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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jan 102 min read
[Review]: The Damned
The Damned 2024 Set amongst the frozen landscape of an Arctic bay, Thordur Palsson’s The Damned is a desolate depiction of the horrors of...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Dec 10, 20242 min read
[Review]: You Are Not Me
The satirical psychological horror You Are Not Me centres itself on a woman who, with her partner and child, heads home for the holidays...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Nov 26, 20242 min read
[Imagine Fantastic 2024]: A Mother's Embrace
Directed by Cristian Ponce, A Mother’s Embrace is a Brazilian psychological horror that explores PTSD and the all consuming experience...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 31, 20242 min read
[Imagine Fantastic 2024]: PÁrvulos
As the aftermath of a near-apocalypse-inducing pandemic ravages the landscape, three brothers navigate the world which they have...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 30, 20242 min read
[Review]: He Never Left
Set at a very Carpenter-esque Halloween season, He Never Left , directed by James Morris, focuses on a man who is at the epicentre of a...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 23, 20242 min read
[Review]: Tenants
Anthology horror Tenants houses seven tales spread across seven floors of an apartment building, connected by a woman who is being...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 16, 20242 min read
[Screamfest 2024]: Witte Wieven
Directed by Didier Konings, Witte Wieven (aka Heresy ) is a dark folktale heavy with an oppressive atmosphere that centers around a...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 7, 20242 min read
[Review]: Terrifier 3
Art is back, and this time he is slaying his way through the snow and decking the halls with guts and carnage as the third instalment in...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 30, 20242 min read
[Fantastic Fest 2024]: What Happened To Dorothy Bell?
Having had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2024, the found footage chiller What Happened To Dorothy Bell? directed by Danny...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 29, 20242 min read
[Review]: Beezel
Home is certainly where the hurt is in director Aaron Fradkin’s supernatural horror film Beezel , where the home in question is...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 29, 20242 min read
[[Fantastic Fest 2024]: V/H/S Beyond
Released in 2012, V/H/S was a fresh take on the horror anthology format. Utilising the subgenre of found footage, it based its set up...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 27, 20242 min read
[Fantastic Fest 2024]: Apartment 7A
In 1968 a screen adaptation of an Ira Levin novel took the cinematic world by storm. Lauded by theatre goers and critics alike, the...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 25, 20242 min read
[Fantastic Fest 2024]: Respati
With offerings such as 2019’s Impetigore, 2017’s Satan’s Slaves and the recently released Dancing Village: Where The Curse Begins (2024),...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 20, 20242 min read
[Review]: Inherit The Witch
Directed by Cradeaux Alexander, Inherit The Witch is a dark psychological horror that explores inherited trauma through a supernatural...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 19, 20242 min read
[Review]: The Substance
Hollywood is hell. Especially for women. Even more so for women of a certain age. In a society that views them as disposable and...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 18, 20242 min read
[Review]: Invoking Yell
The heavy metal subgenre of black metal is one that centres itself on dark and occult-esque themes, but is surrounded by a certain level...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 15, 20242 min read
[Review]: Wolves Against The World
From director Quinn Armstrong comes the second instalment in the Fresh Hell trilogy, Wolves Against The World . Exploring far-right hate...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 13, 20242 min read
[Review]: Subservience
Directed by S.K Dale, Subservience is a science-fiction thriller starring Megan Fox as an artificially intelligent fembot who, after...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 10, 20242 min read
[Review]: La Perdicion
Directed by prolific Italian filmmaker Domiziano Cristopharo, La Perdici òn is an exploration into the depths of hell and ruin...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 2, 20242 min read
[Book Review]: Millennial Nasties – Analyzing A Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence by Ariel Powers-Schaub
Once the 20th century ended and the world was ushered into the new millennium, a new era of horror was born. Nastier, meaner and grimmer,...
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