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Our latest articles on horror films – reviews, analysis, insights and even news!
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been a popular trend amongst sci-fi horror films these days, from Lars Klevberg’s 2019 reboot of Child’s Play to the more recent Gerard Johnstone’s 2023 horror-comedy hit, M3GAN. In this latest film from S.K. Dale, Subservience (2024), we follow an artificially intelligent gynoid/feminine humanoid robot who develops self-awareness and gains
The 2008 horror film The Strangers, written and directed by Bryan Bertino capitalizes on some of our most common fears: home invasion and random, unprovoked violence. It takes the minimalist, almost homemade look of horror films from the early 2000s and dials up the amount of tension and suspense, relying less on gore and more
The Profane Exhibit is a 2013 extreme anthology film featuring work from directors Jeremy Kasten (The Wizard of Gore), Anthony DiBlasi (Malum), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police), Uwe Boll (Postal), Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), Sergio Stavalentti (Demons), Ryan Nicholson (Gutterballs), Marian Dora (Cannibal), Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal), and Michael Todd Schneider (August Underground: Mordum). The film
The “World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator” returns to the big screen for the fourth time in this American superhero horror film from director Brian Taylor (Crank, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance), Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024). Based on the Hellboy: The Crooked Man and Others comic book series by Mike Mignola and marking the second reboot
Home invasion films are undoubtedly a lasting source of sporadic dread for moviegoers, with their realism serving to heighten the sense of vulnerability that these scenarios, although made up, evoke. The intrusion into one’s sanctuary—the very place where one should feel secure—during the domineering darkness of night, represents a deeply entrenched fear. But what happens
Films often feature Halloween as one of the most popular holiday settings. And this time, it gets a unique, Gaelic twist in this supernatural slasher from American writer-director Matt Sampere. A reworking of Sampere’s earlier 2021 horror short film of the same title, serves as his full-length feature debut. It retains many ideas from the
“Haunted by the war in Iraq, a depressed and faithless Gabriel is approached by the mysterious Balthazar, who recruits Gabriel to stop the evil Archangel Michael from raising an army of the dead to take over the world. With the help of his old platoon, Gabriel sets off to find the Warriors of Peace, their
Weddings can be stressful; add in a drunken blowjob for the groom from a vindictive stranger and an obnoxious employee overstepping social boundaries, and, for couple Shane and Leah, it is a nightmare. The follow-up ‘perfect’ honeymoon, full of arguments about money, career, and family disrespect (never disrespecting family), is already a drag. However, when
Fright is a 2024 English period horror, written and directed by Warren Dudley. Beginning their career in film in 2005 with the comedy TV movie Come on You Chickens, Warren’s first foray into horror as the writer/director of Prankz (2017). It’s 1937, and young Emily is trapped in a nightmare. Her chronic agoraphobia and strange,
There have been many horror films that tackle the theme of trauma in recent years, but this one really pushes things a bit further. Traumatika is a 2024 horror film directed by Pierre Tsigaridis. It delves into the different forms of childhood trauma, from witnessing violence to physical and even sexual abuse. The film stars