Frankenstein (1931) To be remembered in the popular consensus as the most famous version of a tale over eighty years after release is something of an achievement. To have this whilst being an adaptation, not even the first adaptation, of that tale is even more of an achievement. Not to take away from either the source … More It’s Alive: Our Review of Frankenstein

The House That Dripped Blood (1971) When you get right down to it to principle concern of the horror genre is the making of money. There’s money to be earned into appealing to humanities baser senses, and it doesn’t come much baser than being terrified. It’s not surprising really, you can be sure of a much … More Bad History: Our Review of The House That Dripped Blood

TERROR TRAIN (1980)   You know what sucks? Railway travel. At least in the UK anyway. Now don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good journey on the locomotion just as much as the next late 19th century gentleman, but goodness, have they let me down recently. Erratic, rowdy and overpriced, whatever happened to the … More Off the Rails: Our Review of Terror Train (1980)

Evil Dead II (1987) A lot of the time you just feel you can do something better a second-time round, this can range from something as vast as your entire life to something as insignificant as wishing you had ordered opted for the meat feast rather than the chicken and sweetcorn once the pizzas arrive. … More Dead by Dawn: Our Review of Evil Dead II

The Evil Dead (1981) Reputation can be a funny thing. When there is one it will almost always precede you. When it becomes such common knowledge, it can often give the opposing opinion when finally confronted with the evidence first-hand. How often is it that after being told that something is the best thing since … More Gore Simple: Our Review of The Evil Dead

The Ward (2010) If you had told us in 1980 that Alfred Hitchcock had one last film being released, we may have reacted with slight trepidation but still have gone to see it. If you had told us in 1990 that Francis Ford Coppola was directing a new sequel to The Godfather, we would have wondered … More Getting Too Old for This Shit: Our Review of The Ward

  The Cottage (2008) After the release of Shaun of the Dead in 2004, there was a strange boom of horror-comedies in Britain, such as Severance (2006), Botched (2006), Doghouse (2009), Tormented (2009), Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009). They always featured dour, clumsy Brits (the kind you’d find in a Britcom) being dropped into typical horror … More Carry On Cottaging: Our Review of The Cottage

The Thing from Another World (1951) It can be very difficult to live in a shadow. It can be even more difficult to live in the shadow of someone that came after you. It can be yet more difficult to live in the shadow of someone that came after you and that owes its very existence … More Watch the Skies: Our Review of The Thing from Another World

The Changeling (1980)   The greatest ghost stories are never about ghosts, but rather about the people being haunted by ghosts. Like so many ghost stories of the gothic tradition, The Changeling is largely about loss, and  the search for closure. Indeed, it’s the loss of the protagonist’s wife and daughter in a freak road … More How Did You Die, Joseph? Our Review of The Changeling