EJ Moreno gets ready for the summer movie season with some hot horror… The grills are firing up, the swimsuits are coming out, and the hot days are here. While many want to spend their days in the sun, some will cozy up at home in the cool A/C. We’ve cooked up a collection of […]
Martin Scorsese praises Midsommar’s Ari Aster: “Right from the start, I was impressed”
When it comes to modern filmmakers, it’s not too often we hear Martin Scorsese express such reverence. However, in an upcoming book for Midsommar – released to celebrate the film’s first anniversary – Scorsese opens the piece with a wonderful introduction that praises not only the film but its director Ari Aster. Scorsese writes, “A […]
Blockbuster Alternatives: Films to Watch Out For in 2019
Tom Jolliffe offers an alternative list of must watch films in 2019… We’re just beginning the new year, and as per normal, there are a lot of looks ahead to what we should watch this year. Blockbusters generally rule the world as far as the majority of Most Anticipated because of course on the other […]
A Big Year for Three Modern Horror Masters
Tom Jolliffe takes a look ahead to The Nightingale, Midsommar and The Lighthouse… There’s been some great horror films in the last five years. Three in particular for me really harked back to a classic era sensibility, owing a lot to the best era in creepy atmospheric horror. These would evoke films (among others…) like […]
Midsommar (2019) – October Horrors 2022
Midsommar, 2019. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe and Will Poulter. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional couple travel to Scandinavia with friends to take part in a midsummer festival which occurs every 90 years. Upon arrival however, their trip turns into something much more sinister. […]
Movie Review – Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar, 2019 Written and Directed by Ari Aster Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia, and Will Poulter. SYNOPSIS: A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown’s fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at […]
Amazon UK has listed the Midsommar Director’s Cut for Blu-Ray release in October
After being previously announced that the Director’s Cut of Midsommar would be released exclusively on Apple TV in the United States, Amazon has listed the extended cut for Blu-Ray release in the UK on 28th October. You can check out the official box art below… Midsommar is the second film by Hereditary director Ari Aster […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2019
The Flickering Myth writing team present our top ten movies of 2019… 2019. A year that has seen Disney dominating the multiplexes, the Mouse House setting records left, right and centre (not least Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which dethroned 2009’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time). It’s seen legendary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese […]
Ranking 2019’s 26 Biggest Horror Movies
EJ Moreno ranks 2019’s big horror releases… On the surface, it would seem that A24 and Blumhouse dominated horror this year with significant releases. But on closer inspection, 2019 has a wide variety of horror movies coming from all over the place. The genre is in such a great spot in 2019 with a little […]
This is the Year for More Horror at the Oscars
EJ Moreno on seeing more horror films at the Oscars… To say the Academy Awards and horror movies have a complicated relationship would be an understatement. Throughout the storied history of the award show, the horror genre has rarely got proper recognition. That’s not saying it never happens, and I do believe some people forget […]
