TRICK ‘R TREAT (2007) 4 stars Arrow Video. 4K UHD Limited Edition. 28th October TRICK ‘R TREAT is a great anthology horror which cleverly intermingles it’s tales of terror mixed in with humour to give a more cohesive narrative –…
HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE (2023) 3 stars Beyond Visible Films. UK and Ireland digital platforms. 14 October One of those found footage films that actually works, because they have a genuine reason to be shooting footage, HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE inevitably draws…
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE/THE SEVENTH VICTIM (both 1943) 4 stars Criterion Collection. 4K UHD+ Blu Ray Two famous productions from producer Val Lewton, which I very likely saw first on the Double Bills on the Beeb back in the…
DOGRA MOGRA (1988) 3 stars Radiance Films. Limited Edition Blu ray. 28th October The film opens kind of freakily – a floating foetus. A woman being strangled. Dissonant music. Puts you on edge immediately. A young man (Yôji Matsuda) awakens…
THE LAST SACRIFICE (2024) 4 stars Intermission – Official Selection at Sitges Film Festival It seems in the 60s and 70s, Britain was a hotbed of witches covens and Black Magic ceremonies – it was also a time when a…
MEMBERS CLUB (2024) 3 stars Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. Digital Platforms 21st October We seem to have a tradition in the U.K. of creating small scale, low budget, often unambitious horror comedies which will probably only ever play here, rather than…
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) 5 stars Criterion Collection. 4K UHD + Blu ray. Out Now Probably one of the most famous horror films of all time and hugely influential, George A. Romero’s low budget NIGHT OF THE LIVING…
TERRIFIER 3 (2024) 3 stars (4 stars if you are a gorehound!) Signature Entertainment. Cinema. 11th October Is Art the Clown heading towards being a horror icon for the 21st century? I am sure creator Damien Leone and actor David…
BLOOD STAR (2024) 3 stars Plaion Pictures. Digital Download. Out Now Prologue opens with a girl stumbling through the desert at night. She is distressed. A car is following her. The unseen driver gets out and drops a pistol and…
THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY (2023) 3 stars Acorn Media International. Blu ray, DVD and Digital. Out Now Another day, another short run, six episode spin-off from THE WALKING DEAD Universe – though, like the Darryl Dixon one this has…
THE EXORCIST III (1990) 4 stars Arrow Video. 4K UHD Limited Edition. 7th October In this second sequel to the classic original, writer William Peter Blatty takes the helm basing his script on his book ‘Legion’. This is more a…
DIE BEFORE YOU DIE (2024) 4 stars Bulldog Film Distribution. Select Cinemas Out Now. On demand 28th October Adi (Ziad Abaza, who also co-wrote the script with director Dan Pringle), is a self absorbed vlogger, more interested in pleasing and…