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The Harsh Light Of Day (2012) Review
Relevance: 100.00% Posted on: 2012-12-01 10:33:13
Daniel and his wife Maria have an idyllic life in the countryside. Everything seems to be going right for them until one night they are visited by what appear to at first be 3 burglars. Unfortunately, these 3 burglars have more than theft on their mind. If this alone is not ...
Absence of Light (2006) Review
Relevance: 54.12% Posted on: 2011-06-29 16:07:11
A respected researcher is on the verge of engineering the perfect soldier, a synthetic humanoid with superhuman strength. There are forces at work that would use his scientific breakthrough for the powers of darkness. Agents Puritan and Sultan are dispatched to protect a corrupt U.S. Senator named Criswell, who is ...
Skyline – Coming Soon
Relevance: 29.89% Posted on: 2010-09-26 20:28:54
It could be said that we don't review sci-fi horror (or sci horror) very often, and we probably don't. But for that reason, we get quite excited when it comes along, which also means that we have high expectations for it. This is the case with Skyline, which ...
Hell is Coming!
Relevance: 23.33% Posted on: 2012-06-26 10:22:48
From producer, Roland Emmerich (2012, The Day After Tomorrow) comes HELL, the story of a post-apocalyptic future where the sun has scorched the Earth and left it too bright to inhabit. It was once the source of life, light and warmth but now the sun has turned the entire world into ...
Pandemic (2009) Review
Relevance: 23.32% Posted on: 2011-05-11 10:25:59
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he’s seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza? Or is it some other deadly variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more ...
Saw is ‘most successful horror’
Relevance: 23.19% Posted on: 2010-07-25 00:31:09
It's official. Saw is the most successful horror series of all time. And to state the fact, the Guiness editor will be awarding it the World record on Friday! The six films, that were intially viewed as being too harsh for audiences to stomach have made a total of $733m ...
Coming to DVD next week – The Asylum Tapes
Relevance: 22.27% Posted on: 2012-08-16 14:56:32
August 27th sees the DVD/download/on demand release of The Asylum Tapes. A group of young filmmakers decide to visit an abandoned psychiatric hospital to investigate some terrifying rumours that surround the institution - the hostpital was infamous for its inhumane treatment of its patients. The group have no idea of the ...
Altitude (2010) Review
Relevance: 21.53% Posted on: 2011-03-15 10:09:52
A Twilight Zone episode stretch to feature length with little to plug the gaps, Altitude is a disappointing mess. It is actually presented in a slick, professional format with its issues hidden just below the surface. The film sits uncomfortably between self-aware pastiche and over-earnest melodrama. While the cast do acquit ...
The Nightjar
Relevance: 21.43% Posted on: 2011-05-06 15:11:25
And now for something slightly different. The Nightjar is an exciting new audio game, which aims to absorb and terrify those playing by sound alone... Intrigued? Thought you would be. Available now to download onto iPhone iPod Touch and the iPad, Benedict Cumberbatch (of Sherlock Holmes and Warhorse fame) is the man, ...
Call of the Dead
Relevance: 21.38% Posted on: 2011-05-06 12:54:49
Anyone with any gaming knowledge (and many without) would be familiar with the ultra successful game franchise that is Call of Duty. The game has caused contraversy because of its graphic violence, but ultimately it has become one of the most successful games of all time. Well now some bright spark ...
Into the Mirror (2003)
Relevance: 20.18% Posted on: 2009-11-25 10:15:47
I’m sure you are aware that if a film is from Asia - Korea in this instance - and remotely scary, the chances are that it’ll be remade in America. Geoul sokeuro is no different. Many of you may have seen Mirrors with a down on his luck Jack ...
Trinity X to release Englund’s devilish INKUBUS in the UK
Relevance: 19.91% Posted on: 2011-11-30 13:40:41
Murder, gore and mayhem ensue as two giants of the horror genre, Robert Englund and William Forsythe team up for the first time in supernatural horror thriller, INKUBUS, which will be released by Trinity X on DVD in the UK, Monday Feb 6, 2012. Directed by feature film debutant Glenn Ciano, ...
Hell (2011) Review
Relevance: 19.84% Posted on: 2012-07-06 10:33:03
Roland Emmerich is a man who knows a thing or two about the apocalypse. Having directed, written and produced The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day and 2012 his credentials for disaster movies are well and truly earned. This is why his backing as executive producer for the low budget German post-apocalyptic ...
