FrightFest 2017 Round-Up
Horror Channel FrightFest 2017 has come and gone. Like any good horror icon, it will be back. But, let us take time to reflect upon a suitably wild eighteenth year…
Category: Features
An in-depth look at the movies that matter.
Todd Tucker Talks The Terror of Hallow’s Eve
You may not have heard of Todd Tucker, but you will certainly have seen his work. A Hollywood make-up artist for over twenty-five years, he has worked on such films…
Must-See Movies at FrightFest 2017
Horror Channel FrightFest 2017 sees the UK’s premiere fright n’ fantasy film festival turn 18 years old. For any British horror fan, “18” is the rating that promises real terror;…
2017 – A Hot Summer for Movies?
Summer movies. They promise so much, yet so many times deliver so little. Terminator: Genisys, Jason Bourne, Suicide Squad anyone? But, eternal optimist Rich Phippen takes an idiosyncratic, partially cautious…
Shell-Praiser: A Defense of Ghost in the Shell
SPIRITED REIMAGINING (Spoiler warning: key plot points from Ghost in the Shell 2017 revealed in this feature) Mired in whitewashing accusations since 2015 when Scarlett Johansson was announced in the…
Electric Shadows Oscars 2017 Blog-along
01.31 – Welcome to the first Electric Shadows Oscars blog-along. A stream of consciousness over the next 4hrs+ at the spectacle of Hollywood’s biggest night. Currently Justin Timberlake is singing…
Moonlight dominates Online Film Critics Society Awards
The powerful coming-of-age drama Moonlight dominated the 2016 Online Film Critics Society Awards, winning a total of four awards out of seven nominations. The film beat out competition from La…
2016 – Rewind And Re-View
2016. We’ll not dwell on what an awful year it was. Suffice to say there was a lot happening in the movie world, some of it bad, some of it…
The Best Films of 2016
Oh 2016, you terrible year. What general miserableness was foisted upon us these past 12 months. Providing a light in the gloom were movies released this year; a great selection…
Shiver & Scissor with Shudder at TIFF!
Upcoming horror streaming service Shudder knows how to grab the attention and imagination of movie fans. How better to showcase a new way to watch fear films than by recruiting…