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Well, it had to happen at some point, right? Today I’ve reached into the radioactive waste bin of cinematic history and pulled out the ultimate “Why does this exist?” trophy. We are talking about the 1966 anti-masterpiece, Manos: The Hands of Fate. ​This isn’t just a bad movie. Plan 9 from Outer Space is fucking…
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To understand Twins of Evil, you have to understand the state of Hammer Film Productions in 1971. They were under pressure. Hammer was responding more broadly to the rise of grittier, modern horror in the late 60s/early 70s (including Night of the Living Dead), plus declining US box office returns and shifting audience tastes, and…
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The Fountain of Youth is a yarn as old as time itself. The eternal quest for the source of ever lasting life, but what if that source was inside the veins of a 16-year-old girl? How far would you be willing to go? That’s the question asked by The Cure, and one you’ll be able…
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Newborn is one of those trailers I watch, every so often, that leaves me sat afterwards, with a puzzled look on my face going: “Huh…” Not in a bad way, not at all, but in a head scratching I have no idea what the fuck I just watched but damn if if I’m not very…
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​If there is one movie that feels like it was born for midnight screenings, it’s this one. It’s not about a giant lizard knocking over Big Ben. It’s not about a guy in a rubber suit trying to take a scientist to prom. It’s about the most terrifying thing imaginable: The people you love turning…
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Due out on March 10th on VOD, Trucker, from Breaking Glass Pictures, promises a brutal tale of revenge, at least if the new trailer is anything to go by. When a group of teens (“teens”) cause the death of a long-haul truckers family in a firey crash that, miraculously, leaves him alive, he set outs…
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​If you’ve ever sat in a darkened theater, smelled the faint scent of mildew and stale popcorn, and thought, “I wonder if that fish-man has a dental plan,” then you are my people. Today, we aren’t just looking at a movie; we are looking at the last stand of the Golden Age of Monsters. By…
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It had to happen; Halloween had done it; the Universal and Hammer studios had delivered a string of films based around characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy; and now it was Freddy Krueger’s turn to have a sequel and build a franchise with A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. Directed by…
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When most cinephiles think about sensational movies, images of sweeping panoramas, glossy blockbusters, or million‑dollar effects usually come to mind. Big sets. Big budgets. Big explosions. Scare Me isn’t that kind of film, at all. In fact, Scare Me laughs in the face of all that and asks you to pull up a seat at…
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​When we talk about the absolute gold standard of the creature feature, we are talking about Alien (1979). This isn’t just a movie; it is a masterclass in atmospheric dread, a gritty industrial nightmare that changed the DNA of science fiction and horror forever. Directed by Ridley Scott, this film is a precision-engineered fearfest because…