gore

Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin (2013) begins in media res, advancing with the tension of stretching a coiled slinky into garrotting wire, and ceasing on a moment of violence that snaps the instrument back into a thick, tangled wad. In most…

Something horrible is coming, something evil, with no soul or pity, it wants to manipulate you, take something you hold dear and turn it inside out, draining it of all that is good, it is.... yet another remake of a much loved, classic…

CLOWN. If you're currently staring at a blank page, attempting to brainstorm ideas for a horror flick, the word clown at the top of said page might be a good start. Of all the people I've met with specific fears and phobias, those who…

The 1990's are widely regarded as the very worst decade for horror movies, especially when considering the range of quality fright flicks produced during the previous decade. There are gems amongst the crud of the 90's though, and the ten…

Despite being a commercial failure, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's 2007 Grindhouse movie experiment has succeeded in a different sense, having inspired other filmmakers to get down and dirty with cheap, kick-ass exploitation…

There’s a brilliant Simpsons episode where a character called Homer Simpson appears on a TV cop show called Police Cops. He winds up being a bit of a bumbling fool and so his namesake goes to a meeting with the show execs to discuss why he…

Trust a Nazi, or trust a Demon. That’s the perilous decision facing a pair of Kiwi Commandos who land on a Nazi occupied Channel Island on the eve of D-Day. Captain Grogan and Sergeant Tane have been sent on a sabotage mission which calls…

Wrenching out your own teeth with nothing but a pair of pliers. Stringing yourself up by two meat hooks pierced through your pectorals. Being burned alive in a white hot oven. Three things that are not only inventive ways of killing and…