The recent influx of horror remakes has led to a large number of disappointing horror experiences (mostly scanty J-Horror remakes). Director Glen Morgan (most renowned in the slasher world for his production and writing skills on Final Destination and Final Destination 3) has interrupted this trend of disappointments with his praiseworthy remake of... Click to read more "Black Christmas"
Following 2005's heavily criticized Boogeyman (not to be confused with the 1980's Video Nasty The Boogeyman) comes 2008's aptly titled Boogeyman 2 to once again take a slashers eye view of terrified teen's greatest fears. As would be expected of a straight-to-DVD slasher movie, Boogeyman 2 fits into the slasher template quite nicely, a bit of legen... Click to read more "Boogeyman 2"
Another movie on the "Why the hell was this classed as a Video Nasty?" list is Ulli Lommel's The Boogeyman. Admittedly The Boogeyman is a movie from 1980 and was probably quite extreme compared to UK Saturday evening TV but, compared to some of the cannibal movies and exploitation flicks on the DPP video nasty banned list, it is simply a low budget... Click to read more "The Boogeyman"
The Burning is a slasher movie from 1981 that managed to get itself banished to the video nasty list. It fortified the genre but, unfortunately, didn't have the impact it should have for a number of reasons. It is often compared to Friday the 13th and quite rightly so; a group of hormonally charged teenagers at summer camp get stalked by a disfigur... Click to read more "The Burning"
J-Horror movies are not renowned for being sick and disturbing and usually rely on shocks, scares and an abundance of creepiness, Carved - The Slit Mouthed Woman (Kuchisake-onna) breaks this mould and manages to combine supernatural Japanese mythology with relentless depiction of and a flippant attitude towards kidnapping, beating the crap out of, ... Click to read more "Carved - The Slit-Mouthed Woman (Kuchisake-onna)"
Rob Zombie's first major assault on horror viewers senses is 2003's House of 1000 corpses, and what a violent assault it is. Strangely this movie was dropped by MGM and Universal until finally getting a limited theatrical release by Lionsgate... and we're so glad it did. This movie is a truly twisted and violent look at crazy family of inbred mania... Click to read more "House of 1000 Corpses"
Having heard nothing but condemnation for the work of Uwe Boll and being uninitiated in his perception of art, Seed was quite an unpleasantly shocking yet pleasantly disturbing surprise. There is no doubt that this movie was created just to inspire media hysteria and if the media cared about the work of Uwe Boll it is a certainty that there would h... Click to read more "Seed"
Shutter is a Thai horror movie directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom. The movie begins with photographer Tun (Ananda Everingham) and a few friends having a get together with copious amounts of alcohol. Later when Tun is being driven home by his girlfriend Jane (Nattaweeranuch Thongmee) they hit a girl standing in the road, they de... Click to read more "Shutter"
