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M3GAN sees two giants of the horror genre, Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster team up for a high-tech version of Chucky. Gemma (Allison Williams) is a robotics expert who works at the toy company Funki. Gemma’s life is altered forever when her sister and brother-in-law die in a car accident and she must take care […]
Christmas Bloody Christmas is an original film for Shudder and sees the Santa slasher subgenre get a high-tech twist. Tori (Riley Dandy) is a record store owner and Robbie (Sam Delich) is her employee. They plan to spend their Christmas Eve drinking and partying. Their plans get horribly interrupted when the robotic Santa in the toy […]
Based on a novel by Camille DeAngelis, Bones and All is a film that mixed horror, romance, a road movie, and a coming-of-age story. It was a film that attempts to tackle a lot. Marin Yearly (Taylor Russell) is an 18-year-old high schooler who has an overprotective dad (André Holland). One night Marin sneaks out […]
In the previous Britflix retrospective, I looked at one of my favourite British horror films, 28 Days Later. So, it seemed fair to look at the sequel that’s celebrating its 15th anniversary. 28 weeks after the rage virus outbreak the American military declare Britain is safe for repatriation and the Isle of Dogs is declared a […]
In the first two decades of the 21st century we saw the resurrection of the zombie genre. One of the key films responsible for this revival was 28 Days Later, a film that is now 20 years old. Jim (Cillian Murphy) is a bike courier who awakes from a 28-day long coma and finds that Central London has been […]
His House is a British horror film that has been met with critical acclaim, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and earned two BIFA awards. Bol (Sope Dirisu) and Rial (Wunmi Mosaku) are refugees from South Sudan who get asylum in the UK. They are given a house on the outskirts of London, but they struggle […]
Prey for the Devil is an exorcism from the director of The Last Exorcism, and one of the writers of Halloween: H20.  With credits that, Prey for the Devil had an uphill challenge to prove itself. Sister Ann (Jacqueline Byers) is a nun who’s transferred to a special exorcism hospital and school in Boston. She acts as a nurse and even […]
The Feast (or Gwledd in Welsh) is a Welsh language horror film that acts as a British entry into the elevated horror subgenre. A wealthy family in rural Wales is planning to host a dinner party. There are tensions in the family unit. Cadi (Annes Elwy), a waitress from the nearby town is hired to help cater the party […]
Barbarian has become one of the surprise hits of 2022. Made on a modest $4.5 million budget it already has a healthy box-office return and is a critical hit. The question is, has the hype been justified? Tess Marshall (Georgina Campbell) travels to Detroit for a job interview and books an Airbnb in the Brightmoor area of the city. However, […]
Crimes of the Future is a sci-fi film by the master of body horror, David Cronenberg. It’s the first film made by the director in seven years and was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. In the near future humanity is rapidly changing. Many people have modified their bodies so they […]