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Without question, one of the best films of Glasgow FrightFest, and truth be told, one of the best thrillers I have seen so far this year, is Crawl (review), the feature debut from writer/director Paul China, and his producer brother, Benjamin.
In fact, in my review, I said, “I’d go so far as to say that Crawl [...]
I guess the perfect way to start the short horror films section on a Scottish based horror news and reviews site is to begin with a Scottish made short…and it’s a little gem.
Fingal’s Dream is a 9 minute affair that oozes respectability from the opening scene. It has a warm, bittersweet Ken Loach feel to [...]
It’s safe to say that of all of the films on offer at Glasgow Frightfest weekend, Cassadaga was the one I was looking forward to the most. Directed by Anthony DiBlasi (Clive Barker’s Dread) and written by Bruce Wood, the film was looking promising considering the distinct lack of really good, gore-filled moments at the [...]
I entered the screening of Crawl at Glasgow Frightfest with a tremendous tension in my jaw, like a wound spring, a remnant of my annoyance at having just sat through Tape 407. I was looking forward to Crawl immensely and I fear, had it not lived up to my expectations, I may have called an [...]
My first ever Glasgow Frightfest kicked off with director Alex Stapleton’s documentary, Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel.
To quote Andy himself ‘Whether you like his movies or not, there is absolutely no denying the impact that Roger Corman has had on cinema.’ and after watching this fine documentary, I can only agree.
To give you a [...]
As a man of science, I’m afraid that I don’t believe in psychics, mediums or anyone who claims to commune in any way with the dead. There has never been a single scientifically sound experiment which in any way points to the existence of spirits or an afterlife and as far as I am concerned, [...]
Aliens. What are your thoughts? Do you believe? There have been numerous reports of crashed alien space-craft and several different alien autopsy videos, most debunked as hoaxes and hokum, though doubt still circles around a few.
But here’s a question. If you were to sit down with an alien, what would you say? Odds are that [...]
On this day in horror,
1967 Benicio Del Toro is born. Del Toro starred in the recent (and unremarkable) remake of The Wolfman alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt. He can also be seen in Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City.
1985 Arielle Kebbel, star of The Uninvited, The Grudge 2 and TV series The Vampire Diaries celebrates her birthday.
1993, Army [...]
On this day in horror…
1954. John Travolta is born. The star of the likes of Face/Off and Pulp Fiction, one of Travolta’s earliest roles was in the horror movie Carrie; and he turned up in 1975′s The Devil’s Rain.
1962. Scream Queen Julie Strain was born. The former Penthouse model has starred in genre movies: Repossessed, [...]
Nazis. The World’s most evil military force. Evil in reality, they remain the poster boys of pure evil even to this day. Their human experiments during World War II, like those of the Japanese, are legendary for their cruelty and brutality.
Now, it seems that the victims of these atrocities may rise again to wreak their [...]