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 | I Walked with a ZombieMovie Review "I Walked with a Zombie" (1943), directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton, remains one of the most atmospheric horror classics of the 1940s. Unlike the sensationalist zombie films that would emerge decades later, this movie is a poetic and eerie tale that fuses Gothic romance with Caribbean folklore, using mood and suggestion rather than explicit horror. The film follows Betsy Connell, a Canadian nurse who accepts a position on the West Indies island of Saint Sebastian. She is tasked with caring for Jessica Holland, the wife of a plantation owner, who has fallen into a mysterious, catatonic state. As Betsy... Read More |
 | Carnival of SoulsMovie Review Carnival of Souls is a small miracle of American independent cinema. Shot on a shoestring budget and initially released to little success, it has since become a cult classic, revered by filmmakers, critics, and cinephiles alike. This unsettling film blends horror, experimental cinema, and a philosophical meditation on life and death. One of Carnival of Souls' most remarkable elements is its atmosphere. Drawing inspiration from German Expressionist cinema and the work of directors like Ingmar Bergman, Herk Harvey creates a ghostly world where the line between reality and the surreal is constantly blurred. Maurice Prather’s... Read More |
 | The House with Laughing WindowsMovie Review The House with Laughing Windows is an unconventional masterpiece of Italian cinema—a film suspended between psychological thriller, rural horror, and gothic tradition, showing how true terror can stem more from suggestion than from explicit violence. Directed by a masterful Pupi Avati, the film stands out for its deeply unsettling atmosphere and its expert use of suspense. Avati builds horror with surgical precision, using a slow pace to generate anxiety and opting for a restrained yet elegant direction. The film's true protagonist is what remains unsaid: the silences, the glances, the distant noises, and the... Read More |
 | The House That ScreamedMovie Review Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, a cult figure in Spanish cinema, delivers a disturbing, elegant, and deeply layered film with The House That Screamed (La residencia). Far from the explicit horror typical of its era, this film plays with atmosphere, psychosexual undertones, and social repression to construct a gothic nightmare driven by a hypnotic rhythm and sustained tension. Set in an isolated girls’ boarding school in 19th-century rural France, the film slowly builds a claustrophobic microcosm where discipline, control, and sexual repression reign supreme. The headmistress—masterfully played by Lilli Palmer—embodies a twisted... Read More |
 | Green InfernoMovie Review I must admit The Green Inferno had such promise. I heard a lot about it before the screening, and was obviously thrilled at the Cannibal Holocaust comparison. It’s such a shame that I didn’t enjoy this more than I did. It’s got a strong start, setting the scene nicely up in this bitch (you’ll get that later – line of the year, ammaright Mitch?), beginning with a well executed plane crash scene, which seemed to genuinely impress all. Then followed some actually scary, skin crawling action when the kids meet the villagers. This is where it lost me. What should have been a terrifying turn of events, drawing on... Read More |
 | Wolf CreekMovie Review I had a hard time watching "Wolf Creek." It is a film with one clear purpose: To establish the commercial credentials of its director by showing his skill at depicting the brutal tracking, torture and mutilation of screaming young women. When the killer severs the spine of one of his victims and calls her "a head on a stick," I wanted to walk out of the theater and keep on walking. It has an 82 percent "fresh" reading over at the Tomatometer. "Bound to give even the most seasoned thriller seeker nightmares" (Hollywood Reporter). "Will have Wes Craven bowing his head in shame" (Clint Morris). "Must be giving Australia's... Read More |
 | MartyrsMovie Review Watching MARTYRS is like staring into a blast furnace. Pascal Laugier’s film is a smoldering cell of anger and heat and hate and marvel. It’s difficult to watch head on and downright painful to endure over time. To be honest the experience is one I hesitate to recommend. However, one must be impressed by the effect of it, impressed by its ability to inflict such engineered torment, impressed that the film can survive its own extreme internal pressures. Laugier’s is an escalation game, vying not to push past boundaries, rather to set up residence on the border itself. The squirming endurance comes not from how far past the... Read More |
 | SeedMovie Review The above quote opens what could be one of the most disturbing movies I have seen in a long time. Uwe Boll’s Seed is an unflinching exercise in human cruelty. The movie begins with archival footage of humans being exceptionally cruel to a variety of animals that was provided by PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. I thought this was unnecessary at the time, but in further watching the movie, I felt that the PETA footage started the story off in the right direction. It prepares the viewer for the cruelty expressed further in. The next scene is a man being executed in the fashion that is most popular in horror... Read More |
 | Guglielmo FavillaInterview Guglielmo Favilla (born 1981, in Livorno) is an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. A graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, he has worked across theater, film, and television. Known for his versatility, he gained recognition in the horror genre with "Eaters" (2010), "Extreme Jukebox" (2013), "Stellastrega" (2018), and Dario Argento’s "Dark Glasses" (2022), where he played Jerry. Also active as a voice actor and writer, Favilla moves effortlessly between dramatic and comedic roles. He continues to collaborate with independent filmmakers and Italian productions,... Read More |
 | The Manetti Bros.Interview The Manetti Bros., the pseudonym of Marco Manetti (Rome, January 15, 1968) and Antonio Manetti (Rome, September 16, 1970), are Italian brothers, film directors, screenwriters, and producers. They made their debut in 1994 with “Consegna a domicilio” and gained attention with “Torino Boys” (1997). Moving between cinema and television, they directed films such as “Zora la vampira” (2000), “Piano 17” (2005), and the cult TV series “L’Ispettore Coliandro” (since 2006). Passionate about genre cinema, they also ventured into horror: they directed “Paura 3D” (2012), a claustrophobic horror-thriller set in an isolated villa, and... Read More |