Guest blogger Greg Porter of Dragondark and Cult TV Times reviews the new U.K. release of Evil Dead (2013) from Studiocanal. Official Synopsis A remote cabin in the woods becomes a blood-soaked chamber of horrors when a group of 20-something…
The 14th Film4 FrightFest in London felt renewed, as if the organisers had looked at the genre and what it has been going through since the last event, and having taken stock, curated a selection that showed it to be…
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Thursday 22nd August sees the world premiere of The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers. Hopes are high following their 2010 Frightfest screening of The Dead, which was a genuine surprise that year: a Romero-style zombie flick shot on film in…
World War Z reviewed by Simon Hooper A friend recently found himself in Glasgow via the wonder of an overcomplicated train table and, having arrived at the unintended destination, proceeded to drown his sorrows through the medium of strong lager.…
Welcome to the fourth issue of Dark Side Digital, our monthly online supplement to the full magazine.
The Mutations was the result of a collaboration between two American writers – Santos Alcocer (writing under the pseudonym ‘Edward Mann’) and Robert D. Weinbach. The two had begun their horror film partnership in 1968, with the Mexican quickie Cauldron…
Star Trek Into Darkness 3D There’s a story that a young lad who went by the name of Scott ‘Scotty’ Mc Scott, apparently of Scottish lineage, went to a rough school. So rough that when the Physics teacher asked his…
IRON MAN 3D I’ve always wanted to copyright my very own superhero, and I once spotted a niche that I felt could make me a packet. Every guy wants to look immaculate, right ladies? What the world needs is a…
Welcome to the third issue of Dark Side Digital, our monthly online supplement to the full magazine (and now iPad and tablet friendly).
Evil Dead (2013) Sam Raimi’s original micro budgeted ‘experience in gruelling terror’ quickly gained notoriety in the early 80’s, falling foul of the UK’s video recording act but ultimately launching his career. Over the years the film has gained somewhat…
Calum Waddell meets exploitation legend Fred Williamson, who had three rules for his movie career: “The first is that youcannot kill me, the second is that I have to win all of my fights and the third is that I get the girl at the end.”