At this point in 2019, we can agree that horror is, or at least can be, political. New director Orçun...
Horror movie aficionados, buckle up! We’re only 3 months down in 2023, and we’ve already been treated to some amazing...
If you haven’t read Frank Herbert’s Dune books and you don’t think you’re the target audience for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, this is the review for you. I don’t like epic stories, I’m not nuts about hard sci-fi/medieval stuff/fantasy, and I’ve been dodging my friends’ constant appeals to read the books for years....
It’s a tired saying by now, but it’s accurate nonetheless – we are as divided as ever. But what is...
Going to parties can be a bit distressing; the pressure to interact with strangers and to waste your money on...
What would you do to ensure your family’s financial security? Steal? Lie? Murder? In Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, he asks this very question as a destitute Korean family tries to climb their way to some semblance of economic success. But to achieve that success, they must lie and cheat their way...
The deadly game that destroyed the lives of five high school students is far from over in the first half...
Rose Glass’ Saint Maud stunned Midnight Madness audiences at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and it remains the one...
As cinematic boogeymen go, you can’t do much better than Candyman. Since his first appearance in Bernard Rose’s Candyman (1992), he has remained a haunting figure and an urban legend born from the stuff of nightmares. His legacy continues in Nia DaCosta’s Candyman (2021), summoned once again to gouge throats and spill...
Before even seeing The Wind, it had already garnered originality points. A slow and subtle period piece, described as a...
On a stormy night recently, I revisited Clue (1985), an essential dark comedy and murder mystery based on the popular...
Chucky, Annabelle, Slappy, Brahms and Billy – Whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em, creepy dolls have been a staple of horror since time immemorial. All throughout horror history, little plastic hands have committed acts of violence, whilst glass eyes watch eerily from the mantlepiece. They’ve set traps, punished the...