Film Disclosure

Film writing and interviews by Kat Hughes.

Reviews

‘Red Snow’ Review: Dir. Sean Nichols Lynch [Alternative Christmas]

6th Dec 2021

We’ve all seen plenty of vampire movies over the years, the creature being the inspiration for so many different kinds of films over the last (almost) century that they have existed on screen. Read more
‘Better Watch Out’ Review: Dir. Chris Peckover [Alternative Christmas]

5th Dec 2021

Ashley (Olivia DeJonge) should be packing for her imminent move, but puts it to one side in order to babysit 12-year-old Luke (Levi Miller) one last time. Read more
‘A Christmas Horror Story’ Review: Dirs. Misc [Alternative Christmas]

4th Dec 2021

Every Christmas Eve the small sleepy town of Bailey Downs is marred with outbreaks of supernatural tragedy. Read more
‘Silent Night’ Review: Dir. Camille Griffin [Alternative Christmas]

3rd Dec 2021

A Christmas gathering on the precipice of the end of the world forms the hook in Silent Night, a film arriving into selected cinemas this week. Read more
‘The Advent Calendar’ Review: Dir. Patrick Ridremont [Alternative Christmas]

2nd Dec 2021

Patrick Ridremont’s The Advent Calendar arrives on Shudder in today and is a fantastic way to begin the season of festive frights. Read more
‘Krampus’ review: Dir. Michael Dougherty [Alternative Christmas]

1st Dec 2021

As much as it ’tis the season to be jolly’, a good scare never goes amiss during the Yuletide period. If you haven’t seen it yet then now is the perfect time to screen Krampus, Read more
‘The Night House’ Review: Dir. David Bruckner [A Scare a Day]

31st Oct 2021

It’s the end of October, the clocks have turned back, and the nights are now drawing in which means it’s the perfect time of year to settle down with a scary movie. Read more
‘Vicious Fun’ Review: Dir. Cody Calahan [A Scare a Day]

30th Oct 2021

Set over one night in Minnesota circa 1983, Cody Calahan delivers a hundred minutes of nostalgic, tongue-in-cheek horror tainted laughs. Read more
‘Uncle Peckerhead’ Review: Dir. [A Scare a Day]

29th Oct 2021

Bass player and co-vocalist Judy (Chet Siegel), guitarist and lead vocalist Max (Jeff Riddle), and drummer Mel (Ruby McCollister), are struggling members of three-piece punk band Duh. Read more
‘The Queen of Black Magic’ Review: Dir. Kimo Stamboel [A Scare a Day]

28th Oct 2021

Directed by Kimo Stamboel (Headshot) and written by Joko Anwar (who previously wrote and directed last year’s Impertigore), The Queen of Black Magic is a loose re-envisioning of the 1981 Indonesian horror of the same name. Read more
‘Jakob’s Wife’ Review: Dir. Travis Stevens [A Scare a Day]

27th Oct 2021

Debuting to the world at SXSW 2021 Jakob’s Wife is the second feature film from producer-turned-director Travis Stevens. Read more
‘Anything for Jackson’ Review: Dir. Justin G. Dyck [A Scare a Day]

26th Oct 2021

In the wake of their grandson’s death, grandparents Henry (Julian Richings) and Audrey (Sheila McCarthy) Walsh have turned to Satanism. Read more
‘In the Earth’ Review: Dir. Ben Wheatley [A Scare a Day]

25th Oct 2021

Conceived, written, and produced during 2020’s quarantine, In the Earth is the latest mind-bending creation from Ben Wheatley. Read more
‘John and the Hole’ Review: Dir. Pascual Sisto [A Scare a Day]

24th Oct 2021

John and the Hole presents an awfully dark story that tells of how John (Charlie Shotwell) traps his family in a hole in the ground. It’s a creepy tale and one that will have the hairs on the back of your neck standing on end. Read more
‘Candyman’ (2021) Review: Dir. Nia DaCosta [A Scare a Day]

