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New horror films in 2024: most anticipated

From I Saw The TV Glow to The First Omen, these films want you to jump out of your skin…

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Night Bloomers, SBS review: bloody fables from the Korean diaspora

The new five-part horror anthology deals with migration and intergenerational conflict, with plenty of scares.

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Run Rabbit Run: a cinematic milestone ten years too late

All the elements of an excellent genre piece are here, but ... there's always a 'but'.

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Review – Huesera: The Bone Woman holds the skeleton key to my heart

A chilling feature debut from Michelle Garza Cervera, Huesera tells the story of a woman in Mexico haunted by impending…

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Horror films in the age of Covid: how the pandemic caused a boom

Recent years have seen a fresh wave of blood flooding our screens, with stories that are grotesquely, often terrifyingly, suited…

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Scream VI review: cue shrieks of delight

There are few franchises where the sixth instalment is as strong as the first – but somehow Scream VI has…

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The Mandalorian is perfectly ordinary and that's perfectly fine

The new season opens with much of the material we’ve seen in trailers, so there’s still plenty of surprises to…

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Skinamarink review: an audaciously boring horror

If you enjoy boredom, you’ll be delighted. But when the ghostly entity whispers ‘go to sleep,’ it becomes difficult not…

Features

The Last of Us review: shuffling towards potential

The latest in ambitious video-game adaptations has its work cut out in making a mysterious, world-wide disease seem fresh and…

Opinions & Analysis

Christmas for cynics: best non-schmaltzy films

It's the season of joy and, like, whatever. Sink your teeth into these sharp-toothed Xmas flicks if you’re sick of…

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