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... Waxwork is a film that I have obviously been aware of for a number of years but I figured that I’d seen The House of Wax so why did I need to see more of the same? I realise that’s pretty reductive and it’s possibly more to do

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... Writer/Director Jeremy Saulnier is held in high regards by man genre fans – mainly because of two movies. Blue Ruin and Green Room. Although neither are strictly horror, they are on the fringes of our beloved genre. His latest

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... Look, I know it's not the 'cool' thing to say as a genre fan but I bloody love me a little bit of found footage horror. There are undoubtedly some really bad examples of this lo-fi style of film-making as it has made it a littl

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... There are some actors that are universally likeable aren't there? Tom Hanks is one. That man is incapable of playing a 'baddie' as he's just so bloody lovely isn't he? Hugh Jackman and Will Smith are quite high up on my list to

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... If there is one film that I have been told to watch more than any other over the last couple of years, it's What We Do in the Shadows. Everyone that has seen it seems to love it and I've got no real excuse for not watching it q

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... Occasionally I watch a movie that is almost universally disliked and I come away thinking 'that wasn't actually too bad'. Part of it is down to lowered expectations I guess. It can work the other way too when you are told that

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... Ok, time was a little short tonight I admit - so instead of watching a feature length film I opted for a short film instead. The length of short films also ranges quite dramatically it must be said and although I was half tempt

I know they've been trailering season 10 of The Walking Dead for some time now but it still feels like it's snuck up on me somehow. We've made a concerted effort to avoid some of the promos and trailers as I think the hype and build up can work against the show when it eventually resumes. And tonight it resumed pretty much where it left off at the end of season 9, which is in the middle of an uneasy truce forged with The Whisperers. In terms of timespan, we've actually moved

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... Sometimes you watch a film and although you don’t really know what’s going on, you kinda enjoy it. And even when the credits roll and you’re still frowning, your takeaway is that it was a generally viewing experience, despite t

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... Most audiences will know Writer/Director S. Craig Zahler from 2016's 'Bone Tomahawk', a nasty western horror that feels like a mash up between The Searchers and The Hills Have Eyes. Since then he's gone on to make another bruta