Vampire Sunday at Grimm Up North
Relevance: 19.66% Posted on: 2012-07-05 10:09:32
Grimm present a very special Sunday screening taking place on July 22nd from 2pm till late to celebrate the centenary of Bram Stoker’s death with some blood suckingly brilliant movies. Much respect is due to the creator of one of horror‘s most enduring icons, the bloody count, Dracula himself - and ...
Black & Blue Films to produce supernatural thriller Whisper
Relevance: 19.66% Posted on: 2011-04-28 09:04:27
Leading UK indie Black & Blue Films has teamed up with actress Lysette Anthony to produce supernatural thriller WHISPER, the first picture from her new company PerfectFeatures. WHISPER, which goes into production in September 2011 on locations in the UK, explores the nature of grief and the terrifying consequences of experimenting ...
Red State Red Band Trailer
Relevance: 19.38% Posted on: 2011-07-31 17:50:08
Since the low budget Clerks caught audiences attentions way back in 1994 Kevin Smith has been known for his quick witted comedies full of lovable slackers and comic references so it came as a slight shock to hear his newest movie is the all out horror Red State which is ...
You Can’t Kill Stephen King
Relevance: 18.40% Posted on: 2012-04-13 15:40:16
Apparently you can't kill Stephen King, though you might do him serious mental harm by making a wacky movie about him. Stephen King is best known for his horror works, being behind iconic films such as The Shining, Carrie, Pet Cemetary, Salem's Lot Christine and many more. But this week, a ...
Surviving The Dead as The Ford Brothers reveal all in new book
Relevance: 18.37% Posted on: 2012-02-21 12:12:17
Director/ Producer Howard J Ford of hit Zombie film THE DEAD has written an uncompromising and disastrously toe-curling behind-the-scenes, blow-by-blow account of the making of the feature film that has become the global zombie movie of the year. Surviving The Dead – illustrated with never before seen stills from the shoot ...
The Arrival of Wang Arrives
Relevance: 18.32% Posted on: 2012-07-17 11:12:54
Saffron Hill Films, subsidiary of up and coming UK distributor Peccadillo Pictures, are proud to announce the inclusion of the Manetti Brothers’ Italian science-fiction film The Arrival of Wang at this year’s London Film4 Frightfest In August. Having played at Glasgow FrightFest earlier this year to great acclaim, the Manetti ...
Let the Right One In (2008)
Relevance: 18.28% Posted on: 2009-08-04 12:59:04
In 1987’s vampire romp Near Dark the immortal child, Homer asks ‘Y'have any idea what it's like to be a big man on the inside and have a small body on the outside?’ A fun idea which is explored to a far greater extent in the brutal and brilliant, ...
Inside (2007)
Relevance: 17.19% Posted on: 2009-10-28 22:38:08
Looking for something gruesome and ghastly to watch this Halloween? Something to sicken you? Something to leave you whimpering in the corner, crying out for High School Musical? Well, Inside/À l’intérieur is the relentlessly grim movie for you. The film is certainly light on plot – widowed pregnant woman home alone ...
The Darkest Hour does dubstep
Relevance: 16.89% Posted on: 2012-01-12 17:15:28
We're all looking forward to The Darkest Hour (out in UK cinemas tomorrow) arent we? It's the one with the aliens that resemble balls of light. You know, the ones that like to vapourize humans. You know the drill, five teens who find themselves stranded (in Moscow), fighting to survive in ...
Insidious (2010) Review
Relevance: 16.28% Posted on: 2011-03-31 16:30:46
I’ve been playing quite the tough guy recently with regard to horror films. I’ve been watching them with reckless abandon and poo-pooing any attempts to scare me as nonsense. A recent viewing of Paranormal Activity being a good example – it was terrifically dull and about as scary as ...
Stoker (2013) Review
Relevance: 14.99% Posted on: 2013-02-28 22:24:37
You may know Korean director Park Chan-wook from his vengeance trilogy, Mr, Lady and, uh, Boy* and have high expectations for his first English language feature, Stoker. You may also presume it’s about vampires, based on knowing nothing but the title, or maybe that was just me. The film stars Mia ...
I Sell the Dead (2008)
Relevance: 14.87% Posted on: 2009-10-12 09:12:58
Grave robbers have always had a bad press. The idea of digging up fresh corpses for cash doesn't sound like a very honest living to most of us. But if you consider that these practices contributed to medical science in a big way, you can view them in a ...
