Interviews

In Barbarian, a young woman traveling to Detroit for a job interview books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there’s a lot
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Master of horror Stuart Gordon on Re-Animator and why it’s so tough to get HP Lovecraft right…  In 1985, a low-budget HP Lovecraft adaptation would stun audiences and critics around the world. With its outrageous use of gore and keen sense of wit, the inventive, infectious fun of Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator imbued it with instant cult-classic status
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There are plenty of brilliant picks at this year’s Arrow Video Frightfest film festival but when we were told we could host a movie from the plethora of genre goodies on offer, we couldn’t help but gravitate towards Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s sci-fi thriller, Something In The Dirt. Not only are we big fans of
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Filmed in the Welsh language, The Feast (Gwledd) unfolds over the course of one evening as a wealthy family gathers for a sumptuous dinner in their ostentatious house in the Welsh mountains. The guests are a local businessman and a neighbouring farmer, and the intent is to secure a business deal to mine in the
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Star Trek goes back to its origins with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a new adventure-of-the-week show set in the decade before the events of The Original Series. We speak to stars Anson Mount (Captain Pike) and Ethan Peck (a young Spock), who return to Starfleet following a successful arc on Discovery. You both made
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“Stand in front of the mirror and say his name five times…” Back in 1992 the horror genre had a brand new classic in its repertoire with Candyman, the story of a university student (Helen, played by Virginia Madsen) completing her thesis on urban legends, which leads her to the legend of the ‘Candyman’ (played
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The latest season of Stranger Things has brought more monsters into Hawkins from the Upside Down, but none have had such an impact as Vecna – the creature taking over the minds of the young people of Hawkins and drudging up their darkest memories. We spoke to Barrie Gower, Makeup Effects Department Head about creating
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Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose director Scott Derrickson returns to his horror roots following Marvel’s Doctor Strange with a brutal film about childhood violence and trauma with The Black Phone. It’s partly based on a Joe Hill short story from 20th Century Ghosts (a story that Derrickson has adored since its release) and
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“Humans are obsessed with luck, completely obsessed,” laughs Peggy Holmes, director of new animated fantasy, Luck. “I did a lot of research about that and here’s the truth: Luck is random. It’s something you can’t control. As humans we actually like the idea of chance. We don’t really want to know that everything’s going to
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