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GNoH Review: Osiris (2025)

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Written by William Kaufman and Paul Reichelt
Directed by William Kaufman

Special Forces commandos are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft and, upon awakening, find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival. (IMDB)

Osiris is not perfect and there are a number of issues with it if you stop and think about them carefully but, as I keep saying, you aren’t really supposed to do that with this kind of movie. Grab a beer, turn the lights down and enjoy the show.

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GNoH Review: Clown in a Cornfield (2025)

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Written by Carter Blanchard, Eli Craig and Adam Cesare
Directed by Eli Craig

A fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge. (IMDB)

Clown in a Cornfield is a Gen-Z slasher with one foot firmly planted in the 80s. it riffs on current social divides; a modern narrative and message with a familiar and nostalgic parade of gore and fun kills.

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GNoH Review: Survival Code

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In a reality tv wilderness survival competition, a contestant faces relentless natural and psychological challenges that push him to the brink of sanity (IMDB)

Survival Code is a clear indication of the ability and ambition of Lang and his team, and I would recommend keeping an eye out for his future offerings as he goes from strength to strength as a writer/director.

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Festival Review: Scarlet Blue (2024)

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Written and Directed by Aurélia Mengin

ALTER suffers from depression and schizophrenia. She consults a healer who practices mystical hypnosis and discovers that her mother is hiding a secret from her. The only breath of fresh air: a strange incandescent encounter… (IMDB)

“What the hell have I just watched?” was what flew through my mind at the end of the screening of Scarlet Blue at the Screams by the Sea festival in Bournemouth last month. Radi Nikolov, festival director introduced the movie as one that will stick with you long after the credits roll but, as I watched it, I wasn’t sure that was going to be for the right reasons. Maybe it was the 09:30 start that meant Scarlet Blue was the punch in the face that is the neon-tinged, dutch-angled, symbolism-laden movie that I emerged blinking into the light from just after 11am on a sunny morning in Bournemouth?

Maybe it’s just me?

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GNoH Review: Screamboat (2025)

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Written by Matthew Garcia-Dunn and Steven LaMorte
Directed by Steven LaMorte

On the last ferry of the night in New York, passengers and crew are hunted by a merciless rat, and what should have been a peaceful crossing turns into a bloody massacre. (IMDB)

Screamboat does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s not what you can easily describe as a “good” film, but it definitely entertains.

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GNoH Review: Mom (2024)

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Written by Philip Kalin-Hajdu, Albert I Melamed, Adam O’Brien
Directed by Adam O’Brien

Struggling with postnatal depression and feeling misunderstood by her husband, Meredith begins to experience terrifying visions foreshadowing an ultimate tragedy. (IMDB)

MOM won’t win awards for originality or for saying anything new about post-natal depression, but it is a solidly produced low-budget horror. While you may have seen a lot of this before, MOM is not a film that punishes you for seeing it again, although it will punish you by delving into some dark places.

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GNoH Review: Do You See Me (2017)

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Written by Harel Goldstein, Charles Morris Jr and Corbin Timbrook
Directed by Corbin Timbrook

Emily is being stalked by a rogue clown. He’s everywhere…including her closet. (IMDB)

Coming out in 2017, one year after Terrifier, Do You See Me? is always going to suffer from unfair comparisons to a film that took killer clowns and dialled them up to 11. I may be missing the point, but the movie gave me mixed messages with that opening and I am not sure it knows what it wants to be. One for giggly teenagers on a sleepover perhaps, rather than anyone looking for a terrifying clown experience.

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