Boys From County Hell (Chris Baugh, 2021) is a fascinating take on the horror genre which could only exist in the world of Irish cinema. This film shows a type of rural humour, a punky daftness unique to Irish comedy, … Continue reading Boys From County Hell // Review
Illustrations by Emily Thomas. For the first time in living memory, the usual celebrations of this very Irish holiday are unable to go ahead, which makes it a perfect time to light some candles (recommended), wear your cloak (optional), … Continue reading TN2 Film’s Halloween of Horrors 2020
When Dani Clayton (Victoria Pedretti) begins a new job as an au pair at Bly Manor, she knows that it won’t be easy looking after orphaned twins Miles (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) and Flora (Amelie Bea Smith). Thankfully, she’s not the … Continue reading The Haunting of Bly Manor // Review
The Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe Poe is a master of gothic fiction and the first notable American to write in the genre. This collection of short fiction is dominated by its sensationalist style of … Continue reading 6 Literary Horrors for Spooky Season
I don’t need to tell you that things are pretty stressful for everyone right now, which is why I’m going to let you know a good way to deal with that – feel stress about something else that has no … Continue reading Wholesome Horror – Where to Start with the Genre
●●●●● A man returns to his hometown to determine if his brother’s disappearance is somehow connected to a bizarrely sinister children’s television show in Channel Zero. If this sounds familiar to you, don’t be surprised. Syfy’s newest horror anthology show … Continue reading Don’t Miss Syfy’s “Channel Zero” Based on “Candle Cove” by Blank Label Comics’ Kris Straub, we follow psychologist Mike Painter (Paul Schneider) as he solves the mystery of his brother’s death.
Horror films are a strange phenomenon, aren’t they? Why on earth would anyone spend an hour or so of their life watching a film with the express intention of making themselves terrified? From its emergence in the 1890s, the horror … Continue reading The Evolution of Horror Films Why we love to be scared.
‘Sleeping Beauties’ (Hodder & Stoughton, 2017) is not a typical Stephen King novel. For one, King shares a writing credit on this project with his son, Owen King. The book is also firmly rooted in a modern political landscape. The … Continue reading Stephen King – Sleeping Beauties Review Sleeping Beauties sends us straight to sleep.
THE BAD – Clare Healy ●●○○○ The Girl With All The Gifts is an adaptation of M. R. Carey’s recent bestseller and follows a young girl named Melanie. Born partially infected by a brain-devouring fungus that has already claimed … Continue reading The Girl with all the Gifts – head to head reviews
PODCAST The Black Tapes The Black Tapes podcast is in and of itself a mystery. A quick google will turn up numerous forums posing the somewhat awkward question: “Are The Black Tapes fiction?” followed by a fairly convincing show website … Continue reading Staff Picks
Bloodborne is From Software’s latest venture into the often maligned “frustration RPG” genre. The game takes place in the fictional city of Yharnam and sees the player battle all manner of fearsome demons and hell-spawn to the death. Literally to … Continue reading Bloodborne – Review
Ahead of the release of The Voices, Film Editor Rebecca Alter speaks to its director, Marjane Satrapi, about crossing genre boundaries, painting, and sympathising with a serial killer. Continue reading The Comedy of Terrors: Interview with Marjane Satrapi