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GNoH Review: Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

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Written by Francesco Barilli, Massimo D’Avak, Aldo Lado
Directed by Aldo Lado

Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are much out of their depth. (IMDB)

I suspect WSHD isn’t going to surprise many die-hard Giallo fans. It has all the necessary hallmarks of the genre but much of it felt familiar even for someone who doesn’t know the style well, but it is still a fun slasher and worth a watch, even if just to compare to Don’t Look Now.

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GNoH Review: Schlitter: Evil in the Woods (2024)

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Written by Pierre Mouchet and Nicholas Robin
Directed by Pierre Mouchet

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Overall, Schlitter – Evil in the Woods is easily worth the score it gets on IMDB, it’s lean and mean at just 70 minutes, so hard to justify NOT watching it to be honest. While it doesn’t add any major updates to the genre, it is well directed and acted and is worth it just for the basement contraption designed to illicit revenge.

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GNoH Review: Hostile Dimensions (2023)

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 Written and Directed by Graham Hughes

Two documentary filmmakers travel through alternate dimensions to uncover the truth about a graffiti artist who has vanished. (IMDB)

Hostile Dimensions is a great found footage horror with an interesting take on the multiverse that is a lot of fun to watch. It crams a lot of ideas into 80 minutes and is easily worth the 6.5 it is currently sitting at on IMDB. Will look forward to checking out some more work from Hughes in the future.

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GNoH Review: The Beast Within (2024)

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Written by Greer Ellison and Alexander J. Farrell
Directed by Alexander J. Farrell

After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the forest. (IMDB)

A domestic drama with a horror sub-text and extra James Cosmo

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GNoH Review: Raising the Dead: Exploring the Works of George A. Romero

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Written by Adam Charles Hart

Raising the Dead dives into the expansive, extraordinary body of work found in Romero’s archive, going beyond his iconic zombie movies into a deep and varied collection of writings that never made it to the big screen.

 Available at Amazon

Raising the Dead: the work of George A. Romero is a definite recommendation for any fan, just as long as you are aware that this is a serious, academic endeavour and not a coffee table book full of glossy splatter and gore!

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GNoH Review: Headless

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Written by Scott Cole

In the midst of a heat wave punctuated by frequent rainstorms, people are losing their heads. Literally. Not only that, but their bodies are still walking, and attacking others. (Amazon)

If you had asked David Cronenberg to write the episode of Doctor WHO where the little Adipose creatures appeared, HEADLESS is probably what you would have got.

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GNoH Review: Haunting of the Queen Mary (2023)

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Written by Stephen Oliver, Tom Vaughan and Gary Shore

Directed by Gary Shore and Rebecca Harris

Haunting of the Queen Mary explores the mysterious and violent events surrounding one family’s voyage on Halloween night in 1938, and their interwoven destiny with another family onboard the infamous ocean liner present day.(IMDB)

HotQM is a solid, if slightly overlong, horror that possibly tries to bite off more than it can chew, but just about manages to stick the landing, with good acting and atmospheric direction.

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GNoH Review: Good Boy (2022)

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Written and directed by Viljar Bøe

Christian – a millionaire heir, meets Sigrid – a young student, on a dating app. They hit it off quickly, but there’s only one problem: Christian lives with Frank, a man who dresses up and constantly acts like a dog. (IMDB)

Good Boy is weird, disconcerting and gets under your skin by delivering an ending with far-reaching connotations that will stick with you long after the credits have finished. An original curiosity well worth taking yourself on walkies to watch!

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GNoH Review: Stories of the Eye (2022)

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Edited by Sam Richard and Joe Koch

Available from Weirdpunk Books

Between the desire to create and the thing created, the model is a key, a stepping stone, a participant othered through the process of creation. These thirteen visions of modern horror dissect the relationship between artist and model, exposing the spaces the eye is tricked into missing where we witness the beautiful and monstrous intricacies of making and being made.

Featuring stories by Andrew Wilmot, M. Lopes da Silva, Gwendolyn Kiste, Hailey Piper, Roland Blackburn, Ira Rat, Donyae Coles, Matt Neil Hill, Brendan Vidito, LC von Hessen, Gary J. Shipley, and editors Joe Koch and Sam Richard. (AMAZON)

An excellent collection of disparate voices screaming out through the agony and the ecstasy of creation. While a couple of stories left me with notes that simply read “I don’t get it” that is the beauty of a collection that explores the nature of art, and everyone will have a different interpretation and a different favourite.

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