Horror is a genre that has produced just as many iconic figures as it has thrust audacious filmmakers into obscurity, regardless of the quality of their work. A figure that grapples the line between these two is Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, a director who may have only made two theatrical films, but did so in such…

Horror filmmaking, especially in the earlier days of Hollywood, was a fascinating time, especially when it comes to exploring the careers of specific individuals, whether directors or actors. The Old Dark House is one of the few horror films that can be considered a perfect symbiosis of multiple genres, conventions and styles, and the rare…

“There is enchantment in the light” Robert Eggers may have broken film criticism – not because he made a perfect film, but rather one that is singularly impossible to fully encapsulate in any amount of words. It’s difficult to figure out precisely where to start when talking about The Lighthouse – this is a brilliant…

There aren’t many people who contemporary audiences can implicitly trust to deliver a film about a haunted dress without descending into parody more than revolutionary auteur Peter Strickland. He is a director who has proven himself to be one of the most peculiar directors working today through a set of films that are both incredibly…

I’ve always had a very strong relationship with The Shining. My adolescent years were spent obsessing over the novel and the iconic (if not highly contentious) film adaptation, looking for every crucial detail, trying to discern what it meant in the grander scheme of what Stephen King was trying to convey with this masterful story…

Will (Armie Hammer) is a bartender at a dive bar somewhere in New Orleans. His job is simple but he enjoys the work – serving the same set of regulars that become like a family always seemed to appeal to him, and he seemed to lack broader ambitions, with the opposite being true for his…

Cathryn (Susannah York) is a reclusive author of children’s books who is currently struggling to finish her latest work. This is mainly the result of her declining mental state, where she starts to see and hear voices that heighten her paranoia. In an attempt to liberate herself from the angst-filled city, she convinces her husband,…

The Last House on the Left is a dark, often offensive and generally unpleasant experience. It is also one of the most audacious films of the 1970s, and a remarkable addition to the canon of highly original constructions of terror. Occurring right at the intersection between gritty exploitation and disconcerting horror, Wes Craven makes quite…

“Centreville, USA: A real nice place” – visitors to the quaint little town are greeted with these words as they enter, and it’s difficult to argue with the sentiment. Harbouring less than 800 residents, it is the quintessential small Midwestern town that doesn’t make much of an impression, other than being a genuinely lovely place…

There are few films that have amassed quite as intense a following as The Wicker Man, the darkly comical horror by debut director Robin Hardy, who instantly forged a path for himself as someone of great significance in the canon of horror history, even if this film was his only notable work. A gloriously dark…