SOHOME HORROR FEST: SHOCKDOWN SATURDAYS - Week Three (Bonus Film)
A short but (bitter)sweet Argentinian western. It's clear from the get-go why this was chosen to be Soho Horror Fest's Valentine's feature, even if it came a week late; it's dark, and brutal, and tragic, but more than anything, it's a love story. The couple in this film fall somewhere between Romeo & Juliet and Bonnie & Clyde when it comes to forbidden misfit romances, and speaking of Shakespeare, the great writer's…
SOHOME HORROR FEST: SHOCKDOWN SATURDAYS - Week Three
I always get a little apprehensive when horror movies, especially slasher movies, get advertised as an "80s throwback". Sometimes, I come across movies which use the phrase "80s horror throwback" as an excuse for lazy writing and characterisation, bad acting and an uninteresting, bland plot. To me, horror should always be transgressive rather than regressive, and that's not me saying that I hate fauxploitation and retro throwback horror, because to be quite…
When looking at web-series and ARGs, Marble Hornets is a brilliant example of how to get everything right in creepy and atmospheric storytelling. The surrealism is well-achieved, and the praise for it is all deserved. Everybody should go and watch it now.
Finishing up the beloved Scream saga of meta-slasher flicks, I return to the franchise with Wes Craven's final film, Scream 4. And boy, this is truly how you end a slasher franchise.
Scream 4 is the finale this series deserves. This time tackling the codes and conventions of slasher movie remakes and horror in the post-9/11 world, Scream 4 is arguably as witty a film as the first one, albeit the fact that the first will always be my favourite.…
