Horror films
Dark Whispers review: eclectic, unsettling anthology of horror shorts from 10 female directors
Boasting Asher Keddie and Anthony LaPaglia, this round-up of Australian horror demonstrates untapped genre talent
Debbie Zhou
25, Jan, 2021 @2:04 AM
The Masque of the Red Death review – horribly apt Poe adaptation
Roger Corman’s 1964 cult classic about a medieval pestilence closing in on a decadent count played by Vincent Price has uncomfortable resonance
Peter Bradshaw
21, Jan, 2021 @10:00 AM
The Rental review – predictable cabin-in-the-woods scares
Dan Stevens and Alison Brie star in this horror-mystery, which has a nicely tense setup but degenerates into cliche
Peter Bradshaw
20, Jan, 2021 @2:00 PM
The White Tiger rides the surge in streamed south Asian stories
The adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker-winning novel is coming to Netflix – one of a growing number of films from the region snapped up by the streaming giants
Ashanti Omkar
20, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM
12 Hour Shift review – guts and gore in cheerful bad-taste horror
This darkly comic riff on the legend of hospital organ trafficking hinges on Angela Bettis’ wonderfully dry performance as an opioid-addicted nurse
Cath Clarke
19, Jan, 2021 @4:00 PM
On my radar: Jason Williamson's cultural highlights
The Sleaford Mods frontman on a favourite singer-songwriter, a hellish horror film and why he spends seven hours a day on Twitter
Kadish Morris
16, Jan, 2021 @3:00 PM
Barbara Shelley obituary
Hammer horror and television actor best known for films such as Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Ryan Gilbey
12, Jan, 2021 @5:21 PM
Hunted review – Red Riding Hood reboot is a nifty, nasty trip into the woods
Vincent Paronnaud takes a well-trodden path with this modern fairytale but adds smart meta-commentary and edgy menace
Leslie Felperin
12, Jan, 2021 @12:00 PM
Hear me out: why I Know Who Killed Me isn't a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers defending maligned movies is a recommendation for Lindsay Lohan’s gory stripper thriller
Charles Bramesco
11, Jan, 2021 @7:03 AM
Grizzly II review: long-lost George Clooney horror is truly unbearable
Laura Dern and Timothy Spall are among the stars-to-be in this abandoned project, now finished for a cynical belated release
Peter Bradshaw
08, Jan, 2021 @4:14 PM
The Call review – a phoned-in mix of ghouls, ghosts and well-worn tropes
A gang of cocky suburban teenagers raise the undead via a retro landline in a by-the-numbers horror that never picks up
Leslie Felperin
05, Jan, 2021 @11:00 AM
Let It Snow review – a seasonal chiller to warm fright fans' souls
Stanislav Kapralov’s haunted-ski-slope horror is misanthropic, predictable – and gloriously good fun
Leslie Felperin
30, Dec, 2020 @2:00 PM
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