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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…
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.
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'.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…