Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever is a bit of a fever dream, the kind of film that blends reality (life on...
2018 was a big year for Joe Bob Briggs. His return with last year’s 24-Hour marathon on Shudder broke the...
Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman’s Extra Ordinary is a delightfully charming Irish comedy and quite possibly the cutest ghost story ever made. I’m by no means a Grinch about lighthearted and fun-loving stories but, without a doubt, my horror-hardened heart grew 3 sizes the day I saw this surprisingly sweet film. Extra...
This month at Nightmare On Film Street, we’re nearing the End of Days. Like many tinfoil hat conspiracy nuts, I’ve...
Directed by Lee Cronin, The Hole in the Ground is an Irish supernatural horror film acquired by infamous indie studio, A24. The...
Ireland may not be the first country that springs to mind when you think of horror movies, yet it harbors a trove of cinematic treasures that blend folklore, terror, and the uniquely Irish sensibility into unforgettable narratives. Irish horror movies, rich with cultural nuances and eerie landscapes, offer a distinctive...
Time and time again, horror proves itself to be inherently queer. From misunderstood outcasts battling social constructs, to brutal transformations...
A small town in Northern Ireland is turned upside down when a notorious local murderer is released from her life...
Music is one of the most mysterious natural phenomena of our world and in Irish folk horror All You Need Is Death, music becomes an ancestral force of doom and destruction. Written, directed, and produced by Paul Duane this chilling slow-burn dives headfirst into a hallucinatory world that peels back...
Is it possible to be a low-brow plot snob? Because if so, I definitely am. I like a story. With...
It’s hard to describe the mood of Irish folklore. With film, there is the benefit of a physical manifestation; marshy,...
Kate Dolan’s debut feature You Are Not My Mother world premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, creeping out the unsuspecting Midnight Madness crowd. The film follows a young girl who suspects that her mentally ill mother might have been replaced by a monster. Set in Ireland, in the days leading...