Alix Turner

After Midnight (previously called Something Else) surely crosses more genres than I’ve seen in any one single film before; and surprisingly, it works. Where Jeremy...

Door Lock is not a typical home invasion film, though that’s what I had been expecting from the description in Mayhem Film Festival’s programme. A...

The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil opens with what appears to be road-rage that viciously turns into manslaughter; however, one young police detective spots similarities...

Sword of God (that’s how it was advertised at Mayhem, though The Mute appeared on the screen) is set in an unspecified time and place;...

Ping Lumpraploeng’s The Pool has a very simple premise: a couple (young and beautiful, of course) find themselves unable to get out of an abandoned...

Daniel Isn’t Real is one of those very rare films that is virtually impossible to spoil: I could probably retell the whole thing right here...

Dead Dicks is not as flippant as the title suggests, not by a long way. To be honest, that’s pretty clear even before the film...

Little Monsters is about a zombie outbreak that just happens to kick off right next to a kids’ petting zoo. That description might either put...

Pollyanna McIntosh, who starred as the eponymous Woman in Lucky McKee’s 2011 film (and indeed the earlier Offspring), has written and directed the sequel, which...

Every Time I Die is one of those excellent little thrillers that only involves a handful of characters. The love triangle, gorgeous sisters, murderously jealous...

Quiet Comes the Dawn (original title Rassvet) starts off with an incredible atmosphere: a pregnant woman escaping from something in the middle of a rainy...

I didn’t know what to expect from a “gender-switching sequel” to Jason Krawczyk’s He Never Died, but I am pleased to declare that She Never...

Tales from the Lodge is a new take on a classic British model: the portmanteau horror film; that is an anthology of stories within a...

Nefarious reminded me of From Dusk Till Dawn. Not because there are vampires, George Clooney or Salma Hayek, but because for a significant chunk of...

If you follow any kind of horror or indie film-related social media, odds are you’ve seen posters or press releases about The Velocipastor in recent...

Now, this is more like it: with Annabelle Comes Home, we can put The Nun and The Curse of La Llorona firmly behind us, and...

I had some time to kill on Sunday evening, and in such circumstances like to try a film at the cinema which I know nothing...

This Creeped Out Season 2 Episode 5 recap for the episode titled “The Unfortunate Five” contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the...

The Curse of La Llorona is not the first film about La Llorona, but it’s the first I’d heard of. As an ignorant European, I...

This Creeped Out Season 2 Episode 4 recap for the episode titled “The Many Place” contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the...