Tag: Horror
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by Nathan Brown Bloodsuckers, flesheaters and nymphomaniacs: horror cinema has long traded on a primal fear of uncontained female appetites. Afterall, in a world where women’s desire for food, sex and capital has been fiercely policed by patriarchal social norms, what could be scarier than a hungry woman? – Dundead Film Festival I first attended…
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by Laura Barnes “This whole city’s goin’ to hell!” the thick Brooklyn accent bursts from Cultplex’s speakers. “Ya can’t take a pee anywhere!” And the cinema erupts into laughter, unrestrained and infectious. Tonight, Cultplex has been taken over by the motley crew over at Interference Films, a Manchester-based collective dedicated to sourcing and screening lost…
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by Janine Riddell On 15th April I had the opportunity to attend an intimate screening of Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014). The location was Nottingham’s very own The Carousel. Located in the Hockley district, it’s a vibrant hub of artistic flare and home to some of the very best…
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by Ros Tibbs British horror has yet to truly be given its flowers, especially independent British horror. However, the Rich Mix in Shoreditch is dedicated to platforming and pushing for underground yet artistically passionate genre filmmaking to receive the appropriate attention. One event which demonstrated this was the world premiere of Ned Caderni’s Worm, a…
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By Mary Morgan @msmarymorgan Give me vengeance and give me death! Give me bloody women! You can often find me cheering for blood as credits fade to black and the lights come up, revealing my absolute undying bloodlust. But it’s so much more than just loving my avenging women and their blood-soaked hands. I am,…
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by Celina Eve I knew little of Canadian made Dead Lover when I went to see the film in Soho, a week or so before its UK release date of 20th March. It premiered at Sundance on January 24, 2025. Just from the trailer, however, I was certain I’d be in for a treat. I…
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By Adam Page I have spent enough time in dark places, both literal and metaphorical, to know that monsters have always been queer. I don’t mean in the reductive sense, or the cheap metaphorical way that is always trotted out at film school seminars. I mean queer in the original sense of the word: unsettling,…
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by Daniel Owens The routine was firmly established by now. I’d arrive home on a night after an hour’s journey from Oxford Community College where I “studied” music (“got high, failed to learn anything and screamed into a microphone in an attempt at being a metal vocalist” would be a more accurate description). I wouldn’t…
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by Ashley B Red ‘Uncanny Valley’ is a term first coined in 1970 by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori. It refers to a robot or a doll which isn’t quite ‘fully human’. Late Wednesday evening I found myself seated within the rich rouge red chairs in the front row of The Rio Cinema in Dalston, East…
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by Mary Muñoz Released in 1935, The Bride of Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, is widely regarded as one of the greatest sequels in cinematic history. Building on the foundation of Frankenstein (1931), the film expands the narrative and emotional depth of Mary Shelley’s original story, while introducing new characters and themes that resonate with…
