Tag: Becky Darke
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REVIEW: Mandrake (2022)
dir. Lynne Davison Parole officer Cathy (Deirdre Mullins) has a troubled family life, but soon finds her problems worsen when she’s allocated the case of released killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw (Derbhle Crotty). Despite having been in prison for twenty years Mary soon returns to certain practices, and so when two children go missing nearby Cathy’s…
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REVIEW: Homebound (2021)
dir. Sebastian Godwin There’s something intrinsically ominous about arriving at a house where you expect someone to be, and them not being there. No matter how hard you try to convince yourself that something just came up and they’ll be back any moment, there’s often a niggling feeling that they’re dead in a ditch or…
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REVIEW: Night’s End (2022)
dir. Jennifer Reeder Shut-in movies have – for obvious reasons – become more common post-COVID, and the horror genre is a natural home for them; they can be particularly effective when characters feel unable to leave their safe space, even after it has been invaded by a hostile entity. Delving into ‘lockdown horror’, the new…
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ANALYSIS: The 90’s Slasher Cycle
In 1996, Scream changed everything. But what came next? Becky Darke breaks it down… The state of slasher films in the 1990s is notorious among horror fans, following a period of over-saturation from juggernaut franchises and, later, the subgenre’s rejuvenation through director Wes Craven’s and writer/producer Kevin Williamson’s spearheading of teen slashers 2.0. A new…
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #26: Becky Darke on THE OMEN (1976)
Spoilers Becky Darke – co-host of the Don’t Point That Horror At Me and Return to Eerie, Indiana podcasts – unpacks lies, consequences and the Antichrist in one of the most famous occult films of all time… Richard Donner’s The Omen. The 1976 classic occult horror movie about a satanic plot to implant the Antichrist…
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