As in Heaven – TIFF 2021 Review Lydia Rostant September 10, 2021 Reviews Danish director Tea Lindeburg’s film, As In Heaven, is a lush and devastating chamber piece, unpicking the dense fabric of motherhood, innocence and superstition. Based on the 1912 Danish novel A Night of...
Why Suspiria Still Has The Perfect Horror Opening Sequence Joseph Bullock December 28, 2020 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Watch the opening sequence of Suspiria here: part 1 & part 2 A masterpiece of the genre, and certainly the most famous Italian example, Dario Argento’s Suspiria (1977) remains a uniquely haunting...
The Wretched – Review Alysha Prasad May 9, 2020 Reviews The Wretched is an indie horror from writer-directors Brett and Drew T. Pierce that dives into the supernatural events that take place during a summer. Set in a picturesque coastal town, rebellious teenager,...
Fantasy Island – Review Alysha Prasad March 7, 2020 Reviews Fantasy Island centres around five people: Gwen, Melanie, Patrick, and brothers Brax and J.D., all of whom have won a contest to stay on Fantasy Island. They are enticed to stay by the man who runs the...
Ghost Stories – Review James Andrews April 7, 2018 Reviews Based on the Olivier Award-nominated play, Ghost Stories is at once an old-fashioned British horror flick and yet very much not what you expect. The premise sees professional debunker Professor Phillip Goodman...
Planetarium – LFF 2016 Review Stephanie Watts October 26, 2016 Reviews Planetarium is a film that leaves the audience doing a lot of guessing. Two American sisters, Laura and Kate Barlow (Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp), are working as mediums in Paris and are employed by...
The Messenger – Review Sian Brett September 6, 2015 Reviews The idea that we can receive one final message from dead loved ones is appealing to us as humans, and is interestingly played upon through flashbacks interspersed throughout the narrative, demonstrating how...
Dracula Untold – Review Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan October 7, 2014 Reviews Toying with the opposing forces of magnificence and mediocrity, Dracula Untold has moments of cinematic gold and cliché in abundance. With the former, there's evidence of Shore's debutant nerves. Through...
Oculus – Review Janz Anton-Iago June 15, 2014 Reviews Don't be fooled by its lo-fi roots – a single-setting chamber horror with a haunted rococo mirror as the villain of the piece – Mike Flanagan's Oculus does more to a familiar premise than most...
The One I Love – Sundance London Review Christopher Preston April 23, 2014 Reviews The One I Love is a crumpled-up love letter being tumble-dried inside one of the drums of The Twilight Zone. Charlie McDowell manages to crack open a window and pump a fresh breeze into a genre bloated with...