For the first of the new year, Kevin sits down to review another of his picks of the big budget / low budget / no budget movie landscape. Giving you his personal opinion on why you should or shouldn’t give this movie your time… This episode it’s horror film The Damned, the feature debut of […]
The third film in a horror franchise often carries the weight of high expectations and franchise fatigue. However, some horror “threequels” break the mold, delivering scares, thrills, and fresh twists. Here are ten of the best horror movie threequels that deserve your attention. 1. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Director: Chuck […]
Stars: Fletcher Hammond, Jared Korotkin, Ophelia Rivera, Michael Vitovich, Damian Edwards | Written and Directed by Manuel Camilion, Benjamin Edelman Santastein actually came out last year and, despite a plot that sounds like Weird Science meets Christmas Bloody Christmas, totally escaped my notice until now when I saw it while scrolling through Tubi and decided […]
The 1990s were a golden era for straight-to-video horror films. While these productions often had limited budgets and resources, they compensated with creativity, bold storytelling, and memorable scares. Here’s a countdown of just SOME of the straight-to-video horror gems from that decade. 10. Ice Cream Man (1995) Plot: A deranged ice cream vendor terrorizes a […]
Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres. For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast […]
Ayvianna Snow, an actor ‘fast becoming the British Queen of Horror’ (Sean Cronin), stars in two highly anticipated new British independent films, Bogieville and Derelict, both set to make their World premiere at this year’s FrightFest 25th Anniversary event in London this month. We catch up with Ayvianna for a chat. You have two new […]
Our new series is our personal picks for Cinematic Top 10s. On the first of the new lists we dive into our Top 10 most terrifying horror films directed by women. These films, helmed by talented women directors, offer a diverse range of storytelling and filmmaking styles, proving that the horror genre is enriched by […]
These ten horror films, helmed by talented women directors, offer a diverse range of storytelling and filmmaking styles, proving that the horror genre is enriched by their unique perspectives and creative vision. The Babadook (2014) – Directed by Jennifer Kent: This Australian psychological horror film follows a single mother and her son who are haunted […]
Actress Maryam d’Abo is set to make her return to British horror, having joined the cast of the upcoming gothic horror feature film The Baby in the Basket. In 1940s, the nuns of a remote Scottish island convent ready for an impending storm, but when a baby is left on their doorstep, Sister Agnes becomes […]
Propstore, one of the world’s leading film and TV memorabilia companies, announced it will hold its annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia this June, with the items on offer expected to fetch over $12 million. Over 1,400 rare and iconic lots will be sold during Propstore’s unique Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction over three […]
The 1980s were a very dangerous time for the younger generation onscreen. Any teen or twenty-something movie character in the slasher genre of the era was pretty much guaranteed to get the chop. 1989 slasher gem Hell High is a case in point – no sooner have the credits rolled heads have started rolling. Or […]
I always love seeing the Nerdly crew make their own successes in the world of pop culture… We’ve had writers go on to pen children’s books (including a massive Minecraft series), publish their own comic books and now we’ve got first-time author and long-time Nerdly contributor, Alain Elliott, publishing his book, a horror novel called […]
Check out our unboxing of two new Limited Edition Top Trumps sets from Winning Moves – Lets Go Back to the 80s set and the 30 Scary Flix set. LETS GO BACK TO THE 80s The 1980s had it all: video games, big hair, sci-fi movies and a slew of pop, rap and punk rock […]
In horror films, cheap thrills are just as good as expensive ones. You don’t need a huge budget to scare your audience senseless. Take the new British chiller Host, described by Dread Central as “the scariest film of the past decade” – it all takes place on a laptop screen, and features a handful of […]
Italian musician and film director Federico Zampaglione has followed up on his well-received short movie Bianca, with an even more horrific study of Italy under lockdown – Bianca: Phase 2. Again shot on his iPad in three days and starring his ten year old daughter alongside his current partner, actress Giglia Marra, Zampagione, who created, […]
Italian musician and film director Federico Zampaglione (Tulpa, Shadow) has released his latest movie Bianca, a stylishly violent short horror thriller online to watch for free. Shot in lockdown in Italy on his iPad in three days and starring his ten year old daughter Linda in the title role and his partner, actress Giglia Marra, […]
In his latest podcast host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Seventh Row Executive Editor Orla Smith about 5 Themes In Feminist Horror. FEMALE MONSTERS: Carrie (dir. Brian de Palma, 1976) / Thelma (dir. Joachim Trier, 2017) FINAL GIRL(S): The Slumber Party Massacre (dir. Amy Holden Jones, 1982) / Black Christmas (dir. Sophia Takal, 2019) […]
In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks with Double Date‘s screenwriter/leading man Danny Morgan about taking the kernel of an idea to the page and onto the screen. Meet innocent Jim, terrified of girls and on a reluctant quest to prove his manhood the night before he turns 30. He and his cocky friend […]
When Alien: Isolation was originally release, hot on the heels of the much-derided Alien: Colonial Marines, not much was expected of the game. However something happened… the hands-on previews and reviews came out and the game was getting positive feedback. In fact the game was so well received that now, some 5 years later, Sega and […]
Not everybody loves the horror genre, but that doesn’t mean that the season of pumpkins and candy-corns hasn’t got plenty of film goodness for the scaredy-cats among us. There really are an array of terrific and festive family films that feel completely packed with Halloween goodness. So, here’s a fistful of recommendations for those of […]
We’re fast approaching the season of good chills. The time of year where pumpkins are lit on porches around the world, where your local Starbucks is selling out of Pumpkin Spice, where bags of candy are being stocked up on by households awaiting trick or treaters, and… of course, where horror movies are given that […]
As we approach Halloween and the horror movie genre begins to awaken for the folks who perhaps don’t watch it to an unhealthy level like perhaps I do, I thought it might be a bit of fun to compile a TOP TEN of the best horror villains in history. I mean, there’s a lot to […]
