DOCTOR JEKYLL *** UK 2023 Dir: Joe Stephenson. 89 mins This revisionist take on the oft-adapted Robert Louis Stevenson classic immediately stirs those vulnerable neck hairs with the title and the legend “Hammer Presents” appearing onscreen in big, bright red letters, set to a suitably strident Blair Mowat score. Hammer…
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ORPHAN: FIRST KILL **** USA / Canada 2022 Dir: William Brent Bell. 102 mins Here’s a belated prequel to what seemed a memorably twisted one-off that surprises by not going the lazy route. Director William Brent Bell (of THE BOY films and WER) and screenwriter David Coggeshall, realising they can’t…
HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS **** UK 1983 Dir: Pete Walker. 97 mins In a bold move, Cannon Films asked Pete Walker, the filmmaker responsible for some of the most nihilistic, establishment-baiting British horror films of the 1970s, and MARK OF THE DEVIL screenwriter Michael Armstrong to adapt “The Seven…
Out of print for over 35 years, the official soundtrack to the cult 1984 film The Company Of Wolves by Neil Jordan is finally available once again on vinyl format. The surreal and effective film – a true gem of British Gothic fantasy horror – has an equally atmospheric, breathtakingly beautiful,…
AUTOMATA recently completed a hugely successful initial Kickstarter campaign, securing the funds needed to complete the Gothic horror, but now the filmmakers have launched a follow-up drive to add a brand new supernatural battle to the feature. The team at Hex Studios are looking for £5000 ($6700) to shoot the…