Tag: Horror
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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…
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by Emma Arneil Being a teenager is hellish. Your body is changing at a terrifying rate. Your friendships, once solid, can now feel fraught with tension, and your parents seem to clamp down harder on you just as you’re trying to pull away. The desire for freedom, while still being stuck under someone else’s roof and rules.…
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by Isabelle Cocozza On Friday the 24th of October, Bristol’s own genre film festival held at the Bristol Megascreen IMAX Cinema, Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, returned with THE BIG SCREAM! This time, a two night festival of Ozploitation (Australian Exploitation) triple bills! Friday night consisted of LONG WEEKEND (1978), NEXT OF KIN (1982) and BODY…
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by Megan Hilborne On October 13th, I had the opportunity to attend the Frankenstein gala at the BFI London Film Festival, where director Guillermo del Toro introduced the star-studded cast of his latest film: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, David Bradley, Charles Dance, Lars Mikkelsen, and Felix Kammerer. As del Toro stepped…
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Transbians rejoice! Alice Maio Mackay returns with a witchy, lesbian romance, a treat for queer folk and horror fans alike!
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by Isabelle Cocozza This review is attemptedly spoiler-free, only generally known plot point spoilers are included. I would advise going into this film blind, before reading regardless. On Sunday 24th of August, I went to London’s Leicester Square ODEON Luxe for Frightfest – the UK’s biggest horror and genre film festival – for the worldwide…
