Tag: Horror

Turn back now… ‘Return to Silent Hill’ review

Konami’s Silent Hill 2 (released in 2001 and then remade in 2024) has a great, mysterious story that realistically warrants the miniseries treatment to expand on backstory, lore, characterisation, and psychological aspects in order to succeed. Unfortunately, ‘Return to Silent Hill’ is a loose, misguided film adaptation that feels rushed, coasting by on messy nightmare logic that renders the narrative more incoherent the longer it goes on.

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Find the beauty in terror… ‘Silent Hill f’ review

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Contains: Strong Bloody Violence, Gore and Psychological Horror

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‘Silent Hill f’ embraces a fascinating new setting for the survival horror series, and while it still impresses with its atmospheric art direction and disturbing monster designs, it’s hampered by clunky combat and a poor, messy ending that basically keeps back some of the story for further playthroughs – which it doesn’t warrant.

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Deep-sea horror… ‘Leviathan’ review

It’s not quite as effective as its inspirations – ‘The Thing’ and ‘Alien’ chief among them – but ‘Leviathan’ still proves to be a satisfying slice of sci-fi horror. It even boasts creature effects work from Stan Winston and music from Jerry Goldsmith, so it’s clear what the filmmakers were trying to emulate here – and that’s not a bad thing.

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Raw cosmic terror… ‘The Outwaters’ Review

You don’t need to see to be scared. Nor do you need to understand. ‘The Outwaters’ offers the rawest jolt of cosmic horror you can experience… Fear of the unknown. Madness. Monsters. The abyss… I keep seeing the criticism that you can’t make out much once the nightmare commences, but those people are missing the point – it’s not about what you can see; it’s about what you can hear. (Warning: spoilers follow…)

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Descent into hell… ‘Malum’ review

When a rookie cop takes on the last shift at a decommissioned police station where members of a cult committed suicide years prior, she isn’t prepared for the supernatural grip that the cult’s leader has over the place. As the paranormal occurrences grow in frequency and escalate to deadly extremes, she begins to uncover the truth not only about the cult, but also the connection they have to her family’s past…

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Nature is unforgiving… ‘In a Violent Nature’ review

Two things are required for the arthouse slasher, ‘In a Violent Nature’ – patience, and a strong stomach. Because once a locket is taken from a grave by a group of reckless teens, something unstoppable awakens… Witness the wrath of a silent undead brute as he slaughters everyone in his path in an attempt to retrieve what was taken…

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The night HE came home… ‘Halloween’ (1978) Review

‘Halloween’ has since spawned a plethora of inferior imitators, but John Carpenter’s original classic slasher simply cannot be beaten. A masterclass of suspense building, chilling imagery, and iconic music produced by the legend himself, ‘Halloween’ shows what can be accomplished with a meagre budget when the right person is in full command of their craft.

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