23rd Oct 2021

Almost thirty years ago in 1992 director Bernard Rose unleashed his adaptation of the Clive Barker short story The Forbidden, Candyman, unto the world. Read more
‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ Review: Dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer [A Scare a Day]

22nd Oct 2021

As a child Luke (Miles Robbins) had an imaginary friend called Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger), but after several issues, Luke sent him away. Whilst adjusting to college and worrying about his schizophrenic mother, he calls Daniel forth once more. Read more
‘The Night’ Review: Dir. Kourosh Ahari [A Scare a Day]

21st Oct 2021

Even before hitting a single screen The Night has been making history. Read more
‘Wrong Turn’ (2021) Review: Dir. Mike P. Nelson [A Scare a Day]

20th Oct 2021

In 2003 the first Wrong Turn film was released in cinemas across the world. Read more
‘A Quiet Place II’ Review: Dir. John Krasinski [A Scare a Day]

19th Oct 2021

Set mere moments after the dramatic events of A Quiet Place, our sequel sees the Abbott family leave the broken sanctuary of their farm behind in the hopes of finding someplace better. Read more
’Escape Room 2: Tournament of Champions’ Review: Dir. Adam Robitel [A Scare a Day]

18th Oct 2021

Adam Robitel’s Escape Room was one of the more pleasant surprises of 2019’s genre offerings. Read more
’The Forever Purge’ Review: Dir. Everardo Gout [A Scare a Day]

17th Oct 2021

Starting in 2013, The Purge is a franchise that I’m not sure many thought had legs. Since those humble beginnings though we’ve had a further four films, and even a television series, that have explored the world of an alternate America in which, for one night a year, all crime, even murder, is legal. Read more
‘The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Review: Dir. Michael Chaves [A Scare a Day]

16th Oct 2021

Ed and Lorraine Warren (once more played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) return with yet another terrifying case in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Read more
‘The Beta Test’ Review: Dirs: Jim Cummings & PJ McCabe

15th Oct 2021

Jim Cummings has been steadily making his name as a multi-hyphenated filmmaker. Read more
‘Death of a Vlogger’ Review: Dir. Graham Hughes [A Scare a Day]

15th Oct 2021

Playing out as more of a mockumentary with found footage elements, Death of a Blogger recounts the story of Graham (played by director Graham Hughes), an ill-fated vlogger who rose to fame after capturing a paranormal incident on camera. Read more
’Halloween Kills’ Review: Dir. David Gordon Green [A Scare a Day]

14th Oct 2021

Held back for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Halloween Kills finally arrives on cinema screens this week. Read more
‘Teddy’ Review: Dirs. Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma [A Scare a Day]

13th Oct 2021

French film Teddy offers a new take on the werewolf / body horror story in that it approaches the scenario in a fairly minimalist manner. Read more
‘Malignant’ Review: Dir. James Wan [A Scare a Day]

11th Oct 2021

James Wan is no stranger to the world of horror. The Australian filmmaker burst onto the genre scene in 2004 alongside film school buddy Leigh Whannell with the iconic Saw. Read more
‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’ Review: Dir. Darren Lynn Bousman [A Scare a Day]

10th Oct 2021

It was 2004 that the first Saw film was released. It was an instant horror classic and as each subsequent sequel arrived into multiplexes, they became the event film of everyone’s Halloween. Read more
‘Host’ Review: Dir. Rob Savage [A Scare a Day]

9th Oct 2021

Whilst most of us have been spending lockdown baking banana bread, binge-watching shows on Netflix, and playing quizzes, filmmaker Rob Savage has gone and made a film. Read more
‘There’s Somebody Inside Your House’ Review: Dir. Patrick Brice [A Scare a Day]

8th Oct 2021

After the success of Netflix’ Fear Street series, and with both Halloween Kills and Scream 5 on the horizon, we are once more in the throes of a slasher revival. Read more