

DETENTION OF THE DEAD (OCTOBER 6TH)
YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU TAKES PART IN THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE; WATCHING ONE HORROR MOVIE A DAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. SOME OF THEM OLD, SOME OF THEM NEW, SOME OF THEM HAVE JUST BEEN ON OUR SHELVES FOR YEARS GATHERING DUST, STILL IN CELLOPHANE... It wouldn’t be a Halloween marathon without some ever-loving undead goodness, so here’s a comedy-horror from 2012. Directed and written by Alex Craig Mann, and unlike any other walking dead opus it was actually based on a play


THE UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS (OCTOBER 5TH)
YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU TAKES PART IN THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE; WATCHING ONE HORROR MOVIE A DAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. SOME OF THEM OLD, SOME OF THEM NEW, SOME OF THEM HAVE JUST BEEN ON OUR SHELVES FOR YEARS GATHERING DUST, STILL IN CELLOPHANE... Some people have got a theme for the films they are watching during the 31 days of Halloween challenge. They're watching only 80's slashers or anthology movies or Hammer horror or whatever. I on the other hand am attempting to


CLOWNING AROUND
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CLOWNS AND WHY THEY ARE SO SCARY Clowns are no strangers to the horror genre, with many films over the years featuring a homicidal face-painted antagonist. However in recent years their notoriety has grown, and even spilling into reality with a craze for dressing up as evil clowns, lurking behind bushes and peering in windows. Since the remake of ‘IT’ has been released this year it is smashing box office records and everyone seems to be talking about it. Af


THE INVISIBLE MAN (OCTOBER 4TH)
YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU TAKES PART IN THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE; WATCHING ONE HORROR MOVIE A DAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. SOME OF THEM OLD, SOME OF THEM NEW, SOME OF THEM HAVE JUST BEEN ON OUR SHELVES FOR YEARS GATHERING DUST, STILL IN CELLOPHANE... I have a confession to make. For someone who professes to be an avid horror fan, I've not actually seen as many of the old classics as I should have done. My defence is that as I was growing up and discovering my love for the g


THE VISITOR (OCTOBER 3RD)
YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU TAKES PART IN THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE; WATCHING ONE HORROR MOVIE A DAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. SOME OF THEM OLD, SOME OF THEM NEW, SOME OF THEM HAVE JUST BEEN ON OUR SHELVES FOR YEARS GATHERING DUST, STILL IN CELLOPHANE... One of the nice things about the “31 Days of Halloween” challenge is the way it makes you re-evaluate your home DVD/Blu-Ray collection. And for most of us genre fans that invariably means finding a “hidden treasure”. More often


WE ARE NOT ALONE (OCTOBER 2ND)
YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU TAKES PART IN THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE; WATCHING ONE HORROR MOVIE A DAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. SOME OF THEM OLD, SOME OF THEM NEW, SOME OF THEM HAVE JUST BEEN ON OUR SHELVES FOR YEARS GATHERING DUST, STILL IN CELLOPHANE... The decision making process for today's pick was admittedly influenced by the fact that I had to be out of the house and on my way to celebrate my mum's birthday. To be precise, I only had a 90 minute window and I decided to sc


FROSTBITE (OCTOBER 1ST)
YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU TAKES PART IN THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE; WATCHING ONE HORROR MOVIE A DAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER. SOME OF THEM OLD, SOME OF THEM NEW, SOME OF THEM HAVE JUST BEEN ON OUR SHELVES FOR YEARS GATHERING DUST, STILL IN CELLOPHANE... Frostbite is one of those movies that I purchased during those days where I blind bought titles that either a) looked mildly interesting b) had got good reviews or c) cost less than £5. Frostbite kind of ticked all those boxes.