Jun
25
2026
Second Sight films bring us a new box-set Blu-Ray release of the three films in the Ginger Snaps trilogy. I've long been a fan of the first film, called simply Ginger Snaps (2000), as it came along at a time when horror seemed...
May
27
2025
We have some fantastic news for horror and book fans today as Telos Publishing is pleased to announce that they have signed THE MAKING OF THE DESCENT, a coffee table book looking at the behind-the-scenes and making of Neil...
Jun
13
2024
Demon Records have joined forces with HMV for the next release of a Doctor Who vinyl … and this is on something called 'HMV Vinyl Week' … not sure what that is, but it seems to be a week...
May
24
2024
I have a long history with Mr Numan! Way back in the mists of ancient time, my brother Alan and I happened to catch him and Tubeway Army performing 'Are "Friends" Electric?' on Top of the Pops ... some research suggests...
Oct
17
2022
I'm a massive fan of Clive Barker and his work ... from the moment those first Books of Blood were published I was hooked on his imagery and sheer imaginative skill in spinning tales.
One of his first novellas was called 'The...
Jun
01
2022
I love a good monster film ... and sometimes I think we don't get enough of them ... but Shark Bait falls back on a tried and tested trope: Sharks! Yes, those much-maligned denizens of the sea, who have...
Apr
22
2022
Oh, my word. There is so much to say about this episode of my old favourite Doctor Who ... it was so anticipated following the trailer at the end of the previous episode which revealed that the Sea Devils -...
Jan
24
2022
There's a lot of material on the streaming services these days, so when something appears which is actually really good, it's worth shouting about and Netflix's ARCHIVE 81 is such a show!
Archive 81 is an 8 part, hour-long set...
Jan
10
2022
The Jack in the Box was a fairly decent 2019 film, now available on Prime. The premise was simple, there's a 'haunted' Jack in the Box toy, which, if opened, allows the demon within to emerge and to take 6 victims.Â
Written...
Nov
22
2021
I suppose when all other variations on a theme have been exhausted, then you go for the jugular with something that is as obvious as its title, Puppet Killer.
Thus Puppet Killer is just that, a film about a...
Nov
19
2021
What on earth did I just watch? It’s a Christmas film, yes, but it’s so bad ... Part of the PR described it as Home Alone ... but that film is fun and engaging. This was just slow and...
Apr
19
2021
Love and Monsters crept upon us ... and we watched it on Netflix the other night ... it's a revelation!It starts with a nice Zombieland vibe with a narration and animations from our genial hero, Joel Dawson (Dylan O'Brien)...
