His House, 2020. Written and Directed by Remi Weekes. Starring Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Javier Botet, Emily Taaffe, Rasaq Kukoyi, Vivien Bridson Cornell, John Bradley Banton, Gamba Cole, and Scott Michael Wagstaff. SYNOPSIS: A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to […]
Exclusive Interview – It Chapter Two Make-up Designer Sean Sampson on creating Pennywise, Spider-Heads, and those Fortune Cookie Demons
Harrison Abbott chats with It Chapter Two make-up designer Sean Sampson… It Chapter Two might not have quite recaptured the magic of its predecessor, at least as far box-office and critical reviews were concerned, but one aspect of the film that could not be faulted were its excellent practical effects. From the gory child corpses, to […]
Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, 2019. Directed by André Øvredal. Starring Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Zajur, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris and Javier Botet. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenagers are pursued by various supernatural beasties when they uncover an old book from a haunted house. Alvin Schwartz’s legendary children’s […]
Movie Review – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, 2019. Directed by André Øvredal. Starring Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, Javier Botet, Mark Steger, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris, and Kathleen Pollard. SYNOPSIS: A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives. Before actually […]
Movie Review – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, 2019. Directed by André Øvredal. Starring Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Zajur, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris and Javier Botet. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenagers are pursued by various supernatural beasties when they uncover an old book from a haunted house. The importance of gateway […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 26 – [REC] 2 (2008)
[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 21 – The Conjuring 2 (2016)
The Conjuring 2, 2016. Directed by James Wan. Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor, Madison Wolfe, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Franka Potente, Simon McBurney, Lauren Esposito, Robin Atkin Downes, Bob Adrian, Bonnie Aarons, Javier Botet, Patrick McAuley, and Benjamin Haigh. SYNOPSIS: In Enfield, North London, Single mother Peggy Hodgson and her children find themselves victim to […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 12 – [REC] (2007)
[REC], 2007. Directed by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. Starring Manuela Velasco, Pablo Rosso, Ferran Terraza, David Vert, and Javier Botet. SYNOPSIS: TV presenter Angela Vidal is accompanying a crew of a Barcelona Fire station as part of a television documentary. When the crew is called to what appears to be a routine rescue in […]
Movie Review – Slender Man (2018)
Slender Man, 2018. Directed by Sylvain White. Starring Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso and Javier Botet. SYNOPSIS: In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn’t actually exist – until one of them mysteriously goes missing. […]
Post-apocalyptic horror Hostile gets a poster and trailer
A new trailer and poster have arrived online for writer-director Mathieu Turi’s post-apocalyptic horror Hostile which stars Brittany Ashworth, Grégory Fitoussi, and Javier Botet; check them out here… A worldwide epidemic has killed most of the planet’s population. The few survivors struggle to find food and shelter. But they are not alone. On her way […]