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Final Grimm Doubles before GrimmFest 2013
Posted on: June 17, 2013
On the build up to GRIMMFEST 2013, which takes place 3rd – 6th Oct, Grimm are hosting there final monthly double bills before they get ready for the big one. On the 20th of June is a spooky showing of Sanitarium and Static with Sawney – Flesh of Man & Outpost 11 ...
Dead Mine (2012) Review
Posted on: June 8, 2013
When a gang of treasure hunters searching for lost riches on a remote Indonesian island come across an abandoned mine they believe they have finally discovered what they have been looking for. Forced inside by an ambush the team of soldiers and scientists have no idea what awaits them but excitedly ...
Blow Out (1981) Review
Posted on: May 28, 2013
With its political assassination plot line Brain De Palma’s killer thriller Blow Out is a superb movie as much about the evil machinations behind a murder cover up as it is about the process of movie making itself. With a career spanning decades and multiple genres’ De Palma is one of ...
Texas Chainsaw (2013) Review
Posted on: May 26, 2013
Tobe Hooper’s original 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a one of a kind movie. Stark, shocking brutal and brilliant it still has the power today to disturb and unsettle audiences with its tale of a group of unfortunate teens who stumble into the lair of a psychotic flesh ...
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012) Review
Posted on: May 23, 2013
I love slasher films. I love the slasher genre. I love all the clichés it contains from the masked maniac killer to the screaming teens to the idiotic police to the bloody bodies popping up when you most expect them to. It’s safe to say then that if you, like ...
Blow Out on Blu-Ray
Posted on: May 22, 2013
Arrow Video is pleased to confirm the highly anticipated UK Blu-ray & Blu-ray Steelbook release of Brian De Palma’s 1981 classic BLOW OUT on May 27th. The UK Blu-ray premiere of BLOW OUT features a newly restored digital transfer of the film, a process which was supervised and approved by De Palma himself. The super-deluxe package, which is available ...
The brains behind GrimmFest bring you White Settlers
Posted on: May 22, 2013
White Settlers pitches the modern urbanites' dream - starting a simple life in the country - against the possibility of a very different, horrific reality… It’s Ed and Sarah’s first night in their new home, an isolated farmhouse on the Scottish borders. This should be a new beginning far from their ...
Knightriders (1981) Review
Posted on: May 20, 2013
Although he is known by many as the Godfather of Zombies George A. Romero had a very eclectic output when he first started making movies. Between his deft and definitive Dead Trilogy lay short movie mash up and Stephen King collaboration Creepshow, the infection insanity of The Crazies and Martin one ...
Texas Chainsaw revs up for Release
Posted on: May 15, 2013
Lionsgate’s Texas Chainsaw, the US #1 box office hit, picks up directly where the terrifying 1974 movie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ended, with the repercussions of Leatherface's shocking slayings. In the aftermath of Tobe Hooper's classic, the townspeople take dramatic action against the Sawyer family. They had long suspected that the ...
Director Stefan Ruzowitzky talks about his thriller Deadfall
Posted on: May 12, 2013
Tense action thriller Deadfall, starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde and Charlie Hunnam, is released in cinemas on 10th May so we sat down with Oscar-winning director to discuss Eric Bana’s glorious return as a villain, filming in snow storms and the appeal of dysfunctional families. What attracted you to the story ...
Book in to Motel Hell
Posted on: May 12, 2013
Arrow Video are pleased to announce the long-awaited UK Blu-ray & DVD release of Kevin Connor’s horror-comedy masterpiece MOTEL HELL on Monday May 13th 2013. Fully restored and finally available on Blu-ray for the very first time (anywhere in the world), MOTEL HELL is a prime cut of 1980’s cult cinema. Directed by Englishman Kevin Connor and starring a ...
The Facility Competition
Posted on: May 8, 2013
To celebrate the arrival of the utterly tense, claustrophobic and overwhelmingly effective chiller ‘The Facility’ - out on DVD and Download 6th May 2013 through eOne Momentum - we have a copy to give away to two lucky winners! Cronenbergian body-horror runs rampant in debut feature director Ian Clark’s taut, anxiety-inducing ...