FrightFest’s Halloween All Nighter 2012 Addition
Relevance: 14.69% Posted on: 2011-09-30 17:59:08
After the full announcement of the Frightfest all nighter Here we bring news that Pascal Laugier, director of MARTYRS will attend this year’s Film4 FrightFest Halloween event to present the UK premiere of his new film THE TALL MAN, which will screen on Sat 27 Oct at 11.45pm followed by ...
Skyline (2010) Review
Relevance: 14.34% Posted on: 2011-03-20 20:52:11
Aliens have been invading our cinema screens since the 1950’s. The swell of popularity in science fiction surged into cinemas with movies like The Day the Earth Stood Still and The War of the Worlds capturing peoples awe and attention, entertaining and alarming them in equal measures. Since then we have ...
Trick ‘r Treat (2008)
Relevance: 14.27% Posted on: 2009-11-11 20:29:20
When I was but a pup, my family and I moved from our rustic borehole in Blighty to a far statelier abode in the United States of America. Situating ourselves within the shoulder state of Wisconsin, we quickly warmed to the country and its many traditions. The one most ...
Cannibal (2010) Review
Relevance: 14.12% Posted on: 2011-09-19 12:56:33
I am often very hungry. I often deal with this existential crisis by eating something, and don’t give me any grief when I tell you what I eat tends to be biscuits. But what’s really important here, and what should set your mind at rest, is that eating human flesh has ...
The Walking Dead Season 3 – Episode 10 Home Review
Relevance: 13.16% Posted on: 2013-03-06 10:07:47
This week was a particularly good episode, both in terms of being well constructed and being pretty satisfying to watch. Rick has gone AWOL. The pressures of being back in the prison camp got to him fast. Was it the newborn baby and grief for Lori? Was it the weight ...
The Tapes Trailer
Relevance: 12.64% Posted on: 2011-09-08 10:10:56
THREE TEENAGERS… TWO CAMERAS… ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT. Written by Scott Bates and co-directed by Bates and Lee Alliston, The Tapes is a brand new independent British horror film starring Jason Maza (Demons Never Die; Anuvahood; Fish Tank), Arnold Oceng (Demons Never Die; 4.3.2.1.; Adulthood; Grange Hill), Natasha Sparkes (Burlesque Fairytales) and ...
The Possession Ole Bornedal Interview
Relevance: 12.52% Posted on: 2012-09-10 19:34:59
After we interviewed a medium about the reality behind this years best possession movie The Possession its time to talk to the man behind the demonic mystery himself director Ole Bornedal to find out more. We've read about a real life Dibbuk box... how much was the movie version inspired by ...
The Messengers (2007)
Relevance: 12.33% Posted on: 2009-10-30 14:52:07
Right, I did it the wrong way round. I watched Messengers 2 first. But, let's face it, if I hadn't have quite liked it, I probably wouldn't have wanted to watch part one. Like the second, it's set on a farm (the same house even?), there are loads of really ...
Most Haunted competition
Relevance: 12.09% Posted on: 2010-10-27 01:53:10
Love it or hate it, Most Haunted is one of those programmes that you can't help but watch. Swith it on, and 5 minutes later, you're absorbed. And if you're looking for some real spooky thrills this Halloween, you'll be happy to hear that Most Haunted Live: Series 8 and ...
The Woman (2011) Review
Relevance: 11.99% Posted on: 2012-04-17 20:06:16
Our review for The Woman was a long time coming. After covering it at Frightfest 2011 and having it as part of our Horror Movie Marathon last Halloween, writing something up seemed natural. But for one reason or another, it never happened. That's why, after watching the film a few nights ...
Dream Home [Wai dor lei ah yut ho] (2010) Review
Relevance: 11.96% Posted on: 2010-11-29 12:47:11
Heralded as 'Halloween meets Homes Under the Hammer', this socially satirical slasher takes a serrated blade to the brutal modern world of high price flats and cut throat estate agents where buying your ideal domicile is a deadly business. Opening with the wise words ‘In a crazy city if one is ...
The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Review
Relevance: 11.87% Posted on: 2012-03-14 08:59:16
The Cabin in the Woods has had a difficult gestation period, completed in 2010 and only seeing the light of a gentle Spring morning now. It's rarely a good sign when a film is finished and then put aside without letting anyone see it, like hiding your children in the basement. Writer ...
