Horror

My Dad has always loved the horror genre, both books and film and this interest filtered down to me at an early age. As a teenager when the wonders of the video recorder finally hit our house (as well as the confusion on how to work the damn thing), Sunday afternoons became filled with the blood-curding screams of women in peril, salivating monsters and all manners of evil personified. I think in some ways I became used to it all - no longer was I shocked by bloodthirsty slasher movies and low budget vampires but then there were a few films that really got to me. The sleepless nights, the rising fear, the sense that somehow the world wasn’t perhaps a nice place ...  Read the complete review

*Oh bum, wrong cat, I'll get it moved shortly!* I suppose I'd have to admit that my favourite movie genre has to be horror. Despite the proliferation of sci-fi movies in my all time top 10 list the other day, the films I look forward to the most tend to be those that look deep into one's most basic fears and take the viewer on a white knuckle roller coaster ride that sparks similar emotions to those experienced at the height of ecstasy (?). Alternatively, I just like seeing folks get bumped off. So...in no particular order: Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Wes Craven has something of a vivid imagination. Often centred around ...  Read the complete review

Horror is and probably always will be my favourite of all genres. I've loved the genre dearly since I was about 12 (I'm now 17) and in those 5 short years I have tried to see the most scariest and goriest horror flicks made. I have notched up quite a few horrors and have seen all the classics (Exorcist, Halloween, AWIL, Evil Dead etc) as well as the obscure and obscene but even though I've seen my fair share of the crappy horror films still love horror. The only disadvantage to my passion is that after my first two or three horror films I stopped getting scared, not to say I haven't seen films that have shocked and disturbed. So here is my top ten horror ...  Read the complete review

These are the movies that creeped me out, moved me away from doors and windows, and had me huddling breathless next to who ever was watching the film with me at the time. Most of these I do not attempt watching by my self. Some warped me at an early age (the 1st film I remember seeing was Bela Lugosi's Dracula-I snuck out of bed and hid behind the chair for that one!). Some had me jumping at shadows for a few days, but all of these are flicks I can watch over again and still get the chills!I love tales of madness and obsession too, being an Edgar Allen Poe fan. In no particular order, since limiting to just ten is hard enough... 1.INVASION OF THE ...  Read the complete review

There are loads of different types of horror films. From slasher/stalker films to the supernatural, from monster flicks to religious depictions of Satan. Most of them are not very scary, the most they are intended to do is make you jump. People want a thrill out of the film, they want to feel bearably tense because the genuine feeling of being horrified is not pleasant. Horror is a crossover genre, the films always include elements of other types of film. Probably my favourite brand of horror film is the comedy gore flick, or even the unintentionally funny gore film. Anyway everyone has their own favourites and mine are a mixture of genuinely chilling efforts to ...  Read the complete review