Halloween

It’s Halloween time and that means two things; fancy-dress and horror films. Although I can’t comment on your skimpy witch outfits or give you tips on getting the best fake blood effects for the big night, if you are staying in I can…

When I was growing up I was not allowed watch horror films. To a budding film enthusiast their complete absence from my growing viewing inventory only stoked my curiosity to find out what was so special about these movies. On Friday…

Earlier this year, John Carpenter released his debut studio album, Lost Themes. The acclaim it received from many music critics, many of whom would presumably be sick to the back teeth of 80s revivalism, showed that perhaps Carpenter would…

Source Code (2011) Dir. Duncan Jones Duncan Jones (director of the fantastic Moon (2009) and son of David Bowie) directs this sci-fi version of Groundhog Day (without the funny) about a soldier (Jake Gyllenhall) repeating the same…

Tuesday 28th October My brother is moving in with Xbox girl. Mother thinks this is a great idea, despite the fact that he has no job and as far as we know, met her two weeks ago. She said “isn't young love grand.” Which made it…

No organisation quite captures the air of genteel decay that pervaded English society in the Georgian era quite like the Hellfire Club. The 18th and early 19th century was a hard time for England. A succession of wastrel princes became…

Part three in our list of alternative horror films to watch this Halloween. Here's part one and part two. Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2012) Drew Goddard’s directorial debut is now a Halloween must for me, Cabin in the…

Those looking for an enjoyable scare for the Halloween season are unlikely to seek one out in a European medieval manuscript. Those things are stuffy and deeply religious, right? It would just be silly to look for anything creepy…

5 more films in our list of alternative horror films to check out this Halloween. Funny Games (1997 & 2007) Dir. Michael Haneke Director Michael Haneke made this deeply unsettling film originally in German in 1997 before…

The story of how Margaret Keane became one of the most successful artists in America that nobody had ever heard of is both fascinating and terribly sad. For over 20 years Margaret was a virtual slave to her husband Walter who took the…