Train to Busan, 2017. Directed by Yeon Sang Ho. Starring Gong Yo, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Su-an, Ma Dong-seok, and Choi Woo-shik. SYNOPSIS: A workaholic father attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter while on a train to Busan. As the two board the train, a zombie apocalypse suddenly erupts turning the pair’s journey into a […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 30 – It (2017)
It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, and Bill Skarsgard. SYNOPSIS: In the small town of Derry, a group of friends find themselves locked into a fight for lives with a terrifying creature that has terrorised the […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 29 – Nightbreed (1990)
Nightbreed, 1990. Directed Clive Barker. Starring Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid and Doug Bradley. SYNOPSIS: Mental patient Aaron Boone is haunted by recurring nightmares of a monster-infested town named Midian. Convinced by his psychiatrist that he has committed several grisly murders, Boone goes on the run, seeking refuge in the town from […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 28 – Threads (1984)
Threads, 1984. Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Reece Dinsdale, David Brierley, Rita May, Nicolas Lane, and Jane Hazlegrove. SYNOPSIS: As the Cold War between the superpowers erupts into a full-scale war, the English city of Sheffield finds itself at the centre of a nuclear attack that forever changes the lives of its inhabitants for decades […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 27 – Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Annabelle: Creation, 2017. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. SYNOPSIS: Twelve years after the death of their daughter, Samuel Mullins open up their home as a shelter for Sister Charlotte and several young orphaned girls under her care. As the girls settle into their […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 26 – [REC] 2 (2008)
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[REC] 2, 2008. Directed by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. Starring Manuela Velasco, Jonathan Mellor, Oscar Sanchez Zafra, Ariel Casas and Javier Botet. SYNOPSIS: A SWAT team is sent into a quarantined Barcelona apartment complex where a TV reporter and a fire crew have become trapped due to an outbreak of deadly infection. Their mission […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 25 – Hannibal (2001)
Hannibal, 2001. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta, Frankie Faison, Giancarlo Gianni, and Gary Oldman. SYNOPSIS: Years after his escape from prison, cannibalistic serial killer Dr Hannibal Lecter has made a new life for himself living in Florence under the guise of an art historian. At the same time, FBI […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 24 – Perfect Blue (1997)
Perfect Blue, 1997. Directed by Satoshi Kon. Featuring the voice talents of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura, Yôsuke Akimoto, Yoku Shioya, and Hideyuki Hori. SYNOPSIS: Pop star Mima decides to retire from her days as a member of the girl-band CHAM! to pursue an acting career, a decision that is met with hostility from her devoted […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 23 – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, 1986. Directed by John McNaughton. Starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, and Tracy Arnold. SYNOPSIS: Henry and Otis are a pair of former convicts trying to make a living in Chicago when they are joined by Otis’s sister Becky. Unbeknownst to his room-mates, Henry also moonlights as a serial killer, […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 22 – The Hunger (1983)
The Hunger, 1983. Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, and Beth Ehlers. SYNOPSIS: A scientist specialising in the research of ageing and sleep finds herself at the centre of a love triangle between two centuries old vampires. One of my running themes this year has been to […]