Nov 4, 2014
Exclusive Review: NIGHTBREED: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT (2014) {0}
Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer), bemulletted and dressed as though he just stepped out of a Tom of Finland photograph, has been having dreams, about a place called Midian, “where the monsters live.” His former psychiatrist, Dr. Decker, is most interested to hear about Boone’s nocturnal imaginings, not because of any professional interest, but because Decker is a rapacious serial killer, who sees Boone as the perfect patsy, to take responsibility for his own heinous crimes, and convinces his former patient that he is guilty, giving him six hours to turn himself into the police. Instead, Boone finds his way to the fabled netherworld of his dreams, where the denizens accept him as one of their own.
Featurette: THE PYRAMID {0}
20th Century Fox has released a new featurette for its upcoming Egyptian-set horror film, The Pyramid, which is produced by Alexandre Aja (The Others, Horns), and directed by prolific horror screenwriter Grégory Levasseur (who scripted The Hills Have Eyes and Maniac remakes, as well as Mirrors and P2), making his directorial debut.
“A team of US archaeologists gets more than they bargained for when they discover a lost pyramid unlike any other in the Egyptian desert,” goes the official synopsis. “As they unlock the horrific secrets buried within, they realise they aren’t just trapped, they are being hunted.” It sounds as though it could be the plot of any of a number of recent Egyptian-themed horror films, from Day of the Mummy (http://thehorrorshow.tv/movie-display/day-mummy-2014) to The Mummy Resurrected, but with the marketing might of Fox behind it, this is likely to be the film that puts the Egyptian myth back on the map.
The Pyramid is released in UK cinemas on December 5th. Check out the featurette after the jump.
NEWS: Your Best Horror Films of the Year (So Far…) {0}
Last week, just in time for Halloween, we asked TheHorrorShow.TV customers, Facebook fans and Twitter followers – basically everyone we know – to vote for their best horror film of the year so far. Now, the votes have been counted, and the results are in! Can you guess what came top?
Nov 2, 2014
Book Review: SCI-FI: DAYS OF FEAR AND WONDER {0}
Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, the 162-page companion book to the BFI’s major science fiction retrospective, arguably has a great deal more Wonder than Fear, but there’s plenty for horror fans to get their teeth into, despite the absence of an essay on the sci-fi/horror subgenre that might best have encapsulated the theme of the retrospective.
VIDEO: Scott Weinberg’s Top 10 Horror Films of 2014 {0}
For our latest VODcast, we asked resident critic Scott Weinberg to pick his Top 10 horror films of 2014. What do you think of his selections? Agree? Disagree? Did he miss out any of our favourites? We want to know!
You can see his selections here:
Scott Weinberg’s Top 10 Horror Films of 2014 from TheHorrorShowTV on Vimeo.
TRAILER DROP: 28 Days Later/Dredd Screenwriter’s EX MACHINA {0}
Just 2.8 days after 28 Days Later was named “best British horror film of the 21st century” in a wide-ranging survey of horror filmmakers, critics and fans, the new trailer for 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Dredd screenwriter Alex Garland’s Ex Machina has arrived.
Oct 28, 2014
THE BABADOOK: A PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE {0}
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If the new horror movie The Babadook really is the scariest film of the year, as many critics have claimed (a view with which we tend to agree), it isn’t because there’s something inherently terrifying about a monster from a book coming to life; at least, not in any rational sense. It’s scary because the creature that gives the film its name, and its horrifying dark presence, is more than just a monster under the bed, the thing hiding in the shadows. It’s the darkness within us all: the shadow.
In the story, from first-time writer-director Jennifer Kent, Amelia (Essie Davis) has suffered a unique tragedy: driving to the hospital to have her first child, Amelia’s beloved husband is killed in a car crash, leaving her alone to raise their son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Every year, instead of being a celebration, Samuel’s birthday is a bitter reminder of Amelia’s tragic loss. But as his seventh birthday approaches, Samuel’s growing obsession with fighting monsters threatens to wreak havoc on their lives as they appear to be menaced by a creature known as ‘The Babadook’, which has seemingly come to life from the pages of a book Samuel finds on the shelf. “If it’s in a word, or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of The Babadook…” goes the story, which suggests that the creature is named for his distinctive knock: Ba-ba-ba-dook-dook-DOOK! But what is the story really about?
