The DÆMON | universal forces connect in Cosmic Horror
The DÆMON is a Cosmic Horror that takes on big issues with the chilling burn that there are forces greater than us out there
Demon of the tunnel: Welcome to Hell | passion resurrected
DEMON OF THE TUNNEL: Welcome to Hell is out on the eve of Halloween, Jack Turner talks about resurrecting a passion project
Re-Animator | Dr Eddie Falvey celebrates 1980s horror!
Dr Eddie Falvey, Lecturer in the School of Arts + Media at Plymouth College of Art, has released a book on the cult horror classic Re-Animator
Popular Themes in Film That We Can’t Get Enough Of
From luxury that’s our of reach to horror that’s way too close, there are some popular themes in film that keeps on drawing us back
Relic review/horror hangs heavy on the metaphor
The horror Relic tugs heavily on metaphor and seems to take plenty of pointers from The Babadook to make its point. Simon Roger Key reviews
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Taker by Alexander Blackwood / inspired by nightmares study
Taker is a short horror by Alexander Blackwood inspired by a study into the blind people and nightmares. It was filmed at Burrator Reservoir in Devon
Special screening of ground-breaking animated horror-doc Borley Rectory in Exeter
The tale of Borley Rectory was well-known for its hauntings. Exeter director Ashley Thorpe is back in Exeter with his ground-breaking animated horror doc for a special screening at the Exeter Phoenix
Horror-On-Sea Festival -hit horror fest that refuses to die!
Southend on Sea hosts one of the UK’s biggest horror film festival in the form of the Horror-On-Sea Festival, with loads of features, shorts and a blend of humour, atmosphere and suspense.
‘The most horrific family reunion in American history’: stills from US indie horror Anders Manor
Anders Manor promises to be ‘The most horrific family reunion in American history’. Here are some stills from the US indie production
The Childhood of a Leader: the birth of a terrifying ego
Tom Leins reviews The Childhood of a Leader, The 9th Life of Louis Drax and The Wailing in his roundup in Sex, Leins & Videotape #220
Sex, Leins & Videotape #200
Tom Leins hits the 200 mark in his DVD review round ups, with his take on Whiplash, The Loft, A Most Violent Year and The Sleeping Room
Independent horror rises in Cornwall at the Cornwall Horror Festival – call for films!
The Cornwall Horror Festival is on the look out for scary films -including 3D horror flicks. Submit your horror movie now!
Sex, Leins & Videotape #175. Tom Leins reviews The Americans, We Are What We Are and For Those In Peril.
Retro espionage, unhealthy appetites and watery graves -Tom Leins reviews the week’s best DVDs: The Americans, We Are What We Are and For Those In Peril
Sex, Leins & Videotape #173. Tom Leins reviews In A World, Piercing Brightness and The Colony
Quirky comedy, art-house sci-fi and post-apocalyptic chills are on the agenda in this week’s DVD round-up, with In A World, Piercing Brightness and The Colony
Sex, Leins & Videotape #166. Tom Leins reviews The Deep, Breakout and Twixt
Cinematic endurance tests are the order of the day, as The Deep, Breakout and Twixt go under the movie microscope.
Borley Rectory horror animation funding campaign kicks in
Successful Exeter filmmaker, Ashley Thorpe is turning to crowdfunding for his next horror masterpiece. He got in touch with news of his new horror venture
Sex, Leins & Videotape #154. Tom Leins reviews Sweet Vengeance, Dead Mine and White Collar Hooligan 2
Tom Leins casts a critical eye over a trio of straight-to-DVD thrillers.
Sex, Leins & Videotape #153. Tom Leins reviews Bait and The Facility
The Bait has plenty going for it in terms of tense creature feature thriller, and The Faculty offers dodgy medical testing shenanigans. Tom Leins reviews
Borley Rectory teaser trailer for crowd-funding campaign
Borley Rectory, once reputed at the most haunted house in England, is set for a film from British horror maestro Ashley Thorpe
Sex, Leins & Videotape #147. Tom Leins reviews Sinister, Beasts of the Southern Wild and Pusher
Thrills, chills and (Bathtub) spills are all on the agenda in this week’s DVD round-up. At the outset of Sinister (Momentum) struggling true crime writer Ellison (Ethan Hawke, Training Day) attempts to revive his waning career by moving his unwitting family to the scene of his latest story, more specifically the suburban home of a…
Sex, Leins & Videotape #145. Tom Leins reviews American Mary, The House at the End of the Street and Enlightened
Body-horror, cat and mouse thrills and the latest comedy-drama from HBO -Tom Leins checks out this week’s strangest DVD releases. Directed by the Soska Sisters (also known as the Twisted Twins!) American Mary (Universal) offers a sick, slick spin on the well-worn female revenge thriller. Struggling to make ends meet while studying to be a…
Sex, Leins & Videotape #139: Halloween horror DVD special: American Horror Story, Chernobyl Diaries, Cockneys Vs Zombies and Dark Tide.
Trick or treat? Tom Leins reviews a disturbing selection of Halloween horror DVDs. Created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, who previously collaborated on hit shows such as Nip/Tuck and Glee, American Horror Story: The Complete First Season (20th Century Fox) tells the story of the Harmon family, who move into a restored…
Sex, Leins & Videotape #138. Tom Leins reviews Hung, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Rosewood Lane
Gigolos, vampire killers and a psychotic paperboy -just another typical week in DVD-land! Buoyed by a tremendously likable central performance by one-time Punisher Thomas Jane, Hung became one of the more unassuming dramas in the HBO stable when it made its debut in June 2009. Hung is essentially the story of Ray Drecker (Jane), a…
Live New York performance of Devon filmmaker’s latest script
A radio play by horror filmmaker Ashley Thorpe is being given a live performance in the Tales from Beyond the Pale season in New York
Dartmoor’s answer to The Blair Witch Project? Tom Leins spends A Night In The Woods
Devon’s most haunted spot on Dartmoor is an ominous presence in the micro-horror A Night In The Woods
Berberian Sound Studio defies easy labelling and is all the better for it
A film about the sound of horror films … that isn’t technically a horror film itself? Berberian Sound Studio is hard to pin down and entirely, excitingly original
British Cinema Olympics: The Wicker Man (1973): Gold Medal for Horror
British fever is all the rage at the moment so I’m kicking off a 3 part rundown of British cinema, centering on the genres of Comedy, Horror and Kitchen Sink Realism. The Gold Medal for Horror goes to The Wicker Man
Filmmakers take the axe to history in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Brace yourselves everyone … It’s the latest historical mash-up movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, produced by Tim Burton and directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Does it have bite or is it toothless?
Contemporary Genre Classic: Ravenous
Neither Western nor Horror, the genre illusive Ravenous is the second in Simon Roger Key’s contemporary genre classic series
A Night In The Woods conjours up horror in Wistman’s Wood
A Night In The Woods is about ‘what happens on a camping trip in Dartmoor’s Wistman’s Wood’.Dartmoor’s legend-filled wooded grove
