Here comes the motherfucking bride: Gyllenhaal’s monster masterpiece is alive with anarchic joy. Maggie Gyllenhaal has done something remarkable with her sophomore feature, The Bride!: she’s taken the stitches and scars of cinema history and reanimated them into something entirely her own. The film wears its influences like badges of honour, … The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Feminist Frankenstein Reboot Is a Punk Rock TriumphRead more
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The Phantasm Franchise: A Spherical Journey Through Cinematic Insanity
Five films. Forty years. One very tall problem. A spherical journey through cinema’s most wonderfully confusing nightmare. There are certain horror franchises that play by the rules, and then there’s Phantasm, a series that seems to have been dreamt up by a feverish raccoon on a three-day bender after watching too … The Phantasm Franchise: A Spherical Journey Through Cinematic InsanityRead more
Why Lord of Illusions (1995) Remains Clive Barker‘s Finest Film
Ditching the Cenobites for private eyes and practical magic. You can spot them immediately. The ones who discovered Clive Barker through Hellraiser tend to worship at the altar of Pinhead, the Cenobites, and that particular brand of S&M cosmology. Then you have the ones who came for Candyman, finding a tragic monster in … Why Lord of Illusions (1995) Remains Clive Barker‘s Finest FilmRead more
Psycho Killer Review: A Satanic Slasher Caught Between Seven and Stereotype
Psycho Killer, a taut but flawed thriller that swaps the sophistication of Seven for a Satanic cliché, driven by a strong lead in Georgina Campbell From the writer who defined 90s cinematic darkness comes a new slasher that attempts to revisit the gritty serial killer thriller. Andrew Kevin Walker, the … Psycho Killer Review: A Satanic Slasher Caught Between Seven and StereotypeRead more
Beyond I Love You to Death: The Most Heartbreaking Romances in Horror
Beyond I Love You to Death: The Most Heartbreaking Romances in Horror The Fright Club Podcast are looking at heartbreak in horror for Valentine’s Day! Not unrequited love turned to stalkerism, because that’s been done to death and it’s not romantic. But the heartbreak and longing of love and loneliness. … Beyond I Love You to Death: The Most Heartbreaking Romances in HorrorRead more
The Best Horror Movies of 2025 and Why 2026 is Already Twitching
The Bloody Benchmark: The Best Horror Movies of 2025 and Why 2026 is Already Twitching You know, it’s funny. You spend a whole year bracing for the worst, and somehow horror movies end up being the best part of it. Let’s just put it out there: 2025 was a monster … The Best Horror Movies of 2025 and Why 2026 is Already TwitchingRead more
Beauty Horror: The gore-geous fairy tale micro-genre
Beauty Horror: the gore-geous fairy tale micro-genre The Substance (Coralie Fargeat, 2024) and The Ugly Stepsister (Emilie Blickfeldt, 2025) Horror moves in fashions, and sometimes something new crawls up from the sticky neural pathways of our subconscious. Often it drips blood – but in the last couple of years we’re … Beauty Horror: The gore-geous fairy tale micro-genreRead more
Somnium Movie Review: Hollywood’s Dream Nightmare
With hopes of making it big in LA, small-town Gemma takes the overnight shift at Somnium, a mysterious sleep clinic where dreams are made real, but soon finds herself trapped in its web of dark secrets. Somnium Movie Review: Hollywood’s Dream Nightmare Cain casts a spell both horrifying and hopeful. … Somnium Movie Review: Hollywood’s Dream NightmareRead more
We’re Not Safe Here: When Reality Becomes a Nightmare
We’re Not Safe Here: When Reality Becomes a Nightmare In his new film, We’re Not Safe Here, writer and director Solomon Gray melds together genres to craft a new kind of home invasion film. After vanishing, a woman returns with a chilling tale. Now, she and her friend are hunted by a dark … We’re Not Safe Here: When Reality Becomes a NightmareRead more
Zach Cregger’s Weapons: Brutal, Bizarre, and Bloody
Zach Cregger’s Weapons: Brutal, Bizarre, and Bloody When all but one child from the same classroom mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance. Release date: 8 August 2025 (UK) Director: Zach Cregger I’m not saying that Barbarian was … Zach Cregger’s Weapons: Brutal, Bizarre, and BloodyRead more
Jimmy and Stiggs- Drugs, Aliens, and Mayhem, Review
Jimmy and Stiggs: Drugs, Aliens, and Mayhem, Review Joe Begos’ brain-melting, eyeball-searing alien horror freakout Jimmy and Stiggs is officially now playing in theaters nationwide. The first theatrical release from Eli Roth’s new studio, The Horror Section, Jimmy and Stiggs is a 16mm practical-effects explosion that is becoming a full-blown cult phenomenon. · The Jimmy and Stiggs soundtrack is available now on Spotify, as well as on CD, … Jimmy and Stiggs- Drugs, Aliens, and Mayhem, ReviewRead more
Birthrite Film: Plot Holes & Wasted Talent
Presumably everyone involved read the script before shooting began, and that’s where the problem begins. Writers Patch Darragh and Erin Gann conjure up not a single new idea, and those borrowed thoughts they introduce they don’t follow through to any logical or even interesting conclusion. The writing is lazy, and … Birthrite Film: Plot Holes & Wasted TalentRead more
Shaman: Missionary Family’s Faith Tested
Shaman: Missionary Family’s Faith Tested Solid performances all around, plus gorgeous locations and some genuine surprises elevate the proceedings, but the pace is slow, the FX are weak, and the story too often falls prey to the cliché it’s trying to expose. (They also don’t get any of the Catholic … Shaman: Missionary Family’s Faith TestedRead more
Osiris (2025): Big Dumb Alien Fun, Movie Review
Osiris (2025) Special Forces commandos are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft and, upon awakening, find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival. (IMDB) Written by William Kaufman and Paul Reichelt Directed by William Kaufman Osiris: Big Dumb Alien Fun, Movie Review Osiris opens with … Osiris (2025): Big Dumb Alien Fun, Movie ReviewRead more
Kenzie Jennings, Putting the Splatter into Splatterpunk
Kenzie Jennings, Putting the Splatter into Splatterpunk A Horror Author Interview by Lionel Ray Green The debut novel Reception by Kenzie Jennings received, well, quite the reception, earning a Splatterpunk Awards nomination in 2020. The following year, her Splatter Western novella Red Station garnered another nomination. In 2023, Jennings received … Kenzie Jennings, Putting the Splatter into SplatterpunkRead more