Tag: Melissa Cox
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REVIEW: Holy Shit! a.k.a. Ach du Scheisse! (2022)
dir. Lukas Rinker From Edgar Allen Poe though to Spooloos, The Descent and Buried, there’s a long tradition of horror featuring confined spaces. Even for non-claustrophobes the idea of being trapped and unable to move is unnerving, and in horror there’s often the added possibility there could be malicious intent behind such imprisonment. Lukas Rinker’s…
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REVIEW: The Breach (2022)
dir. Rodrigo Gudiño When a canoe washes up carrying a badly mutilated body it shocks even the town coroner of Lone Crow: if you were going to rank things you wouldn’t want to hear at an autopsy, “Where’d the bones go?” would have to score pretty high. John Hawins (Allan Hawco) is the local cop…
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ANALYSIS: Dysfunctional communities in the work of Stephen King
Melissa Cox unpacks the dark heart of many of King’s communities… One of the most notable aspects of Stephen King’s writing is his impressively detailed world-building. The towns of Derry and Castle Rock are horror icons in themselves, providing the settings for interweaving stories spanning decades. As well as helping to convince generations of readers…
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ANALYSIS: “You’ve got to live in the now, girls” – Past, present and the paranormal in LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021)
Spoilers Marking director Edgar Wright’s return to horror, Last Night in Soho threw the audience several curveballs. With the film out this week on DVD and Blu-ray, Melissa Cox untangles the threads of time, space, mental health and hauntings… When I watched the trailers for Edgar Wright’s Last Night In Soho, I didn’t expect that…
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TOP 10: Films of 2021
It’s been another tough year across the board, but horror cinema has continued to thrive, showcasing a veritable smorgasbord of incredible films. Here we polled our contributors to come up with our Top 10 of 2021… 10. Come True Anthony Scott Burns’ film is a cracking combination of Carpenter and Craven, a nightmarish journey with…
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #9: Melissa Cox on LA CABINA (1972)
Our very own Queen of Short Films Melissa Cox unearths a little-seen Spanish TV-movie that refuses to be put in a box… I’d never even heard of Antonio Mercero’s 1972 short La Cabina until a few months ago. Having seen a recommendation for it online (and being a sucker for any horror movies that last…
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