22nd Nov2022

‘Christmas Bloody Christmas’ Review (Shudder)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Riley Dandy, Sam Delich, Jonah Ray Rodrigues, Dora Madison, Jeremy Gardner, with Jeff Daniel Phillips, Abraham Benrubi | Written and Directed by Joe Begos I’ve been a fan of writer/director Joe Begos’ work ever since I saw his first feature, Almost Human, back in 2104 at Frightfest. My love of his work was cemented […]

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01st Nov2022

‘Satan’s Slaves: Communion’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Egy Fedly, Tara Basro, Endy Arfian, Nasar Anuz, Bront Palarae, Ratu Felisha, Muzakki Ramdhan | Written and Directed by Joko Anwar Satan’s Slaves: Communion, or Pengabdi Setan 2: Communion if you prefer, is the newest film from Indonesian writer/director Joko Anwar (The Ritual, Gundala), It’s no secret I’m a fan of his work and […]

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21st Oct2022

‘V/H/S/99’ Review (Shudder)

by Guest

Stars: Steven Ogg, Alexia Ioannides, Emily Sweet, Dashiell Derrickson, Melanie Stone | Written by Maggie Levin, Johannes Roberts, Zoe Cooper, Flying Lotus, Chris Lee Hill, Tyler MacIntyre, Vanessa Winter, Joseph Winter | Directed by Johannes Roberts, Flying Lotus, Tyler MacIntyre, Maggie Levin, Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter There’s a certain charm to the V/H/S franchise that […]

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04th Oct2022

‘Deadstream’ Review (Shudder)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Joseph Winter, Melanie Stone, Jason K. Wixom, Pat Barnett | Written and Directed by Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter Deadstream sees co-director Joseph Winter star as disgraced YouTube celebrity Shawn Ruddy, who will do anything to reclaim his influencer infamy. So he locks himself inside the reportedly haunted Death Manor that once belonged to lovesick […]

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09th Sep2022

‘Saloum’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Yann Gael Loro, Roger Sallah, Mentor Ba, Renaud Farah, Bruno Henry, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Ndiaga Mbow | Written and Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot I almost managed to see the Senegalese export Saloum on the big screen last year, before some schedule shuffling got in the way. Watching it now I wish I had […]

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17th Aug2022

‘Glorious’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Ryan Kwanten, J.K. Simmons, André Lamar, Sylvia Grace Crim | Written by Joshua Hull, David Ian McKendry, Todd Rigney | Directed by Rebekah McKendry Wes (Ryan Kwanten; Kill Chain, 2067) is having a day that is anything but glorious. He’s fallen asleep at the wheel, nearly driven off the road. He’s gotten drunk at […]

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21st Jul2022

‘Moloch’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Sallie Harmsen, Noor van der Velden, Fred Goessens, Anneke Blok, Alexandre Willaume | Written by Nico van den Brink, Daan Bakker | Directed by Nico van den Brink Moloch opens in 1991 as a young girl feeding a mouse is frightened by the sounds of what sounds like an extremely violent attack in the […]

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01st Jul2022

‘Martyrs Lane’ DVD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Denise Gough, Sienna Sayer, Kiera Thompson | Written and Directed by Ruth Platt Several years ago I took a gamble at Frightfest and booked a ticket for a movie in a small screen at maybe ten or eleven in the morning (the first film of the day). It was a low budget British horror […]

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21st Jun2022

‘Revealer’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Caito Aase, Shaina Schrooten, Bishop Stevens | Written by Michael Moreci, Tim Seeley | Directed by Luke Boyce Angie Pitarelli (Caito Aase; 2 in the Bush: A Love Story, Christmas Is Canceled) and Sally Mewbourne (Shaina Schrooten; Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge) know each other, but they aren’t exactly friends. Angie works a […]

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13th May2022

‘The Sadness’ Review (Shudder)

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Regina, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Berant Zhu | Written and Directed by Rob Jabbaz I watched The Sadness knowing that it already had quite the reputation. I’d read parts of reviews that had spoken about the misery, the horrific and sadistic scenes, the over-the-top violence and depravity and much much more. As a long time and […]

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28th Apr2022

Mickey Keating’s ‘Offseason’ to stream exclusively on Shudder

by Phil Wheat

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, have today announced that Mickey Keating’s Offseason will be available exclusively to stream on the platform starting on Friday, June 10, 2022. As a Shudder exclusive, the platform will be the only subscription service that will carry Offseason in the U.S., Canada, the […]

