Written and directed by Joseph Sims-Dennett
Terror is a place. (IMDB)
The Banished is further evidence (if it was ever needed) that going to look for missing family or friends, either on your own, or with slightly untrustworthy companions, is always a no-no – especially if you plan to do it in a forest.
Read the full review on Ginger Nuts of Horror HERE
Written by Elisa Victoria and Michael Tully
Directed by Colin Tilley
Follows the story of Anna who grieves the death of her parents as she moves from New York to Florida to stay with her grandmother. She falls in with some other teens, but when she sees a grisly act of violence, she finds herself trapped. (IMDB)
Night Terror/Eye for an Eye opens with a bright and peppy cheerleading number that could be straight out of one of Tilley’s music videos.
However, all is not entirely cheery.
The scene effortlessly lulls the audience with a sense of cheeky fun, before plunging the viewer into horror as lead cheerleader, May (S. Epatha Makerson) meets with an unpleasant accident and wakes from her dream with considerably fewer eyes than when she went to sleep.
But hey, at least who (or whatever) took them was kind enough to sew up the sockets afterwards!
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.
Read the full review at Ginger Nuts of Horror HERE
Presented by Ben Errington and Andy Conduit-Turner
A Podcast Where Film Fans Watch The Best & Worst Horror Movies EVER!
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Following my fun day out at Screams by the Sea where I got to meet Ben and Andy, as well as be briefly inteviewed by them, I have been catching up with some recent episodes of their Horror Hangout Podcast. I am ashamed to admit that I didn’t really know anything about it before I leapt in but I was, at least, coming to it completely fresh. I have listened to various horror podcasts over the years and do enjoy listening to other people talking about the films I love and generally enjoying the genre.
The Horror Hangout is comfortably familiar from that point of view. Take two big horror fans, give them a microphone or two, some special guests and let them talk; it’s a formula that everyone knows, but it works brilliantly. Of course, if you also add in some daft games like the Mount Rushmore of Horror, or Mount Rushhorror and a completely nuts title rhyming game and you get a couple of hours of entertainment that any horror fan is going to enjoy.
Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. (IMDB)
Michael B. Jordan plays Smoke and Stack, twin brothers returning to their Mississippi Delta roots to open a juke joint in their home town. They have been away for several years, working in Chicago, the name Al Capone being bandied about; they are tough guys with a reputation even after all this time. With a truck full of Irish Beer and Italian wine, there is also the suggestion that they might be in hot water if their old bosses find out what they have been up to. But the fear of reprisals from gangsters is nothing compared to the fear of devils and demons, rife in the superstitious South.
Written and Directed by Peter Rogers
On the shortest day of the year an overworked farmer must care for her father, who is living with dementia, as he becomes increasingly convinced something is hunting them. (IMDB)
Little Brown Bird is an atmospheric and heartbreaking account of dementia and the impact it has on the individual and their family.
Read the full review at Ginger Nuts of Horror HERE
Written and Directed by Brian Babarik
After arguing with her parents a distraught teen opens an email promising acceptance, but what the message delivers infects the whole family. (IMDB)
…it is worth sticking with Do Not Open as, although it may not be the best film I have seen in recent years and the message it puts across is not a subtle one, the end effect is a film that has impact and will make you think a little more about your own use of the online world.
Read the full review at Ginger Nuts of Horror HERE
Written By David Lenik
Directed by Charlie Steeds
Chester returns to his home after witnessing his parents’ murders 17 years ago by a killer dressed as Santa. A new Santa killer begins killing his relatives. Chester questions if the killer returned or if a more terrifying truth exists. (IMDB)
He Sees You When You’re Sleeping is a perfectly serviceable slasher with a modicum of blood that takes you through the expected paces of any other perfectly serviceable slasher. It is unfortunately marred by an unlikeable protagonist and some questionable acting – and there will be obvious and unfavourable comparisons to Violent Night.
Read the full review on Ginger Nuts of Horror HERE
Written and Directed by Philip Webb
Produced and Edited by Amy Livingstone
“Every 7 Days” is a short zombie film, with no zombies seen… Seen through the eyes of a mother and daughters strained relationship. Will they pull together and survive, or..?
Every 7 Days is a new short short film from writer/director Philip F. Webb. Set in the bolt-hole of a mother and daughter fighting to survive the Zombie Apocalypse, E7D gives the viewer a weekly glimpse into the slowly decaying existence of those “left behind.” We experience this through short, weekly video updates from the daughter (ruby Leonard) as she mourns the loss of her father, the psychological effects of the apocalypse on her mother, and ruminates on her own fate.
As the “biters” grow stronger and smarter, will they survive?
You can find out in just 8 minutes by giving the short a watch at the end of this review.
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They’re Here….
The Twisted minds behind the Twisted Anthology are back for Volume 3. It’s been a while since Vol. 2 was released and time has flown since the Christmas special, but it is time to pick up your bone-handled knife and carve a new story into whatever flayed skin parchment you have lying around. Try your hand at winning over the Twisted Judges to secure your place in the annals of horror anthologies.
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