Tag: Shudder
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INTERVIEW: writer/director Timothy Covell and producer Christina Behnke, BLOOD CONSCIOUS (2021)
In a special interview, Jeremiah Kipp (writer/director, Slapface) speaks with real-life couple writer/director Timothy Covell and producer Christina Behnke to discuss their feature Blood Conscious, which has just landed on Shudder US… What starts out as a family vacation for Kevin (Oghenero Gbaje), his sister Brittney (DeShawn White) and her boyfriend Tony (Lenny Thomas) as […]
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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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INTERVIEW: Jeremiah Kipp, writer / director SLAPFACE (2021)
Trigger warning for bullying and child abuse After opening to critical acclaim on the festival circuit last year, Jeremiah Kipp’s Slapface has just dropped on Shudder. Here Tim Coleman sits down with the writer / director to talk about bullying, parents and making friends with monsters… Slapface is based on your 2018 short film of […]
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INTERVIEW: Damian Mc Carthy, director CAVEAT (2020)
Spoilers As part of our end of year review, we sat down with director Damian Mc Carthy to talk all things Caveat, one of the scariest – and best – films of the year… I understand Caveat had a troubled journey to the screen. What happened? In 2016 we tried to raise a small amount […]
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ANALYSIS: Horror at Home – video rentals, paratexts and how we watch now
The way we’ve watched horror films has changed dramatically over the years. Here James C. Taylor charts the evolution of how fright flicks have been consumed, from rental stores to DVDs, streaming platforms and beyond… I became fascinated with horror films before I’d even watched one. As a child, when my parents took me to […]
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REVIEW: Offseason (2021)
dir. Mickey Keating During the 2010s Mickey Keating marked himself out as a remarkable indie horror voice with the likes of Darling, Carnage Park and Psychopaths. And now, after a four-year absence, he has returned with the truly haunting Offseason, a genre delight with an ensemble familiar to many a horror fan. Keating’s latest – […]
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REVIEW: Son (2021)
dir. Ivan Kavanagh. Laura (Andi Matichak) drives through the sleeting rain, the religious zeal of radio preachers merging with the cacophonous storm outside. Seeking shelter at a diner she clutches her pregnant belly, wearing only a dirtied night dress, her bare feet filthy. Unseen, two men dressed in black enter, see her, and slip wordlessly […]
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REVIEW: An Unquiet Grave (2020)
dir. Terence Krey. Bereaved husband Jamie (Jacob A. Ware) loiters, depressed and unshaven, by the the snow-capped grave of his deceased wife Julia. Soon he’s joined by her twin-sister Ava (Christine Nyland): the loss has been hard on them both, but as they speak it’s clear there’s something more – an unnamed undertaking they shared […]
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REVIEW: Superdeep (2020)
dir. Arseny Syuhin. At more than 7 miles below the surface of the earth, the Kola borehole was – in 1984 – the deepest man-made chasm on earth. It’s also – according to this new Soviet-era chiller – home to a secret Cold War lab: so when an unspecified disaster shuts the site down it […]
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REVIEW: Caveat (2020)
dir. Damian Mc Carthy. In a dank and rotting room Olga (Leila Sykes) steps cautiously into the light, blood trickling from her nose. In one outstretched hand she grasps a child’s toy – a drumming rabbit with upturned eyes – which she points ahead like a flashlight, as if it might illuminate something before her. […]
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