Interview with Devil’s Business director Sean Hogan
Posted on: May 8, 2013
On the eve of the UK TV premiere of The Devil's Business on Horror Channel, Sean Hogan talks about the future of the horror film industry, the importance of a good script and his forthcoming doc on the UK comic 2000AD. The Devil's Business is broadcast on Sat May 11, ...
Horror Channel celebrates 100 years of Peter Cushing
Posted on: May 6, 2013
On Sunday May 26th Horror Channel celebrates 100 years of the birth of one of the country’s most beloved actors - Peter Cushing (OBE). PETER CUSHING CENTENARY DAY will be devoted to some of the legendary actor’s finest work, picked from a film & TV career which spanned 50 years and over 80 ...
The Mysterious Makinov
Posted on: May 5, 2013
Directing from behind a mask, Makinov director of horror Come Out and Play is one odd man and that's saying something ion the world of horror. The Belorussian troublemaker has only given a few interviews, suggesting his follow ups would involve either eroticism or the animals around him in his woodland ...
Bait (2012) Review
Posted on: May 5, 2013
Bait opens with one of the cheesiest shark attacks ever committed to celluloid. It begins when lifeguard Josh (Twilight and The Loved Ones star, Xavier Samuel) fails to save his best friend and the brother of his girlfriend Tina (Sharni Vinson soon to be seen in You’re Next) from being ...
Scanners (1981) Review
Posted on: May 2, 2013
Some of you out there have still not yet made the leap to Blu Ray. Perhaps you aren't bothered about seeing films in crisp high definition; perhaps Blu Ray disks and players are still too expensive (we are in a recession after all); or perhaps you just like your films ...
Robert Rodgriguez Presents Curandero Dawn of the Demon
Posted on: May 2, 2013
Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Machete) presents Curandero: Dawn of the Demon, an action-packed horror flick that takes a couple on a horrifying journey through the deepest bowels of the Mexican underworld. When beautiful federal agent Magdalena calls upon Curandero Carlos (Carlos Gallardo – El Mariachi, Grindhouse) for his services to purify ...
Interview with Josh Stewart star of The Collector and The Collection
Posted on: May 2, 2013
With the sequel to Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan's The Collector out this week entitled The Collection, we were lucky enough to talk to Josh Stewart, the star of both movies. Among other things we quizzed him about playing the anti-hero Arkin and his experiences on both films. One of the nicest guys that ...
Dear God No! (2011) Review
Posted on: April 22, 2013
Outlaw motorcycle gang The Impalers' tri-state rape and murder spree ended in a bloody massacre, with rival club Satan's Own. The surviving members sought refuge in a secluded cabin deep in the North Georgia mountains. What first must of seemed like easy prey for a home invasion, became a living nightmare ...
Horror Channel does the Devil’s Business
Posted on: April 22, 2013
Horror fans can sink their teeth into all things dark and dangerous as the menacing month of May ushers in three exciting UK TV premieres - Sean Hogan’s haunting The Devil's Business, Colin Theys’ apocalyptic zombie thriller Remains and Keith Wright’s touching horror comedy Harold's Going Stiff. 22:55. Sat May 4 ...
Bait Bites Back
Posted on: April 22, 2013
Australian shark movie Bait 3D is set for release in cinemas on April 19th and on DVD and Blu-ray April 29th and we have a look at what's in the deep. A tsunami devastates a small Gold Coast town and leaves twelve people trapped in a flooded supermarket. Amidst the horror ...
Interview with Fede Alvarez Director of Evil Dead
Posted on: April 19, 2013
As I arrived at the swanky Soho Hotel in central London, the venue for my round table interview with Fede Alvarez seemed a million miles away from the cabin in the woods featured in Evil Dead. The same cabin that dominated both his remake and the original movie. Entering the hotel ...
Evil Dead (2013) Review
Posted on: April 18, 2013
The Evil Dead trilogy, which consists of Sam Raimi’s 1981 The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 in '87 and the hilarious horror comedy Army of Darkness in '92 is a perfect set of films, as shocking and brilliant now as they were way back when first released. Raimi’s first proper feature ...
Interview with Stuart Urban Writer and Director of May I Kill U?
