Freaky 2020 Directed by Christopher Landon. Courtesy of an enchanted dagger, a legendary serial killer and a teen victim switch bodies. Starring Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton. In the tiny town of Blissfield, the high school Homecoming football game and subsequent dance is a pretty big deal. The only … Read More
#Alive (2020, South Korea). A man, who lives with his parents, is left alone during the start of a zombie outbreak. Is he the only survivor? Directed by Il Cho, starring Ah-In Yoo and Park Shin-hye. Began showing on Netflix on 8 September. As many of you know, … Read More
Sputnik 2020 Directed by Egor Abramenko. A Russian scientist is tasked with examining a dangerous alien creature that lives in a cosmonaut’s torso. This film is in Russian with subtitles. Tatyana Klimova, a brilliant and compassionate biologist, is recruited by high ranking military staff to join a secret project at … Read More
Blood Vessel (2019) Directed by Justin Dix. In the waning days of the Second World War, a group of shipwreck escapees take refuge in a German U-boat filled with ancient vampires. Minor spoilers follow. We open on the stormy North Atlantic, as a life raft carries a weary and … Read More
Now, I’ve been to Comic Book Conventions, Dr. Who Conventions (to make you jealous, I’ve seen both Bakers live), and Monster Movie Conventions. But I’ve never been to a Horror Film Festival. Until now. On Saturday, 9 May, Mitch Harrod held the Soho Horror Film Festival online, due to the … Read More
The Tag-Along (2015), The Tag-Along 2 (2017). Both directed by Wei-Hao Cheng. The first features Wei-Ning Hsu and River Huang, who appear in the second film, along with Ranie Yang, Francesca Kao and Shao-hua Lung. Kao and Lung make appearances in The Tag-Along-Devil Fish (2018), which is directed by … Read More
Stage Fright (1980) Directed by John D. Lamond. While preparing for the opening night of a play, a young actress notices that her cast mates keep meeting gruesome ends. Could this bloodshed be tied to a dark secret from her own past? Due to similar titles, this one is often … Read More
2019 in horror was the year of cinematic surprises. I began it with high hopes for Ari Aster’s trippy looking Midsommar, which turned out to be nothing more than an update of The Wicker Man for Millennials with relationship issues. I also had considerable animosity towards the remake of Child’s … Read More
Underwater (2020) Directed by William Eubanks. After a deadly earthquake 7 miles beneath the surface of the sea, the crew of an underwater oil rig fights to survive against a horde of terrifying aquatic creatures. Five miles beneath the churning surface of the Pacific Ocean, the Tian Corporation’s Kepler … Read More
As someone who loves All Things Zombie, anything that shows the possibility of flesh being eaten peaks my curiosity. Netflix is currently offering two such feasts, both of which are set in middle and high school. This is somewhat odd, as most zombie films lead toward a more adult audience. … Read More
