Despite the brutal horror in Midsommar, the images that’ll stick with you after the credits roll are all close ups of Florence Pugh’s face. Pugh crying inconsolably. Pugh screaming in abject horror. And, in the closing moments, Pugh smiling beatifically. Like writer/director Ari Aster’s previous film, Hereditary, Midsommar is a story about grief and heartbreak… Continue reading
Don’t say it. Don’t think it. Why has ‘horror’ become such a dirty word? – SciFiNow
It’s a boom time for horror right now, with lots of talented new directors scaring up huge box office returns and glowing reviews. But at the same time, everyone suddenly seems afraid to say the h-word. SciFiNow investigates… When is a horror movie not a horror movie? Well, maybe when it’s so good that everyone,… Continue reading
Enfield of Screams: on set of The Conjuring 2 – Total Film
Controversial paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren get another cinematic outing in James Wan’s supernatural sequel, The Conjuring 2. Total Film goes on set to scare up the truth behind the ‘true story’… October 30, 2015: it’s nearly Halloween and the crew of The Conjuring 2 are getting into the holiday spirit. When Total Film… Continue reading
Crimson Peak review – SFX
“It’s not a ghost story,” explains Mia Wasikowska’s Edith Cushing, early on in Crimson Peak. “It’s a story with ghosts in it.” She’s trying to persuade a doubtful publisher to take a punt on her debut novel, imagining herself the next Mary Shelley, but she’s also speaking for director Guillermo Del Toro. Because although Crimson… Continue reading
The Complete Guide To Shirley Jackson – SciFiNow
The author of the scariest haunted house novel ever written and the most controversial short story The New Yorker ever published was notorious in her lifetime but forgotten shortly after her death. Now, Shirley Jackson is beginning to receive the kind of acclaim she’s always deserved… Readers of the New Yorker weren’t prepared for what… Continue reading
The Quiet Ones review – SFX
What’s the difference between magic and science? Maybe, sometimes, there isn’t one. If you can measure a magic trick, if you can break it down to its constituent parts and analyse how it works, doesn’t it turn into science? The Quiet Ones’ Professor Coupland thinks so. He’s got a theory about poltergeists that might win… Continue reading
Get Lucky – Crime Scene
Superheroes often end up playing detective, but can a detective become a superhero? That’s the question season two of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man has got to answer. Crime Scene tries its luck on set… “Doing this show is knackering,” grumbles actor James Nesbitt, but he can’t help grinning as he says it. He’s taking a… Continue reading
In Defence of The Happening – Horrorville
When even the star of a movie won’t stand up for it, you know something’s gone wrong. And when Mark Wahlberg ranted about what “a bad movie” The Happening was – “Fucking trees, man. The plants. Fuck it. You can’t blame me for not wanting to try to play a science teacher” – he was… Continue reading
The Cabin In The Woods review – Den of Geek
The most obvious, hackneyed set up for a horror movie goes something like this: a group of college kids heads out to the middle of nowhere, planning to get drunk and have fun in an isolated cabin near a lake. On the way, they meet a creepy old guy who warns them that something nasty’s… Continue reading