Excision is one of the most bizarre, grotesque and gory films I have ever seen…and I loved it. I am not someone who particularly likes gory body horror films, but Excision was a wonderfully strange film that is a brilliant combination of gruesome horror and teen comedy, and achieves all it tries to attempt without…

I often talk about films that have their reputations preceding them. Films such as Citizen Kane, The Godfather and Star Wars are films so ingrained in our culture as filmgoers, it doesn’t really matter if we haven’t seen them, the important thing is that we feel like we have. There are, of course, other films…

Horror might not be the highest-grossing genre at the moment, but it is perhaps one of the most popular, as evident by the continuous wave of horror films being released year after year – people love to be scared in a controlled environment, and as long as there have been films, there have been people…

In today’s  society, a film like Freaks would never be made. Despite showing the titular characters not as monsters, but as people like this film did, it would have been very difficult to actually make a film like this. That’s why Freaks is a very special, unique film that has aged incredibly well and its…

From the very beginning of Jim Jarmusch’s masterpiece, Only Lovers Left Alive, you are drawn into this bleak world and it is impossible for one not to be captivated by the intense brilliance that Jarmusch brings to this story, and you instantly realize you are watching something very special. Vampires have become such a part…

There are some films that just gain a reputation, and become legendary based on that reputation. All too often, these films very rarely live up to their reputation. However, Misery’s reputation for being the ultimate film about obsession and insanity lives up to the legend it has received. It is as terrifying and brilliant as…