Some villains stab, some slash, and some, like Alien’s Ash, quietly ruin your day while quoting science. The slippery, milk-blooded menace has finally found his rightful place in the Premier Class of the Hall of Killers, rubbing cybernetic elbows with the likes of Art the Clown, Witchfinder General, and Damien Thorn. Considering that Ash nearly…
Before Good Boy taught us how to feel genuine dread through the eyes of a loyal dog, Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes Part II tried something so strange that it deserves to be preserved in a museum of cinematic oddities. The year was 1984. Mullet culture was strong, shoulder pads were powerful, and Craven…
It has been almost three decades since Ellen Ripley last hurled herself into the cold black void of space to do battle with acid drooling nightmares, but the woman who made intergalactic monster fighting look easy might not be done yet. At New York Comic Con, Sigourney Weaver confirmed that she has had a meeting…
You can almost hear the howls echoing through the Scottish Highlands, bouncing off the moors and pub walls. The Uath Family, the charming pack of monstrous lycanthropes from Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers, have officially been inducted into the second class of the Hall of Killers. And quite right too. They have fur, fangs, and family…
Second Sight Films has once again proven that it might actually be run by benevolent movie gods. The boutique label, already famed for resurrecting horror and cult classics in lavish restorations, has announced two new 4K Ultra HD releases that will make horror fans weak at the knees and probably broke by Christmas. Andrzej Żuławski’s…
It has now been forty years since Demons first erupted onto cinema screens, ripped through the audience, and transformed itself into one of the most beloved cult horror films of the eighties. That is four decades of possessed cinema-goers, motorbikes roaring through theatre aisles, metal music melting your brain, and more green goo than a…
The Weeping Woman is at it again. Six years after The Curse of La Llorona soaked cinema screens with supernatural sorrow and parental guilt, the vengeful spirit returns for another round of ghostly misery. Production on the long-awaited sequel, appropriately titled The Revenge of La Llorona, has officially begun in Buffalo, proving that no curse…
When horror fans talk about Hellraiser, they tend to go straight for the hooks and chains of Pinhead and his leather-clad Cenobite companions. Yet, lurking just behind all that blood-soaked sadomasochism is the real villain of the piece, and her name is Julia Cotton. Elegant, calculating and utterly ruthless, Julia is the dark beating heart…
Every so often, horror gives us a monster that stays with us forever. Not a vampire, not a ghost, and not a masked maniac — but a big, slobbering Saint Bernard who just wanted a quiet life until rabies turned him into an unstoppable killing machine. Stephen King’s Cujo remains one of the most terrifying…
Every once in a while, a horror short sneaks up on you and proves that you do not need a feature length running time to make people lose sleep. Play Time, directed by Ryan J. Thompson, is one of those little bursts of terror that manages to pack more atmosphere, scares and nervous laughter into…