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Movie reviews for horror fans; from gruesome bone-chillers to dark horror thrillers, a showcase for frightful films that seek to entertain and to terrify.
Zombie Flesh Eaters
I can’t believe it took me until the age of 45 (12 years ago) to watch Zombie Flesh Eaters. This gory Italian flick from director Lucio Fulci was the stuff of legend when I was in secondary school in the early 80s. “Have you seen it…?” awe-struck 12 year-olds would ask and I, having seen nothing more horrific than Doctor Who at the time, would reply, miserably, that I had not.
By Matthew Batham4 months ago in Horror
Freddy Krueger and the Elm Street Legacy
I want to talk about the man of my dreams. Sigh. Freddy Krueger. But seriously, the First Nightmare on Elm Street movie really did haunt my dreams for some time after I saw it. It was literally the stuff of nightmare, and in his first outing Freddy was a genuinely frightening foe. Towards the end of the core series of films he had become an almost pure comedy character, but in Nightmare 1 Freddy was dark and menacing — although he did have a wicked sense of humour.
By Matthew Batham4 months ago in Horror
The Keep (1983): How Michael Mann’s Ambitious Horror Epic Became Hollywood’s Great Orphan
“Success has a thousand fathers… while defeat is an orphan.” — ancient proverb Released in December 1983, The Keep should have been a prestige genre event. Instead, it became one of the most infamous misfires of the decade — a big-budget sci-fi/horror/war hybrid that collapsed under the weight of its ambition.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Horror
How My Love of Horror Began
My love of horror films was like a sexual awakening. It’s hard to pin down the exact moment I became a horror lover. It was a passion that developed gradually. Before I was ever allowed to watch horror films, I pined for them. They were a forbidden fruit that I was desperate to taste.
By Matthew Batham4 months ago in Horror
I’m A Deep Sea Welder Working 500 Feet Underwater. Someone Just Knocked On The Hatch.
I’m A Deep Sea Welder Working 500 Feet Underwater. Someone Just Knocked On The Hatch. There are jobs that are dangerous, and then there is saturation diving. I live in a pressurized metal tube, barely the size of a minivan, suspended 500 feet below the surface of the North Sea. For 28 days, this capsule is my entire world. Outside, the water is pitch black, near freezing, and the pressure is so immense that if the hull breached, my body would turn to jelly in a fraction of a second.
By Noman Afridi4 months ago in Horror
