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Y'lan Noel in horror movie The First Purge

Review – ‘The First Purge’ finally shows the franchise’s satirical potential

18/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Blumhouse, Certificate: 15, Gerard McMurray, Horror, James DeMonaco, Joivan Wade, July 2018, Lex Scott Davis, Marisa Tomei, Mugga, Patch Darragh, Rating: Pop, Rotimi Paul, The First Purge, The Purge, Y'lan Noel

The First Purge brings a massive slice of Trump era social commentary to its killer horror premise.

Aaron Moorhead stars in sci-fi horror The Endless

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Review – Mind-bending sci-fi ‘The Endless’ is as frustrating as it is intriguing

29/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Certificate: 15, Horror, James Jordan, June 2018, Justin Benson, Kira Powell, Lew Temple, Rating: Pop, Sci-Fi, Tate Ellington, The Endless

Directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead take centre stage as they star in The Endless, which weaves a complex sci-fi mystery.

Charlotte Vega and Bill Milner in The Lodgers

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DVD Review – ‘The Lodgers’ never provokes a shiver within its haunted house

28/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bill Milner, Brian O'Malley, Certificate: 15, Charlotte Vega, David Bradley, DVD, Eugene Simon, Horror, June 2018, Rating: Poop, The Lodgers

Haunted house horror movie The Lodgers is a rather generic genre tale that chooses to wallow in uninventive misery and bleakness.

Lili Taylor in vampire horror movie The Addiction

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Blu-ray Review – ‘The Addiction’ turns vampirism into a compelling philosophical treatise

27/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Abel Ferrara, Annabella Sciorra, Blu-ray, Certificate: 18, Christopher Walken, Drama, Edie Falco, Fredro Starr, Horror, June 2018, Kathryn Erbe, Lili Taylor, Rating: Pop, The Addiction

Abel Ferrara takes vampirism in a very different direction, through the lens of Lili Taylor’s terrific performance, in The Addiction.

Giant insects attack in creature feature It Came From the Desert

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DVD Review – Giant ant movie ‘It Came From The Desert’ knows exactly what it is

24/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Alex Mills, Andrew Horton, Callum McGowan, Certificate: 15, Comedy, DVD, Harry Lister Smith, Horror, It Came From the Desert, June 2018, Mark Arnold, Marko Mäkilaakso, Rating: Pop, Vanessa Grasse

It’s big, it’s stupid and it’s obviously bargain basement filmmaking, but it’s hard not to enjoy a knowingly ridiculous giant bug movie.

The Witch, Hereditary and The Babadook have all been described as elevated horror movies

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VIDEO – Hereditary and how ‘elevated horror’ dismisses the genius of scary movies

16/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alex Wolff, Ari Aster, Gabriel Byrne, Hereditary, Horror, It Comes at Night, It Follows, Milly Shapiro, The Babadook, The Witch, Toni Collette, Video

Hereditary has become the latest scary movie to receive the ‘elevated horror’ level, but is this a fair way to describe films?

Toni Collette stars in Ari Aster's horror movie Hereditary

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Review – Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’ finds terror in the grieving process

13/06/2018 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2018, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, Ari Aster, Certificate: 15, Gabriel Byrne, Hereditary, Horror, June 2018, Milly Shapiro, Rating: Pop, Toni Collette

Riding a wave of critical acclaim and Sundance buzz, Ari Aster’s family horror Hereditary is already being talked about as a future classic.

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

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Review – ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ marries dino adventure with gothic horror

06/06/2018 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2018, Action, Adventure, Bryce Dallas Howard, Certificate: 12, Chris Pratt, Daniella Pineda, Horror, Isabella Sermon, Jeff Goldblum, Juan Antonio Bayona, June 2018, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Justice Smith, Rafe Spall, Rating: Pop, Ted Levine, Toby Jones

The dinosaurs are back in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which sees director JA Bayona bring his own gothic horror sensibilities.

Matilda Lutz and Kevin Janssens fight to the death in Revenge

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Analysis – How Coralie Fargeat’s ‘Revenge’ deconstructs the male gaze through the lens of a subversive rape-revenge horror

31/05/201812/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Alfred Hitchcock, Analysis, Camille Keaton, Coralie Fargeat, David Cronenberg, Gaspar Noé, Guillaume Bouchède, Horror, I Spit on Your Grave, James Stewart, Kevin Janssens, Male Gaze, Matilda Lutz, Revenge, Videodrome, Vincent Colombe

In the world of Coralie Fargeat’s rough horror Revenge, the male gaze is getting poked in both of its eyes.

Things get weird very quickly in cult horror film Attack of the Adult Babies

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VOD Review – ‘Attack of the Adult Babies’ is a delightfully icky horror satire

28/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Andrew Dunn, Attack of the Adult Babies, Certificate: 18, Charlie Chuck, Dominic Brunt, Horror, Joanne Mitchell, June 2018, Kate Coogan, Kurtis Lowe, Laurence R Harvey, Mica Proctor, Rating: Pop, Sally Dexter, Thaila Zucchi, VOD

Emmerdale actor Dominic Brunt delves into the dark art of cult horror cinema with Attack of the Adult Babies – a gorefest with a sharp, satirical edge.

Joanne Mitchell and Charlie Chuck in Attack of the Adult Babies

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – Interview with Jake West of Nucleus Films on Attack of the Adult Babies

24/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Attack of the Adult Babies, Dominic Brunt, Horror, Interview, Jake West, Nucleus Films, Podcast, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

I sat down with Nucleus Films co-founder Jake West to chat about Attack of the Adult Babies and the weird world of cult horror.

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