Category: Reviews
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The Limehouse Golem Review
It’s been a great year for the horror and thriller genres – while the blockbusters and summer spectaculars grab the majority of the headlines (and indeed the money, for the most part) it’s perhaps these two strands of our cinema experience that have had the greatest success through the opening eight months of the year,… Read More >
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It Comes At Night Review
The symbolism associated with a red door goes back through the history of stories, with its intrinsic links to danger, the beyond and further beyond. In the opening moments of writer/director Trey Edward Shults’ mysterious horror/thriller, we are presented with such a symbol, a warning sign right from the off that this one is going… Read More >
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Alien: Covenant review
Like its 1979 predecessor, Alien: Covenant is essentially a haunted house movie in space with plenty of screams to go around. Read More >
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Life Review
Heavily influenced by Alien, though somewhat too closely at times, it’s in the antagonist of the piece where such similarities are effective, for we have no way of understanding Calvin, and what it’s capable of. Read More >
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Split Review
There’s no denying there is a great film in here, it just needs a more delicate touch when it’s being told. Read More >
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The Bye Bye Man Review
Well it’s January, which means we’re bound to get at least one lackluster horror flick that wasn’t good enough for an October release. And wouldn’t you know it, The Bye Bye Man perfectly fits the bill. Read More >
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Ouija: Origin of Evil Review
Ouija: Origin of Evil is a little scary, sure, but completely hackneyed and cliched. Read More >
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The Girl With All the Gifts – Review
The performances from Close, Arterton and Considine ensure this film transcends the tropes of the genre its placed within, to make for a strikingly relatable affair. Read More >
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Blair Witch – Review
Blair Witch is an extremely accomplished piece of cinema – it’s terrifying in parts and carries an engaging narrative too, it just doesn’t leave enough to the imagination. Read More >
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Don’t Breathe – Review
Don’t Breathe is well crafted, effectively acted, and full of clever twists. Read More >
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