Val Kilmer is a potentially murderous caretaker in The Super, from producer Dick Wolf By Jonathan Hatfull 24-10-18 1,400 Released: Out now Director: Stephan Rick Writer: John J McLaughlin Cast: Patrick John Flueger, Val Kilmer, Louisa Krause, Paul Ben-Victor, Yul Vasquez Distributor: The Movie Partnership (VOD) If you like this, try… The Toolbox Murders Angela
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All The Gods In The Sky is an ambitious and genre-bending work meant to shock and awe By Katherine McLaughlin 19-10-18 970 Certificate: TBC Director: Quarxx Writer: Quarxx Cast: Jean-Luc Couchard, Melanie Gaydos, Zelie Rixhon Distributor: TBC If you like this, try… Calvaire A twisted rural horror directed by Fabrice Du Welz Expanded from a
From the moment the giant, fluffy Pekingese puppies appear in candy-coloured clouds of dust on a football field, it’s clear that Diamantino, from the writer-director twosome of Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, is about to take you on a ride. A coping mechanism for the moronic but well-meaning Portuguese footballer, Diamantino, the giant dogs might
If you felt like the second season of Daredevil lost its way under a tidal wave of ninjas and the introduction of The Hand, you’ll be very pleased to hear that Season Three, which picks up shortly after the end of Defenders, sees the Man Without Fear going back to basics. Under the stewardship of
Dan Stevens sets out to rescue his sister from cult leader Michael Sheen in slow-burn horror Apostle By Jonathan Hatfull 16-10-18 66 Released: Out now Certificate: 18 Director: Gareth Evans Writer: Gareth Evans Cast: Dan Stevens, Michael Sheen, Lucy Boynton, Mark Lewis Jones, Bill Milner, Paul Higgins Distributor: Netflix If you like this, try… The
Boots Riley’s genre-bending satire Sorry To Bother You is a funny, stylish and inspired debut By Katherine McLaughlin 15-10-18 1,607 Released: 7 December 2018 Certificate: 15 Director: Boots Riley Writer: Boots Riley Cast: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Danny Glover, Terry Crews, Armie Hammer, Steven Yeun Distributor: Universal If you like this,
A young woman signs up for a live horror experience that will shake her up in Anthony DiBlasi’s Extremity By Anton Bitel 09-10-18 62 Released: Out now (US) Certificate: NA Director: Anthony DiBlasi Writer: David Bond, based on works by Rebecca Swan Cast: Dana Christina, Chad Rook, Natalie Victoria, J LaRose Distributor: Epic Pictures, Dread
Blumhouse’s new anthology series Into The Dark kicks off this October with The Body By Anton Bitel 05-10-18 1,136 Released: 5 October 2018 (Hulu US) Certificate: Unrated Director: Paul Davis Cast: Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Aurora Perrineau, David Hall, Ray Santiago, Harvey Guillen, Max Adler Distributor: Hulu, Blumhouse Television There is a new anthology series
Elizabeth E Schuh’s debut The Book Of Birdie is a pretty tale of a disturbed young woman in a convent By Anton Bitel 05-10-18 7,313 Released: 1 October (US) Certificate: Unrated Director: Elizabeth E Schuch Writer: Anami Tara Shucart, Elizabeth E Schuch Cast: Ilirida Memedovski, Suzan Crowley, Kymberly Mellen, Kitty Hall, Kathryn Haynes, Kathryn Browning,
Is Venom the anti-superhero movie we deserve or a muddled mess? By Katherine McLaughlin 03-10-18 12 Released: 03 October 2018 Certificate: 15 Director: Ruben Fleischer Writer: Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, Kelly Marcel, Will Beall Cast: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate, Reid Scott Distributor: Sony If you like this, try… Upgrade Leigh Whannell’s
Monica Bellucci is coming for our souls in demon-slaying blast Nektrotronic By Elena Lazic 01-10-18 616 Released: TBC Certificate: TBC Director: Kiah Roache-Turner Writer: Kiah Roache-Turner, Tristan Roache-Turner Cast: Ben O’Toole, Monica Bellucci, Caroline Ford, Tess Haubrich, Epine Bob Savea, David Wenham Distributor: TBC In this riotous second feature from Australian director Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood),
The assembled talent is impressive but is Netflix’s Maniac worth your bingeing time? By Josh Slater-Williams 01-10-18 1,419 Released: Out now Creator: Patrick Somerville Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Cast: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno, Justin Theroux, Sally Field, Billy Magnussen Distributor: Netflix If you like this, try… The Leftovers Maniac creator Patrick Somerville was
Considering the number of filmmakers claiming their adoration for the cinema of Claire Denis, and especially for her 1999 masterpiece Beau Travail, it is surprising to see so few films take inspiration from the French director’s work. With its video game aesthetic and heavy artillery imagery — and the relatively little attention it received from
Eli Roth’s Death Wish follow-up is a kid-friendly horror starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett By Elena Lazic 21-09-18 2,094 Released: 21 September 2018 Certificate: 12A Director: Eli Roth Writer: Eric Kripke Cast: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Lorenza Izzo, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan Distributor: Entertainment One If you like this, try… A Monster Calls Also