Posted on: April 16, 2013
Telling the story of a psychopathic bicycle policeman tweeting his killings in a warped mission to clean up the London streets the brilliant satirical highly topical black comedy May I Kill U? is finally out on DVD and Blu-Ray and a must see for anyone with a dark sense of ...
Interview with Bradley Scott Sullivan Director & Writer of I Didn’t Come Here to Die
Posted on: April 14, 2013
I Didn’t Come Here to Die is not only one of the best titled horrors in recent years, but it's also the stunning début from writer and director Bradley Scott Sullivan. We got to pick his brains on his love of horror, how he made his movie and 'if he ...
Dead End Drive-In (1986) Review
Posted on: April 11, 2013
Ecological disasters, a Wall Street crash ruining the economy, cities ravaged by riots and crime due to the massive amounts of unemployment - nope this isn’t the news its the 80’s Ozploitation movie Dead End Drive-In. It's a crazy cult film with a harsh satirical comment on society that is ...
Night Of The Trailers
Posted on: April 9, 2013
Night Of The Trailers 35MM Edition bring an evening of original vintage 35MM trailers celebrating madness, mayhem and cinematic nostalgia back on the big screen at London’s home of cult films: The Prince Charles Cinema 9pm, Wed 10th April, 2013. Presented by Alex Kidd, this 40-minute compilation of 35MM vintage trailers ...
6 Plots (2012) Review
Posted on: April 9, 2013
If someone asked you to name an Australian horror film your first answer would probably be Wolf Creek, perhaps followed by Snowtown or The Loved Ones. You may even have Van Diemen's Land or the spectacular Lake Mungo popping to mind if you were an Aussie horror fan or an ...
Interview with Horror Producer extraordinaire Jason Blum
Posted on: April 5, 2013
Dark Skies, Sinister, Paranormal Activity, Insidious some of the biggest and best horror movies in recent years and all produced by one company Blumhouse Productions. But behind the films and the company is one man, the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Jason Blum. We where lucky enough to talk to ...
Dark Skies (2013) Review
Posted on: April 4, 2013
Sci-Horror Dark Skies opens with a quote from the brilliant science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke: “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." In writer and director Scott Stewart’s movie we are most definitely not alone, and that fact is ...
Community (2012) Review
Posted on: April 3, 2013
The Draymen Estate has become an urban legend. Amongst the sinister stories of strange locals and brutal violence, people have gone missing there. Two student filmmakers visit the estate in the hope their documentary will land them a lucrative career. Within minutes they are introduced to a skinned dog in ...
Dexter Season 7 – Mid-Season Review
Posted on: April 2, 2013
We've arrived at the half-way point of Dexter season seven - finally here in the UK on FOX - marked by the pretty inappropriate sight of Dexter jumping his victim Hannah McKay on an execution table in a snowy Santa's Grotto. If the moment bordered a bit on the ridiculous ...
Room 237 (2012) Review
Posted on: March 31, 2013
Apart from being one of the greatest horror films ever made, The Shining is an intricate and fascinating film, which much like all of Stanley Kubrick’s movies, is packed with startling imagery, amazing direction and fastidious attention to detail. It is no wonder then that over the years many people ...
Wes Craven’s Deadly Blessing comes to Blu-Ray
Posted on: March 31, 2013
One of the true masters of Hollywood horror Wes Craven has had a long and illustrious career and Arrow Video have decided to celebrate one of his early classics Deadly Blessing with a brilliant Blu-Ray and DVD deluxe edition release on Monday March 25th. A great American horror movie t is ...
Dracula (1958) Review
Posted on: March 27, 2013
Hammer Horror’s 1958 Dracula redefined the vampire genre in the same way that Universal’s 1931 movie staring Bela Lugosi had done so many years before. With the cinematic legend that is Christopher Lee playing the cloaked Count Dracula, Hammer’s version of Bram Stoker’s classic novel amped up the sex and violence ...
Interview with Adam Green for Horror Channel Premiere
Posted on: March 26, 2013
Adam ‘Hatchet Man’ Green talks about the future of the genre; why he turned down the ABC’s of Death; his new movie inspired by the artist Alex Pardee and courting controversy as CHILLERAMA gets its Horror Channel UK TV premiere (on Sat 30th March at 10.55pm...) Your story for Chillerama could ...
