Tom Jolliffe on the rise of Anya Taylor-Joy and just how far she could go… Have you seen The Queen’s Gambit? Have you? What about you? You must see The Queen’s Gambit (and repeat ad nauseum). The latest water cooler TV show that only a few sad wretches haven’t yet seen is making waves across […]
Why Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a remake to get behind
Tom Jolliffe looks at the potential greatness lurking within a Robert Eggers version of Nosferatu… Robert Eggers has blazed a trail to the forefront of folk horror. His very auteur approach to horror cinema belies some of the cheaper tricks that other modern horror film-makers might rest on. Eggers has never been about jump scares […]
Robert Eggers’ The Witch receiving new limited edition 4K and Blu-ray release
Second Sight Films has announced that Robert Eggers’ 2015 acclaimed directorial debut The Witch is set to receive a new limited edition 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray run on April 18th; check out the cover artwork and special feature details below… UPDATE: Second Sight has announced that is has delayed the release to June 20th […]
The Best Modern Horror Film Scores of the Past Two Decades
Hasitha Fernando on the best modern horror film scores of the past two decades… Halloween is nearly upon us and what better time than the eve of All Hallows Eve to sit back and listen to some great horror-tinged music. With that in mind here are 8 Modern Horror Film scores from the last two […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Witch (2015)
The Witch, 2015. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson. SYNOPSIS: In 1630s New England, a family of puritan settlers confront evil forces besieging their new isolated home. Every culture is steeped in folklore and folk tale. The best of these old stories tinged […]
Movie Review – The Witch (2016)
The Witch, 2016. Written and Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson. SYNOPSIS: A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. Writer/Director Robert Eggers’ first feature film The Witch has an intriguing effect for […]
Terrifying Witch Horror Movies That Will Chill You To The Bone
Marvelous Videos presents the season of the witch…. Witches are a perennial staple of Halloween, but that prominence amongst kid decorum and costume fantasies has ruined their original mythological nature. These creepy old hags didn’t emerge out of nowhere – there was this genuine fear amongst older civilizations that individuals (mostly women) were capable of […]
Ultraviolent action thriller The Witch gets a UK trailer
Signature Entertainment has unveiled a UK trailer for Park Hoon-jung’s ultraviolent action thriller The Witch, which is set for a digital release next month; check it out below, along with the official synopsis… 10 years ago, Ja-yoon escaped from a government facility during an inexplicable incident and lost all her memory. She grows up to […]
The Problem with Hereditary’s Marketing
Helen Murdoch on the problem with Hereditary’s marketing… All of the recent 5 star reviews of Ari Aster’s horror Hereditary have got me thinking about what we expect going into a film versus what we actually see. Hereditary depicts the most horrific displays of grief that I’ve ever seen committed to screen, but based on […]
59th BFI London Film Festival announces 2015 award winners
Yesterday evening, the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express announced the 2015 award winners at a high profile ceremony in London’s Banqueting House in Whitehall. OFFICIAL COMPETITION WINNER – BEST FILM: CHEVALIER – Athina Rachel Tsangari Pawel Pawlikowski said “Chevalier is a study of male antagonism seen though the eyes of a […]
