Robert Kojder chats with Nanny star Anna Diop… Writer/director Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny has been a hit on the festival circuit, winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. The drama/horror hybrid weaving together the exploitation of a Senegalese immigrant nanny at the hands of an upper-class family and African folklore continues to pop up, recently having […]
Oscar Worthy Performances In Iconic Horror Films
EJ Moreno discusses Oscar-worthy acting performances in horror… Any film fan knows that it’s rare your personal favorite makes it to the biggest award show of the year. The Academy Awards voters are a tough crowd, especially when it comes to horror films. It feels like some major genre film is overlooked every year, and […]
October Horrors 2020 – Us (2019)
Us, 2019. Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker. SYNOPSIS: Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their children on a vacation to their beach house hoping to enjoy some sunshine and relaxation. The family’s fun, however, is ruined by the arrival of a […]
Six Great Performances That Should Have Been Oscar Nominated (But Weren’t)
Graeme Robertson with six great performances that should have been Oscar nominated but weren’t… It’s often seen as an actors dream to receive the much-coveted golden statue we know as the Oscar, with many great performances seeing their performers taking home the trophy and many more at least receiving the equally great honour of an […]
Ranking 2019’s 26 Biggest Horror Movies
EJ Moreno ranks 2019’s big horror releases… On the surface, it would seem that A24 and Blumhouse dominated horror this year with significant releases. But on closer inspection, 2019 has a wide variety of horror movies coming from all over the place. The genre is in such a great spot in 2019 with a little […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2019
The Flickering Myth writing team present our top ten movies of 2019… 2019. A year that has seen Disney dominating the multiplexes, the Mouse House setting records left, right and centre (not least Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which dethroned 2009’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time). It’s seen legendary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese […]
This is the Year for More Horror at the Oscars
EJ Moreno on seeing more horror films at the Oscars… To say the Academy Awards and horror movies have a complicated relationship would be an understatement. Throughout the storied history of the award show, the horror genre has rarely got proper recognition. That’s not saying it never happens, and I do believe some people forget […]
Jordan Peele’s Us gets the Pop! Vinyl treatment from Funko
Funko has unveiled a line of Pop! Movies vinyl figures for Jordan Peele’s acclaimed horror Us which includes Adelaide, Red, Abraham, Umbrae, Jason, and two variations of Pluto; check them out here… A mother (Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o from Black Panther, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and 12 Years a Slave) and a father (Winston Duke from Black Panther) take their kids […]
From Midsommar to Us: The 3 Big Ways that Contemporary Horror Movies Use Dance
Mary Kay McBrayer on the ways that contemporary horror movies use dance… I remember the moment I realized that dance and horror were linked. I showed my Jiddo (grandfather) a video of my favorite belly dancer. The music accompanying her was gooey and ethereal, a Middle Eastern electronica folk fusion, her makeup shimmered, her muscles […]
Favourites movies of 2019 so far with film critic Amon Warmann – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #42
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Amon Warmann pops by to discuss some of his favourite films from the first half of 2019… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Amon […]
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