The Bay (2012) Review
Posted on: March 23, 2013
Ecological horror, The Bay is a frightening found footage film that plunges the audience into a very real and very nasty story, all about a small town decimated by an invasion that they never saw coming. Put together as a documentary on the events that unfolded in the seaside resort of ...
Interview with Author & Hammer expert Marcus Hearn on Dracula
Posted on: March 21, 2013
With Hammer's Dracula back from the dead on Blu-Ray and DVD beautifully restored with additional footage in a an unseen 2012 Hammer version (out right now!) Marcus Hearn author & Hammer expert talks about the importance of the 1958 classic, the restoration process and vampirism in popular culture. This is a ...
The Road to Silent Hill: A Century of Damned Cinema
Posted on: March 17, 2013
When Silent Hill: Revelation opens the Gates to Hell on DVD this month, it’ll be far from the first flick to frighten audiences with visions of the horrors of Hades. Strange as it may sound, punters have been queuing up to endure the ultimate in torment and suffering for well ...
Maniac (2012) Review
Posted on: March 17, 2013
Tearing through the crowd like a chainsaw at its FrightFest screening last year, the rest of us horror fans have had to wait until now for the release of Franck Khalfoun's Maniac remake. But believe me, it was well worth the wait. Brutal and brilliant, this is a simply stunning slasher ...
Interview with Leigh Dovey for The Fallow Field
Posted on: March 13, 2013
The Fallow Field is a gripping low budget horror steeped in pagan mystery and it is out right now. Having already spoken to the editor and producer Colin Arnold we where got a chance to talk to The Fallow Field's writer and director Leigh Dovey about crafting and creating a ...
5 Horror Films for a Snowy Day
Posted on: March 12, 2013
We've seen it all before. Some unexpectedly heavy snow falls and all of a sudden, our world comes to a standstill. Tracks freeze making trains useless, roads close leaving drivers stranded, and runways become too hazardous for planes to use. It's on days like this when you need to forget about leaving ...
Utopia Series One (2013) Review
Posted on: March 11, 2013
Over the years Channel 4 have prided themselves on showing challenging content with a definite dark side. This seems to be increasing in more recent years. Shows such as Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set and the futuristic, bleakly brilliant Black Mirror, alongside the insane not so super heroics in Misfits all share ...
Mama (2013) Review
Posted on: March 10, 2013
Guillermo del Toro is back presenting us new horror in form of Mama. Director Andrés Muschietti has taken his 2008 short film and with the backing of del Toro brought it to big screen. Rather than continuing the wave of bloody guts and gore horror movies, Mama is an old school ...
My Ex 2 … The bitch is back!
Posted on: March 10, 2013
My Ex 2: Haunted Lover, the dark and disturbing sequel to My Ex is out on the 20th of May. A delicious mix of gore and the supernatural, horror fans will love this next chapter of the My Ex franchise as it revisits the themes of treachery, vengeance and murder. A ...
Two UK Horror Premieres on Horror Channel
Posted on: March 8, 2013
Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s creepy thriller Penumbra and the US horror fantasy anthology Chillerama will receive their UK TV premieres on Horror Channel - which is a treat for genre fans as the films aren't currently available on DVD in the UK. Penumbra (2011) Sat Mar 23 @ 22:55 From Adrián García Bogliano, director ...
Censoring Dracula
Posted on: March 5, 2013
As you may or may not know, the original 1958 Dracula is realesed on Blu-Ray and DVD on the 18th or March. It's packed full of extras and Hammer have created this brilliant 10 minute featurette entitled 'Censoring Dracula' which details the original cuts to the film ordered by the ...
Sleep Tight [Mientras Duermes] (2011) Review
Posted on: March 2, 2013
Spanish director Jaume Balagueró made his name making the now infamous found footage frightener that is Rec and Rec 2. Taking a break from the undead brutality, Sleep Tight, which premiered at FrightFest 2012, is a whole other sort of horror but just as interesting and evocative. The film's anti-hero is ...
Stoker (2013) Review
Posted on: February 28, 2013
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 ...