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20th Apr2022

‘Virus: 32’ Review (Shudder Original)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Paula Silva, Franco Rilla, Pilar Garcia, Daniel Hendler, Malena Sanchez | Written by Juma Fodde | Directed by Gustavo Hernández Virus: 32 is the latest in the seemingly neverending stream of zombie, or zombie adjacent, films that have come our way since George Romero rebooted the genre with 1968’s Night of the Living Dead. […]

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19th Apr2022

‘V/H/S/94’ Blu-ray Review

by Alain Elliott

Directed by Chloe Okuno, Jennifer Reeder, Ryan Prows, Shudder, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto I don’t think there’s too many bigger fans of the V/H/S horror anthology franchise than myself. I’ve loved all three that have come before V/H/S/94 (yes even V/H/S Viral, it’s 100x better than most people suggest) – they feature a range of […]

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30th Mar2022

‘Night’s End’ Review (Shudder)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Geno Walker, Kate Arrington, Felonius Munk, Michael Shannon, Daniel Kyri, Theo Germaine, Morgan S. Reesh, Lawrence Grimm | Written by Brett Neveu | Directed by Jennifer Reeder Jennifer Reeder, director of the highly-regarded Knives + Skin, is back behind the camera for Night’s End, a film that feels very apt given the past few […]

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22nd Mar2022

‘The Spine of Night’ Review (Shudder)

by Alain Elliott

Features the voices of: Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel, Joe Manganiello, Patrick Breen, Larry Fessenden | Written and Directed by Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King Where are all the adult animated movies? There’s even less when it comes to animated horror movies. There have been a handful of more well-known ones […]

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10th Mar2022

‘The Seed’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Sophie Vavasseur, Lucy Martin, Chelsea Edge, Anthony Edridge, Jamie Wittebrood, Shirley Barchou Pisani | Written and Directed by Sam Walker As The Seed opens Heather (Sophie Vavasseur; Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Exorcismus), Diedre (Lucy Martin; Vikings, The Grand Duke of Corsica) and Charlotte (Chelsea Edge; Dead in October, Emily and the Magical Journey) arrive at an […]

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25th Feb2022

‘Hellbender’ Review (Shudder)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams, Rinzin Thonden, Khenzom, Shawn Wilson, Judy Rosen, Rob Figueroa | Written and Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser Teenager Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives a lonely life with her mother (Toby Poser), their house isolated deep in the Catskill Mountains. That scenic seclusion is no accident. […]

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18th Feb2022

Shudder release trailer and poster for ‘The Twin’

by Phil Wheat

Shudder has today released today the trailer and premiere date for the original film The Twin. Starring Teresa Palmer (A Discovery of Witches, Warm Bodies, Lights Out) and Steven Cree (A Discovery of Witches, Outlander), the highly anticipated Scandinavian horror film from Shudder and RLJE Films will have a day-and-date release on Friday, May 6, […]

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18th Feb2022

‘They Live in the Grey’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Michelle Krusiec, Madelyn Grace, Ken Kirby, Audrey Moore | Written and Directed by Abel Vang, Burlee Vang They Live in the Grey opens on an ominous note as Claire (Michelle Krusiec; The Bone Box, The Invitation), depressed by the death of her young son and the subsequent death of her marriage, attempts to hang […]

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03rd Feb2022

‘Slapface’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: August Maturo, Mike Manning, Libe Barer, Dan Hedaya, Bianca D’Ambrosio, Chiara D’Ambrosio, Mirabelle Lee, Lukas Hassel | Written and Directed by Jeremiah Kipp Writer/director Jeremiah Kipp (Theresa & Allison, The Sadist) has expanded his short, also titled Slapface, into feature-length; which, as with any short, is a risky undertaking. What works at fifteen or […]

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28th Jan2022

‘Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster’ Review (Shudder)

by Paul Metcalf

Horror, as a movie genre, has a history that goes to the very beginnings of film itself. All the way back in the 1930s when Universal were creating what would become known as the “Universal Monsters” legends were also being born. One of these was Boris Karloff who is celebrated in the documentary Boris Karloff: […]

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18th Jan2022

‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Judith Roberts, Rory Culkin | Written and Directed by Edoardo Vitaletti The Last Thing Mary Saw begins with an ominous quote from John Calvin, “All events whatsoever are governed by the secret counsel of God.” And God, or a twisted interpretation of His words, will have a large part to […]

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