Patrizia Dahlia Thompson

“That's Not Something You See Everyday - Demonic Possession On Live TV!!" Late Night With The Devil - the third film from Cameron and Colin Cairnes - takes obvious inspiration from the seminal (and controversial) BBC film Ghostwatch.…

Content warning: here be spoilers (I guess), and discussions of depictions of extreme content. This is extreme horror. Discretion is advised. In this instalment of my series on extreme horror, we're going deeper, diving into the work of…

Cast your mind back to the mid to late 2000’s. The moral panic du jour in Britain was “hoodies”, the fear that the fabric of society would be destroyed by gangs of feral hooded youth. Talk of “broken Britain” fuelled asbos, countless…

This review includes reference to reports of abuse, including sexual abuse. Satan Wants You - the new documentary by Steve. J Adams and Sean Horlor - throws the viewer back in to the era of the “Satanic Panic.” The era was…

Patrizia Dahlia Thompson is here with the first in a new series on extreme horror! Sit back and get ready to scream! When Evil Lurks - the fifth film from Demián Rugna - is a nasty horror film. Let me be clear, I mean that in the best…

Warning: whilst I won't discuss the final act, if you care about Saw X spoilers, it's probably best to read this after seeing the film. An apt comparison for the experience of Saw X-the 10th instalment in the 19 year old franchise - is…

“Watcha reading about?” “Amputation”“For work?”“No. Just for fun” May was a film that was a teenage favourite of mine. As a strange kid I could relate to May’s social awkwardness. Plus I used to show it to goth girls to try…

House of 1000 Corpses was the debut of rock star Rob Zombie (Robert Cummings to his mother). Zombie started out with the excellent industrial-tinged rock band White Zombie. Exploding out of the New York underground they cut a distinctive…

When you have been a fan of horror and action cinema for a long time, it's easy to get jaded and dare I say, desensitised. You live for those moments where you can't believe the film is doing what it is. Be it heads crushed underfoot,…