Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/07/2023 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/07/2023

[Film Review] Rose: A Love Story (2020)

This beautiful and moving film is a quiet nod to the enduring power of love, and while aspects of Rose: A Love Story are truly terrifying, it is the relationship built within the story that offers the viewer a truly unique experience.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 30/06/2023 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 30/06/2023

[Ghouls Podcast] The Last House on the Left (2009) with Zoë Rose Smith and Jerry Sampson

This June we’ve been looking at originals and their remakes—and whilst we don’t always agree with horror film remakes, some of them often bring a fresh perspective to the source material. For this episode, we are looking at the remake of one of the most controversial exploitation films, The Last House on the Left (2009).

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 03/03/2023 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 03/03/2023

[Film Review] Blood (2023)

Blood stars Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone) as Jess, a mother and nurse recovering from substance abuse and making a new start after the end of her dysfunctional marriage by moving her daughter Tyler (Skyler Morgan Jones) and younger son Owen (an outstanding performance from Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) into her childhood home.

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 26/02/2023 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 26/02/2023

[Film Review] Next Exit (2023)

If the existence of ghosts, and therefore life after death, was proven, how would the world respond

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/02/2023 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/02/2023

[Film Review] Sorry About the Demon (2022)

In the world of horror film criticism and analysis, common discourse entertains the ‘what abouts’ of subgenres.

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 02/10/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 02/10/2022

[Film Review] Bite (2022)

A film that can be considered a cross between Snatch and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre sounds like a pretty good deal, and overall, director James Owen’s Bite takes bits from each film in a manner that doesn’t entirely feel like a retread, but also doesn’t quite hit the mark of an original genre film.

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 17/09/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 17/09/2022

[Film Review] The Retaliators (2021)

The Retaliators feels like two movies wrapped into one…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 17/09/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 17/09/2022

[Editorial] Horror Filmmakers to Watch: Christian Bachini

IIn terms of innovation in short-form filmmaking, Christian “Kang” Bachini’s incredible Escalation stands out above the rest…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 25/08/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 25/08/2022

[Film Review] Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Now, for the Gen-Z set, Bodies Bodies Bodies twerks its way onto the scene with some of the funniest, smartly written, TikTok-fueled young adults to get hacked and slashed.

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 18/08/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 18/08/2022

[Film Review] Glorious (2022)

It isn’t easy to pull off the single location horror film with any real sense of tension and dread.

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/08/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/08/2022

[Film Review] When I Consume You (2022)

There is nothing in the world like an independent horror film that moves to the beat of its own drum. Shirking cliché and formula, When I Consume You offers a wholly unique experience for the viewer, requiring a bit of patience, and delivering heartbreaking terror.

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 04/06/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 04/06/2022

[Film Review] Xpiation (2018)

In the dark, twisted universe of extreme horror, filmmakers can utilize extremity through violence and brutality to explore difficult themes through the subversive and taboo

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 03/06/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 03/06/2022

[Film Review] The Sadness (2021)

Hitting a surprisingly mainstream audience with a wildly extreme film, Rob Jabbaz’s debut The Sadness is a cluster fuck of deviance and gore with a satirical and mean wink toward incel and r/niceguy culture

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 01/06/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 01/06/2022

[Film Review] MEN (2022)

Alex Garland is a world builder and magician. He is a spellbinder. A masterful creator of complex characters and ominous mundanity…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 08/05/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 08/05/2022

[Event Review] Unnamed Footage Festival

It takes a lot of effort to really make it in the found footage world. For every The Blair Witch Project, there’s twenty lesser known and less successful attempts…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 04/05/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 04/05/2022

[Film Review] The Aviary (2022)

The Aviary is a surprisingly intriguing character study of the effects of psychological trauma and cult practices…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 22/04/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 22/04/2022

[Editorial] Horror Filmmakers to Watch: Nathan Crooker

I met writer and director Nathan Crooker at FilmQuest (see my rave review of the festival here) last November after watching his incredible short film #Nofilter

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 03/03/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 03/03/2022

[Editorial] Horror Filmmakers to Watch: Craig Ouellette

What I’ve noticed the most about Craig Ouellette is his ability to build tension in such a short amount of time…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 23/02/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 23/02/2022

[Film Review] A God Without a Universe (2015)

A God Without a Universe, the 2015 release from Kasper Juhl, might possibly feature some of the most unforgivably deviant and chaotic characters written in some time…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 20/02/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 20/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Letter to Béatrice Dalle: In Honor of la Femme & Gorgeous Villainy

Chère Béatrice, I remember the first time I saw your visage on screen. I was horrified. As the flame of the lighter just kissed the tip of your cigarette…