The 1980s is often held up as the golden decade of horror. The slasher subgenre was in full swing, practical effects were reaching new heights and the rapid growth of the video rental market allowed indie filmmakers to bypass the studio system, at least to some extent. The result was a wave of diverse, inventive and gloriously campy horror films. Franchises like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and The Evil Dead were born, and culturally, it feels like we've been a

EVIL DEAD BURN (18) Director: Sebatsien Vanicek Screenplay: Sebatsien Vanicek, Florent Bernard, Sam Raimi Starring: Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan Running time: 110 minutes Cinema ​ Review: David Stephens Is there a more consistent horror franchise than “Evil Dead”? After all, there hasn’t been a ‘bad’ film entry yet. That’s a personal opinion, obviously, so argue amongst yourselves if you disagree. The original and the sequel were (of course) classics in th

There’s something kind of admirable about a horror film that throws absolutely everything at the wall regardless of whether any of it sticks. It feels like we got a lot more of that in the 80s too and The Incubus (1982) is very much that kind of film. Directed by John Hough – a man responsible for far classier genre efforts such as Twins of Evil (1971), The Legend of Hell House (1973) and Disney’s surprisingly creepy The Watcher in the Woods (1980) – this is a strange, messy,

It's not always easy to keep track of the world of horror day-to-day. So here's a round up of what's happened last month and a glimpse of wh

Terence Fisher is a director rightly beloved by horror fans. Over the course of his career, he helmed 29 Hammer Horror films and played a pivotal role in reshaping the genre throughout the 1950s and 1960s

It's not always easy to keep track of the world of horror day-to-day. So here's a round up of what's happened last month and a glimpse of wh

It's not always easy to keep track of the world of horror day-to-day. So here's a round up of what's happened last month and a glimpse of wh

A look back at the last fifty years of horror cinema - with a list of five recommended picks from each year.

It's not always easy to keep track of the world of horror day-to-day. So here's a round up of what's happened last month and a glimpse of wh

By 1984, slasher mania was probably at its absolute peak. The success of Halloween and the ever-growing Friday the 13th series meant we were drowning in low-budget tales of teenagers being picked off by some masked (or unmasked) psychopath. Sure, the quality control wasn’t exactly stellar. Not everything in ’84 could be A Nightmare on Elm Street, but there was still plenty of scrappy B-movie fun to be had. And Silent Madness is definitely one of those.