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Deadstream (2022)
Best described as a YouTube Evil Dead, Deadstream is the good version of that description, thanks to the endearing performance of...
Bliss (2019)
I’ve been aware of director Joe Begos for a while, having heard him on a few podcasts over the years, but this is the first of his films...
Razorback (1984)
It’s waiting outside and it can sense your fear. No nightmare will prepare you for it! Razorback, Russell Mulcahy’s mid ‘80s Ozploitation...
Glorious (2022)
The universe has a favour to ask. • Shudder continues its winning streak this year with Rebecca McKendry’s cosmic horror comedy Glorious,...
Alligator (1980)
I first caught Alligator on the Sunday Horrors, a late night TV horror slot in the late ‘80s. I’d been meaning to rewatch it, but I never...
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
No one films insanity like Tobe Hooper. From the original Chainsaw through Eaten Alive and The Funhouse to this Cannon funded sequel, he...
Friday the 13th series reviewed (so far)
Here are some of my reviews of the Friday the 13th films from the last couple of years. I will keep adding new reviews as and when I...
The House of the Devil (2009)
Ti West’s fourth film came after his notoriously shitty Hollywood experience on Cabin Fever 2, where the film got re-edited and re-shot...
Color Out of Space (2019)
Cult genre director Richard Stanley hasn't had a film unspool on cinema screens since 1992’s horror film Dust Devil. After being fired...
X Premiere at The Roxy Cinema
The premiere of X at Roxy Cinema Miramar last night was an absolute blast. The film was fkn fantastic - a slow burn slasher but never...
Frightmare (1981)
I’ve been going through some of the Vinegar Syndrome titles on Tubi looking for the next trashterpiece or slice of ill-advised cinema...
Frontiere(s) (2007)
Next up in the French Extremity festival is Xavier Gens’ shocker Frontiere(s) which takes a group of youth on the run after a money...
Livid (2011)
French Horror maestros Baustillo & Maury exploded out of the gate in 2007 with their home invasion masterpiece ‘Inside’. But their...
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
The new TCM is an imperfect but lean, mean shredding machine that takes a chainsaw to the gut of so called ‘legacy sequels’, painting...
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Roses are red, violets are blue, one is dead, and so are you. . I’ve watched Cherry Falls & Valentine over the last few nights so it’s...
The House On Sorority Row (1982)
A fun well made slasher with hints of Giallo / Euro horror from the golden age of the genre, Row plays like an 80’s redo of the...
Woodlands Dark & Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror (2021)
I don’t tend watch many docos these days, as the classic doc format has become (for me) tired with the reliance on talking heads and...
Antlers (2021)
Pray it desires not you. • Scott Copper’s horror drama hit all the right spots for me, crafting an affecting tale of troubled youth &...
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
The ultimate killer Santa movie, Silent Night Deadly Night is bloody, sleazy 80s slasher gold. When Billy finally goes all axe on his...
Horror Nights: Talking Christmas Horror on RNZ
Seasons Eatings! On my last Horror Nights on RNZ National I talk Xmas Horror with Bryan Crump. We looked at some undeniable classics...
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