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Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

6th September 2017 by Sarah 1 Comment

The most fascinating person in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is Franklin, a disabled man confined to a wheelchair. Horror films often put all their character-building into the final girl, and ignore the rest as mere fodder. But here Franklin (Paul A Partain) held my attention more, ironically because his vulnerabilities force him to mimic the ways that women… Texas Chain Saw Massacre Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: horror, leatherface, slasher films, slaughterhouse, texas chain saw massacre review, tobe hooper films

Dogged 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

26th August 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Read my interview with Dogged director Richard Rowntree here. At the end of Dogged, its definition – “having or showing tenacity and grim persistence” – pops up, by which time it’s finally clear who the title is referring to. Though as the director of this very low budget full-length feature, Dogged is certainly a word that also applies to Richard… Dogged Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: cults, dogged, dogged review, folk horror, horror, island, low budget, low budget horror, richard rowntree film, tides, very low budget

Raw 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

5th August 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“I am hungry though my stomach always feels empty” says new student Justine as a doctor, treating her red, blistering rash, tells her to fast for a day after a bout of food poisoning. There’s an old saying that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, and you could argue the same about… Raw Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: cannibal horror, cannibalism, french cinema, hazing, hazing ritual, horror, raw, veterinary college

What We Do In The Shadows 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

20th April 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Immortality can’t all be glamorous cloak-swishing nights out or chases pursued by 15th century pitchfork-waving villagers. At some point someone has to sort out the recycling and wash up the blood-spattered plates. Mockumentaries rarely get it completely right. Balancing out the laughs with situations that could actually be real, and which also propel the story forward,… What We Do In The Shadows Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews Tagged With: comedy, Deacon, horror, jemaine clement, masquerade ball, mock documentary, mockumentary, new zealand films, Petyr, secret society, Taika Waititi, te aro, undead, unholy masquerade, vampire hunter, vampires, Viago, Vladislav, wellington, what we do in the shadows

Eden Lake 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

7th April 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

We really don’t know what to do with children, who once out of toddlerhood seem to be seen as either angelic victims or nasty feral thugs. In Eden Lake it’s the latter, where little terrors have grown up to terrorise. It’s a film I’ve been both meaning to see and trying to avoid for nearly a decade… Eden Lake Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: british horror, camping, eden lake, horror, jack oconnell, james watkins, kelly reilly, michael fassbender, slasher film, thriller

The Thing (2011 Prequel) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

5th April 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

As soon as the Americans started exploring the burnt out Norwegian research station in The Thing (1982) I was desperate for a prequel to find out what happened to our Scandi friends. (I demand prequels a lot. I’m still desperate for John Wick: The Prologue. But more than that, I want to find out all about the wheeler-dealing… The Thing (2011 Prequel) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: alien, antarctica, assimilation, horror, horror film, infection, joel edgerton, mary elizabeth winstead, Matthijs van Heijningen, research station, sci fi, the thing, the thing 2011, the thing prequel, the thing review, ulrich thomsen

The Thing (1982) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th April 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

A hipster slate, greenery garnish and a jus - but still something didn't seem quite right

John Carpenter’s The Thing has everything – physical isolation in an antarctic scientific base, failed communication channels, a coming storm (literal and metaphorical), psychological horror as the threat grows and established friendships crumble, and really, really disgusting monsters that I couldn’t take my eyes off. There is a delightful yuck factor to The Thing’s Things. (That is… The Thing (1982) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: alien, antarctica, childs, horror, isolation, john carpenter, keith david, kurt russell, macready, mutant, research station, the thing, who goes there

Get Out 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

25th March 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

he was nearly under until she tried to claim that tea could both warm you up and cool you down. wtf?

I was so stressed after watching Get Out I wanted to sit down with a relaxing cup of tea and a cigarette, but then I remembered the plot and had to settle for just the cup of tea. As a Brit I’m used to tea being the answer to pretty much everything, the balm that… Get Out Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews Tagged With: allison williams, chris washington, comedy horror, Daniel Kaluuya, get out review, horror, hypnosis, interracial couple, jordan peele, jordan peele film, racism, rose armitage, sunken place

Happy Friday the 13th!

13th January 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

One is a terrifying abomination that haunts my dreams, and the other is Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th

Obviously by happy I don’t actually mean happy. It is Friday the 13th after all. Just make sure you don’t slip over on the ice today perusing my website, and break your neck. Oh.

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Because Christmas IS All About FAAAMLEEE

30th November 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Hey Krampus! I’ve found you a lovely wife to “lock horns” with! Everyone needs someone to love during the festive season, and maybe this will stop you looming up trying to ruin people’s Christmases by dragging them to Hell, when quite often they haven’t actually done much wrong. (You didn’t drag off Stalin, or Pol… Because Christmas IS All About FAAAMLEEE Read More

Filed Under: Lookalikes Tagged With: christmas, christmas horror, demon, doppelgänger, horror, krampus, lookalikes, maleficent, mrs krampus, separated at birth, shadow of christmas, xmas

A Christmas Horror Story 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

28th November 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

It was never easy coming up with something for the Strictly Come Dancing final but this Christmas they felt they'd nailed it

Bailey Downs is one of those towns you really, really want to keep away from. Bailey Downs had two horrific murders exactly one year ago in the high school basement. But worse than that, their nighttime DJ on their local radio station is William Shatner. Talk about bad chi in Bailey Downs. Like Albert Square… A Christmas Horror Story Read More

Filed Under: Christmas, Film Reviews Tagged With: Bailey Downs, changeling, christmas, christmas films, christmas horror, christmas movies, Dangerous Dan, hauntings, horror, horror films, horror movies, krampus, possession, Santa, xmas, zombie elves

Zombeavers 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

5th October 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Now that Mom was making them prepare Thanksgiving Dinner themselves they weren't feeling quite so hungry

When I tire of big screen blockbusters, shark films, or Brit romcoms starring Colin Firth looking awkward, I yearn for something a little more highbrow, something intellectual -something, dare I say, art house? Maybe in French, with subtitles, and smoking. These times are not when I watch Zombeavers. But sometimes, only “Zombeavers” will do. What’s not to love? It’s got cute furry critters,… Zombeavers Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: beaver dam, beavers, cabin in the woods, comedy horror, horror, horror movie tropes, jordan rubin, murderous beavers, zombeavers, zombeavers review, zombie beavers, zombies

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Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, John Wick lover and Gerard Butler apologist. Still waiting for Mike Banning vs John Wick: Requiem

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