IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS *** UK 2019 Dir: David A Weiner. 264 mins There’s no doubting the affection behind this four hour celebration of 1980s horror: the title design is lovingly modelled on Carpenter’s THE THING, the synth score (by Weary Pines and New Retro Wave) is a spry homage…
Browsing: Mick Garris
SKY SHARKS **** Germany 2020 Dir: Marc Fehse. 110 mins After being teased of this upcoming Nazi zombie/flying shark combo for what feels like a good couple of years now the wait is finally over! SKY SHARKS has been released into the wild premiering here in the UK as the…
2020 sees Grimmfest reaching the dirty dozen: Twelve years at the cutting edge of genre film. And to celebrate, next year’s festival will be bigger, bolder, and bloodier than ever – running from the evening of Wednesday 7th October 2020 through to the evening of Sunday 11th October 2020 at…
NIGHTMARE CINEMA **** USA 2018 Dir: Joe Dante, Mick Garris, David Slade, Alejandro Brugues, Ryuhei Kitamura. 119 mins At last: a really satisfying horror anthology movie. The framing story features projectionist Mickey Rourke intimidating those who stumble across his old-fashioned Rialto movie theatre and referring to himself as “the curator…
KING COHEN **** USA 2017 Dir: Steve Mitchell 110 mins Opening with J J Abrams clutching an IT’S ALIVE baby prop while relating an anecdote, this is a regaling feature documentary about one of modern horror’s smartest writer-producer-directors, made by the guy who wrote the vaguely Cohen-esque high concept splatter…