Sarah Waters’ chiller is an interesting change of pace for Lenny Abrahamson, coming off the deeply moving Room and the uproarious Frank. However, his gripping 2012 drama What Richard Did proved he’s more than capable of mining the icy dark dysfunction and tragedy at the heart of this 1948-set gothic, which is cannily adapted by
Something’s lurking at the edge of the frontier in horror Western The Wind By Elena Lazic 14-09-18 82 Certificate: TBC Director: Emma Tammi Writer: Teresa Sutherland Cast: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Miles Anderson, Dylan McTee Distributor: TBA Women have typically been confined to background action in the western, this most masculine of
That director David Gordon Green, together with screenwriters Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, opted not to try and outdo the original Halloween was probably a smart decision. Who would even dare do such a thing? An entirely original, completely new take on the story would have been a risky gamble, and bound to disappoint some,
Two young women venture out into the post-apocalypse in Carolina Hellsgård’s zombie movie Ever After By Elena Lazic 09-09-18 482 Released: TBC Certificate: TBC Director: Carolina Hellsgård Writer: Olivia Vieweg Cast: Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Maja Lehrer, Trine Dyrholm Distributor: TBC Because the concept of a post-apocalyptic zombie world lends itself so well to studies of
Shane Black has spoken about how he and co-writer Fred Dekker had “a large appetite” when it came to what they wanted to with this next chapter in the Predator universe, and boy, he wasn’t kidding. The Predator feels like a haphazardly assembled and overflowing buffet plate, and how much you enjoy it will depend
There are lots of reasons to love The Conjuring movies, from the detailed 1970s costumes and powerful performances to the artful way James Wan plays out a jump scare. But the best thing about them is how aware they are that great horror movies don’t just frighten you; they can make you smile, make you
Now that 2018’s Arrow Video FrightFest is over, here is a round-up of eight more films (The Most Assassinated Woman In The World; Book Of Monsters; Heretiks; Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires; Life After Flash; Hell Is Where The Home Is; Anna And The Apocalypse; Open 24 Hours) and a short (Final Stop) that
The old saying that beauty is only skin deep has inspired a legion of horror films, but while Takeshi Sone’s latest has a plastic surgery at its centre, it’s much more interested in the lingering effects of emotional, rather than physical, trauma. In other words, what starts out feeling like a chilly Cronenbergian horror takes
Writer-director Demián Rugna’s Terrified was one of FrightFest’s most hotly anticipated films, promising full-blooded scares (a promise made by the filmmaker in a charming and immensely quotable video intro), and it definitely starts with a bang. No sooner have we had the obligatory but decidedly creepy “hearing voices” scene than we’re witnessing a horrifying and
Logan Marshall-Green gets creatively violent in brutal SF revenge movie Upgrade By Jonathan Hatfull 31-08-18 4,800 Released: 31 August 2018 Certificate: 15 Director: Leigh Whannell Writer: Leigh Whannell Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Benedict Hardie, Linda Cropper Distributor: Universal If you like this, try… Robocop A murdered cop is given a new cyborg
This year’s FrightFest features three documentaries that hold up a mirror to the festival audience. For Cult Of Terror, Wolfman’s Got Nards and FrightFest: Beneath The Dark Heart Of Cinema all show that strange, intimate and weirdly obsessive connection that horror fans have to the films that feed their insatiable hunger for cathartic thrills and
With their previous film JeruZalem, Israeli brothers Doron and Yoav Paz refreshed found footage with intradiegetic ‘Smart Glasses’, and reinvigorated the tropes of zombie apocalypse by staging them on their conflicted home territory of Jerusalem, and inflecting them with Dark Angels, Nephilim and other monsters from the Old Testament and Talmud. Their latest, The Golem,
Climax opens near its end, with a god’s-eye aerial view of virgin snow being disturbed by the staggering traversal – and collapse – of a young, blood-stained woman dressed in a tank top. Text appears on screen which reads, “To our creators who are no longer with us,” framing the full listed credits which immediately
Yvonne Strahovski fights off a masked home invader in routine cabin in the woods horror He’s Out There By Jonathan Hatfull 27-08-18 65 When people go to a cabin in the woods in horror movies, these places tend to have been in the family for generations, or a surprisingly cheap rental (uh-oh), or newly purchased
Horror fans may or may not be familiar with the Tokoloshe, an evil South African spirit who targets small children. While the creepy run-down hospital setting of Jerome Pikwane’s debut feature is much more familiar ground (and proves to be as unsettling as ever), this is a film about repressed trauma and the powerful preying
The Pollack family are heading to a cabin in the woods for the healing power of the rocks it’s built on, but genre fans shouldn’t be too surprised to discover they’re heading towards creative dismemberment instead. However, there may or may not be something special about the ground on which so much blood is spilled
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