Luz (2019)
2019-02-28
I can thank my friend for introducing me to Lost Highway a few years back. I’ve always been a fanContinue Reading
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
2019-02-14
Talk about striking while the iron’s hot. Barely 18 months since Happy Death Day reaped over 25 times its modest budgetContinue Reading
Bird Box (2018)
2019-01-05
Bar a few contrived plot twists – two strangers who give birth within minutes of one another; and the ultimateContinue Reading
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
2018-12-07
Unlike Werther’s, it’s not original. The needle on the scare-o-meter seldom flickers. And when it does, it’s far too fleetingContinue Reading
Overlord (2018)
2018-11-15
Screenwriters Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) and Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) combine warfare with zombies to create a gory though skin-deep horror inContinue Reading
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
2018-11-04
In the introduction to an exclusive screening of Anna And The Apocalypse at the Hippodrome in Bo’ness, director John McPhailContinue Reading
Halloween (2018)
2018-10-19
With no disrespect to the rest of the cast, when Jamie Lee Curtis is not in shot, the pulse slows. WhetherContinue Reading
The Nun (2018)
2018-09-19
At a time when new, truly terrifying blockbuster horror films can be few and far between a series that beganContinue Reading
The Meg (2018)
2018-08-23
First there was Jaws, followed by its three progressively disappointing sequels. The last of which Michael Caine defended with: “I haveContinue Reading
The First Purge (2018)
2018-07-06
The fictional President of the Unitied State and leader of the New Founding Fathers of America (Ian Blackman) must beContinue Reading
Hereditary (2018)
2018-06-15
If you don’t look, it doesn’t exist. If you don’t think about it, it didn’t happen. A strategy employed byContinue Reading
The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
2018-05-28
The Strangers: Prey At Night, directed by British film-maker Johannes Roberts (47 Metres Down) and co-written by Ben Ketai andContinue Reading
Wildling (2018)
2018-04-24
I wanna tell you a story. No, not the title of Max Bygrave’s autobiography, but the opening to Fritz Böhm’s directorialContinue Reading
Ghost Stories (2018)
2018-04-17
It may have more twists than a Chubby Checker convention, but to use the title of another track by theContinue Reading