Film news and reviews: fantasy, horror, sci-fi and thrillers
We have recently discovered the following classic – and some not quite so classic – horror and sci-fi movies legitimately available to watch free online in high-definition 1080p courtesy of …
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The Fly Collection will be released by Scream Factory on December 10th, 2019. Extras have been announced (see below). The Blu-ray box set includes The Fly, Return of the Fly, …
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Bullets of Justice is a 2019 Russian-Argentinian action science-fiction horror feature film set in a post-apocalypse world ruled by ruthless pig-human hybrids. Directed by Valeri Milev (Wrong Turn 6: Last …
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In anticipation of the impending release of yet another Stephen King movie adaptation – Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep – here is a list of the author’s favourite films of all …
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Shark Bait is a 2019 American DVD + Digital release from Mill Creek Entertainment. The release features ‘Six killer shark films plus a bonus 7th bite to sink your teeth …
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Beginning this summer, ten original Full Moon features will be filmed back-to-back all over the world and fans will have an exclusive, all-access virtual pass to watch them being produced …
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Survival of the Film Freaks is a 2018 American documentary feature film exploring the phenomenon of cult film and how it survives in the 21st Century. “Through interviews with cult …
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‘Zero trans fats has never been so deadly!’ Attack of the Vegan Zombies! is a 2010 American horror film written, directed by and co-starring Jim Townsend. The film also stars Christine …
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American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema is a British book by Jonathan Rigby, originally published in 2007 by Reynold and Hearn. A revised, expanded reprint was published by Signum Books …
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“Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.” This quote is attributed to Pauline Kael, …
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Monsters: The American International Story is a 2016 book by Bruce G Hallenbeck (The Amicus Anthology; The Hammer Frankenstein; The Hammer Vampire), published by British-based Hemlock Books. In …
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The art of selling a movie, particularly a horror movie, is often based on a distinctive and memorable ad campaign. An intriguing, horrific or even repellent image – aligned with a few …
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Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema is a 2016 book by Jonathan Rigby published by Signum Books, an imprint of Flashpoint Media, on 19 April. Jonathan Rigby is the …
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Famous Monsters of Filmland is a horror genre-specific film magazine started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman. Famous Monsters of Filmland inspired the creation of many other …
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In the lacklustre Milton Subotsky production The Uncanny, Peter Cushing plays a man desperate to expose a sinister cat conspiracy against the human race: ‘They prowl by night… lusting for …
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The Mummy can, in many respects, hold claim to being the most unloved of the classic movie monsters – if not, then surely the most inconsistently served. The oft-quoted line …
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Witchhammer – original title: Kladivo na čarodějnice – is a 1969 Czechoslovakian dramatical horror film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is considered Vávra’s magnum opus. The original title, Malleus Maleficarum, also translates as Witchhammer. The …
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Christmas is generally seen as a jolly old time for the whole family – if you are to believe the TV commercials, everyone gets together for huge communal feasts while …
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From the second half of the 1950s to the mid 1970s, Hammer Films ruled supreme as Britain’s masters of horror. But the company was not unrivalled, as several other producers …
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Movies are listed in chronological order to put the history and late 20th mass media pop culture saturation of zombies into context. She was not alive… nor dead… just a’ …
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The Monster Club is a 1980 British comedy horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Vincent Price and John Carradine. An anthology film, it is based on the works …
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