Saw X is a Bloody, Boring Slog Through Basic Brutality
Tobin Bell's banal John Kramer aka Jigsaw is a bothersome being. His shtick has always been 'put bad people in brutal torture traps and tell them to maim themselves to escape it', making t…
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Jack Dignan Opens Up About His Found Footage Horror Flick Puzzle Box in This Interview
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Glenn Fraser and Amelia Foxton Unleash Their Wicked Horror Flick Mother Tongue in This Interview
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A Haunting in Venice Sees Kenneth Branagh Craft a Very Different Poirot Tale: A Supernatural Thriller
Director Kenneth Branagh and screenwriter Michael Green made a canny choice in deciding to adapt one of Agatha Christie’s lesser-known works for A Haunting in Venice. Although, to call it an adaptatio…
The Nun II Ignores Audience Prayers for an End to the Conjuring Franchise
Once upon a time James Wan decided to make a film about real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga). In 2013 The Conjuring universe was born and has thu…
Open the Puzzle Box the 15th A Night of Horror International Film Festival This September
PRESS RELEASE Australia’s longest running showcase of horror and dark genre cinema, A Night of Horror International Film Festival (ANOH) is back for its 15th year, with a frighteningly fantastic prog…
Justin Simien’s Haunted Mansion Contains A Labyrinth of Surprises
Disney’s Haunted Mansion is the third film (after 2003 Eddie Murphy-starrer and a 2021 Muppets variation) to be based on the Disney theme park ride. As the name suggests, this is yet another haunted h…
You'll Never Find Me Directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen Talk About Sonic Landscapes and Tangible Tension in This Interview
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Birdeater is a Brutal and Brilliant Deconstruction of Corrupted Masculinity
This review contains mention of sexual assault, gaslighting, and toxic masculinity. It’s no mistake that Jack Clark and Jim Weir have a visual cue in the form of a Wake in Fright poster in the backgr…
Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism Director Nick Kozakis Talks About Weaving an Ambiguous Horror Story in This Interview
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Birdeater Directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir Talk About Modern Masculinity and the Legacy of Wake in Fright in This Interview
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Jennifer Reeder's Perpetrator is a Glorious Slice of Revenge Feminism and a Paean to Girl Power
When Jennifer Reeder takes you by the hand you are guided into a universe where mascara runs like blood, teenage girls wear glitter and sequins like armour, and the strange world of being young can be…