Alix Turner

Damn, it’s not easy to write about The Children Act: the themes and subtle complexities deserve to be highlighted, but I risk telling you the...

If like me you’ve been looking forward to The Nun, I’m sorry to say you will probably be at least a bit disappointed. I left...

We review the 2018 film Searching, which does not contain any major spoilers or plot points.  Searching might look like a found-footage film at first, and...

Pimped is a simple tale: Sarah (Ella Scott Lynch) feels the need for a night out, hooks up with Lewis (Benedict Samuel) at a bar,...

Lifechanger reminded me of Spring: a film about a “monster” hiding in plain sight, which is also a love story. But that’s where the similarity...

Ghoul is set in a version of India which is ruled by the military and religious prejudice; presumably in the near future (nothing looks terribly...

I’m not going to beat around the bush: Boar is – as director Chris Sun has said – “a really big pig that kills people.” The...

You might think there have been more than enough films and TV shows about abduction or the murder of women, but BBC Wales’ Hidden demonstrates...

This was a surprise: the highlight of this year’s Leicester Comic-Con was – for me – a very scary short British horror film called Teddy Bears...

Note: this review of Ozark Season 2 is based on the three episodes we were provided for review, and may be updated following the season’s official air date....

Going to keep this one short, people: I loved Ruin Me, and I have to be careful telling you why, as you’d hate me if...

Zion is a short documentary film about one remarkable young man, and most especially his attitude about himself. By “short”, I mean it’s less than...

This new Netflix film set in Argentina looked very interesting at first: an exciting mystery about a missing girl, being reopened many years later, with...

Le Manoir made its mark at genre film festivals last year; Netflix has now picked it up for global distribution, put the translated title The...

There are many films about people trying to stop a crime they just know is going to happen: The Warning (El Aviso) is another. And...

Sometimes I put my cards on the table because of my views or experience: this time, it’s because of experience and views I don’t have....

Netflix’s Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle is the sequel to last year’s Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. That film was about an alliance...

How many Mexican horror films can you name? I have seen a few: Cronos (Guillermo del Toro), We Are What We Are (Jorge Michel Grau),...

There is a lot that is great about Marrowbone (or The Secret of Marrowbone, if you’re in the UK or Spain). Really, a lot. I...

The Purge was a home invasion story; the sequels brought the same scenario into the streets and into politics. The First Purge presents the proof of...