MacKay and Charlie Heaton star in horror mystery The Secret Of Marrowbone By Katherine McLaughlin 15-07-18 639 Released: Out now Certificate: 15 Director: Sergio G Sánchez Writer: Sergio G Sánchez Cast: George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth Distributor: Entertainment One If you like this, try… The Others Nicole Kidman stars
Everything you need to know about Sam (Anders Danielsen Lie) is carefully laid out in the prologue to The Night Eats The World (La nuit a dévoré le monde) – the feature debut of director Dominique Rocher which he co-wrote with Jérémie Guez, and Guilaume Lemans. Returning one night to the Parisian apartment of his
A perfect murder doesn’t go according to plan in psychosexual two-hander Piercing By Josh Slater-Williams 04-07-18 1 Released: TBC Certificate: TBC Director: Nicolas Pesce Writer: Nicolas Pesce Cast: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa, Maria Dizzia, Olivia Bond, Wendell Pierce Distributor: Vertigo Releasing If you like this, try… Audition Takashi Miike’s rug-pull thriller is probably
Matthew Holness’ debut feature Possum is a dark and dangerously unpredictable horror By Josh Slater-Williams 04-07-18 8,838 Released: TBC Certificate: TBC Director: Matthew Holness Writer: Matthew Holness Cast: Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong If you like this, try… The Babadook Jennifer Kent’s tale of trauma, also a debut feature, shares a picture book motif with Possum.
The pool of Scottish film musicals is small but notable – there’s Sunshine On Leith, a jukebox musical of The Proclaimers’ hits; Stuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl; and culturally insensitive Gene Kelly vehicle Brigadoon. They can step aside for the new baby in the family, and this one’s got some bite. Anna And The
All the Colours of the Dark: Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 Horror comes in many colours and flavours. There’s Universal horror, classical horror, drive-in horror, fleapit horror, mainstream horror, alt horror, trash horror, elevated horror, ‘real horror’ and ‘not really horror’. Horror takes up residence in the castle, the woods, the laboratory, the graveyard, the hospital,
Joko Anwar radically reimagines a classic of Eighties Indonesian diabolism By Anton Bitel 23-06-18 332 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Joko Anwar Writer: Joko Anwar Cast: Tara Basro, Bront Palarae, Endy Arfian, Nasar Anuz, Muhammad Adhiyat, Ayu Laksmi, Elly D Luthan Distributor: Rapi Films, CJ Entertainment If you like this, try… Ritual Joko Anwar’s twisty
A family receives sinister orders during a nightmare Christmas in the sharp, twisted Await Further Instructions By Anton Bitel 23-06-18 1,236 Released: TBA Certificate: TBA Director: Johnny Kervorkian Writer: Gavin Williams Cast: Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, Grant Masters, David Bradley, Abigail Cruttenden, Holly Weston, Kris Saddler Distributor: Goldfinch Studios, Shudder Films If you like this,
Just in case you thought all the IT: Chapter 2 casting excitement had ended with the final Losers’ Club line-up, there’s another name joining the film that’s a bit of an exciting surprise. Deadline reports that Canadian filmmaker and actor Xavier Dolan (Tom At The Farm, Heartbeats, I Killed My Mother) has been cast in
Crime writer and horror aficionado Martyn Waites charts his Top Five folk horror films, as his new book, The Old Religion, set in the dark heart of Cornwall, is published with the Summer Solstice… My Top Five Folk Horror Films by Martyn Waites 5. Kill List Most people in mentioning folk horror cinema delve into
Violent history repeats itself in the new trailer for Pascal Laugier’s Incident In A Ghostland By Jonathan Hatfull 15-06-18 3,773 Incident In A Ghostland, the new horror from Martyrs and The Tall Man director Pascal Laugier, hits US cinemas this week. It feels like we’ve been waiting a long time for this one (and we’ll
The first trailer for the Unfriended sequel looks promising but should maybe be avoided By Jonathan Hatfull 15-06-18 5,258 As big fans of Blumhouse’s surprisingly good Skype horror Unfriended, we were excited to hear that a sequel is on the way and soon. The first trailer has arrived for Unfriended: Dark Web but we should
After riding a tidal wave of incredible critical acclaim, Ari Aster’s stunning horror Hereditary finally hits UK screens tomorrow. It’s a film that’s best to go into knowing as little possible, but we can tell you that it’s a gruelling, terrifying horror about grief and trauma with an outstanding performance from Toni Collette. She plays
Ewan McGregor will shine in Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep for Mike Flanagan By Jonathan Hatfull 14-06-18 11,404 We’re huge Mike Flanagan fans so the news that he was tackling Stephen King’s The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep was most welcome. Now, the director of Oculus, Hush and Gerald’s Game found his leading man. Variety reports that
The creepy teaser for Corin Hardy’s The Nun has finally arrived By Jonathan Hatfull 13-06-18 591 The Conjuring universe is launching its new spin-off with Corin Hardy’s The Nun, a prequel horror about the terrifying Valak and what it’s getting up to in a Romanian monastery, and the first teaser looks great. Hardy (The
Jamie Lee Curtis is waiting for the boogeyman in the awesome first trailer for Halloween By Jonathan Hatfull 08-06-18 559 The first trailer has finally dropped for David Gordon Green’s Halloween and it’s exactly what we were hoping for: a blend of loving tributes to moments from the original and a truly badass Laurie Strode.
There’s finally a trailer for David Gordon Green’s Halloween coming on Friday, but in the meantime, there are some fantastic new pictures to feast your eyes on, courtesy of USA Today. The one above shows Jamie Lee Curtis back in action as Laurie Strode, and the site has a tantalising bit of new info on
A film adaptation of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep has been in the works for a little while now, but it comes as no surprise given the incredible success of IT that Warner Bros have given the movie a go-ahead and a release date. We Got This Covered reports that The Shining sequel will hit cinemas
“The world is large and unknowable,” Keith (William Jackson Harper) tells Jessica (Rebecca Henderson). “No one ever really knows anything.” While obsessive Jessica conducts biological and genetic field research in a tented laboratory, hoping to find a “a previously uncharacterised element, genetic, environmental or otherwise – one that might change the way we view our
Gruesome Argentinian creature feature Murder Me, Monster is not for the faint of heart By Katherine McLaughlin 22-05-18 186 Released: TBA Certificate: TBA Director: Alejandro Fadel Writer: Alejandro Fadel Cast: Esteban Bigliardi, Francisco Carrasco, Tania Casciani Distributor: TBA If you like this, try… Possession A revolting horror about the end of a relationship starring Isabelle
James Whale’s beautiful and creepy gothic classic The Old Dark House has been given a beautiful 4K restoration and a Blu-ray release by the folks at Eureka Entertainment and Masters Of Cinema, and to celebrate we have three copies to give away! “A group of weary travellers, a spooky mansion, and a madman on the loose