Deadheads Interview Spectacular
Relevance: 11.85% Posted on: 2011-08-15 10:43:43
Love Horror is always excited about Frightfest, and this year we're probably even more excited than normal because of the wealth of great films that are being screened - great films like Deadheads.
Elena Anaya Interview
Relevance: 11.77% Posted on: 2010-06-15 10:43:01
Elena Anaya stars in the forthcoming DVD release, Hierro. Her character, Maria loses her young son Diego whilst on a ferry trip to the island of El Hierro. Has he fallen overboard? Has he been abducted? Nobody knows. Diego simply vanishes.
The Prey [La Proie] (2011) Review
Relevance: 11.71% Posted on: 2012-07-26 10:37:25
Opening in a French prison, The Prey revolves around bank robber Franck Adrien (Albert Dupontel), a man put away for his part in a massive robbery, the spoils of which are hidden where only Franck can find them. Trusting no one with his secrets, even his own family, he does take ...
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) Review
Relevance: 11.68% Posted on: 2008-11-29 13:24:49
Movies of video games have had a long and troubled past. The majority of them lets face it are about as good as an Atari Jaguar with about as much lasting power. The problems stem from the fact that ultimately, it's more fun playing the game of the film than ...
Season of the Witch (2010) Review
Relevance: 11.55% Posted on: 2011-06-28 09:27:01
It is the age of the Crusades, the year of our father 1332. And while Holy wars wage in desert lands, back in Europe a different religious war is taking place as the church plays judge, jury and executioner on any women it believes to be in league with the ...
Onibaba (1964) Review
Relevance: 11.54% Posted on: 2013-02-27 10:53:39
The literal translation of Onibaba is Demon Hag. However, this 1964 Japanese cinematic classic is much more than a simple supernatural horror. Working as both a parable on the times it was made and an exploration of superstition and its power over people, Onibaba is tale for all times. Written and directed ...
Ghost Stories [theatre] (2010)
Relevance: 11.49% Posted on: 2010-07-29 11:07:40
And now for something completely different…… Ghost Stories, written by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, is the closest experience to a living horror film you will get. Marketing departments across the globe will try to convince you that 3D is the next step of evolution in terror, yet having seen this ...
Mutants (2009)
Relevance: 11.37% Posted on: 2010-07-02 09:25:20
The world has been ravaged by a mysterious virus that has destroyed society and transformed the majority of human’s on the planet into blood lusting, flesh eating savage mutants. Survivors and lovers Sonia and Marco (played brilliantly by Hélène de Fougerolles and Francis Renaud) are two of the few left ...
Spiderhole (2009) Review
Relevance: 11.25% Posted on: 2011-01-10 09:59:07
Two boys and two girls end up trapped in a nasty situation: Yeah, we've heard it before. Sadistic killer that likes to dismember his victims while they're still alive: Been there, done that. The film is British and the said 4 unsuspecting youths are squatters: Okay, things are sounding a little ...
Embodiment of Evil (2008) Review
Relevance: 11.12% Posted on: 2009-09-14 00:01:26
To say that Embodiment of Evil is long overdue would be the understatement of the millennia. It has taken Brazilian, writer/director José Mojica Marins over four decades to conclude the nightmarish trilogy that began with the trashy classic, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1964). Most importantly, the release ...
Sometimes They Come Back (1991) Review
Relevance: 11.12% Posted on: 2012-04-10 21:40:15
Once upon a time Stephen King adaptations were hot property. With critically acclaimed hits like Carrie, Salem’s Lot, Pet Sematary and Stand By Me; King’s stories resonated with a widespread audience. Drawn from his own childhood experiences from years before, each spoke of a prior evil which had returned to wreak havoc ...
Horror Film Rule Book
Relevance: 10.85% Posted on: 2010-10-10 12:00:55
In celebration of the release of The Collector on DVD and BD on Monday 18th October the people promoting the movie have decided that it would be useful if we talk you though our version of the horror film rule book. It could save your life! A few simple rules ...
Cowboys and Zombies (2010) Review
Relevance: 10.83% Posted on: 2011-08-12 09:52:01
Ah, the Old West, full o’ gun-slingin’ cowboys and stereotypical Indians. This time they’re joined by unfortunately only a few of the undead... Director (and apparently lead singer for the band iDiC) Rene Perez takes us back to the days of outlaws and prospecting by kicking things off with a good ...
