RoleSenior Horror Writer
LocationCoventry, Warwickshire
ExpertiseHorror, Film Festivals, Film Critiquing, Independent Movies, Rotten Tomatoes Approved
Contribution313 articles published since May 2021

Alix Turner

Alix joined Ready Steady Cut back in 2017 and has written over 300 articles for the publication. With a love for horror after attending various genre festivals, Alix quickly became an experienced film writer, joining the writing teams at websites such as Horror Obsessive, Ghouls Magazine, and Filmotomy.

It was not long before Alix deservedly became a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic after rising through the ranks and interviewing many film professionals in the industry. Alix loves attending horror festivals and regularly visits the Mayhem Film Festival and Soho Horror Fest.

Films are Alix’s favorite hobby, and they especially enjoy sharing their perspectives and favorite movies with their teenage daughter.

Articles by Alix Turner

Blinders review – technology and making friends too easily combine to make a thriller that creeps up on you

August 31 2020

Blinders is about Andy (Vincent Van Horn), a likeable guy who moves to Los Angeles looking for a fresh start. He finds a decent apartment,...

Av: The Hunt review – excellent survival thriller from Turkey

August 31 2020

Av: The Hunt was like many films I’ve seen before, and it was also unique: excellent. It is about Ayse (Billur Melis Koç), a young...

Aquaslash review – watch something else

August 30 2020

Great, I thought: after reviewing a few artsy or heavy films lately, I get the chance to see some airhead teens in bikinis being killed...

Hall review – timely and creepily effective, but not enough plot

August 30 2020

Hall must surely be the bleakest and most creepily effective film of this year’s FrightFest so far. I’m afraid I was quite nauseous by the...

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business review – a blend of case-study, advice and insight

August 30 2020

Justin McConnell is a modest, often self-deprecating, indie filmmaker from Canada. He has experience, but has spells of despair about how to progress in his...

They’re Outside review – patchy but mostly successful low budget British horror

August 29 2020

They’re Outside is about Sarah (Chrissy Randall), who hasn’t been outside for several years; and about the YouTube pop psychologist Max Spencer (Tom Wheatley) who...

Blind review – alternates between dull and infuriating

August 29 2020

I was really looking forward to Blind, when I saw it listed for this year’s Virtual FrightFest: the trailer was dramatic, and the description read...

Playhouse review – Scottish brothers’ debut about history invading the present

August 29 2020

Playhouse is a film about a cursed castle in the Scottish Highlands: brilliant! Scotland is full of both castles and ghost stories, but I don’t...

Triggered review – entertaining survival horror with explosives

August 28 2020

Triggered is going to be one of those rare films which don’t require many words to tell you I liked it a great deal. It...

I Am Lisa review – undemanding fun horror with fangs

August 28 2020

I Am Lisa is a film about small-town bullies and a victim who pushes back… after being bitten by a wolf. Lisa (Kristen Vaganos) is...

There’s No Such Thing As Vampires review – adventure horror with a sense of fun

August 28 2020

How would you feel if you were carjacked late at night, and the (good looking) guy who gets in insists he’s being chased by a...

The Columnist aka De Kuthoer review – Danish black comedy thriller that entertains while it has plenty to say

August 28 2020

The Columnist (or De Kuthoer) is the story of Femke, who woke up one morning and realized she’d had enough. I couldn’t help echoing the...

Sky Sharks review – ludicrously amazing

August 27 2020

I’m going to keep this one brief: Sky Sharks is remarkable. After a brief introduction to the passengers of a classy jet, zombies cut their...

Tenet review – has Nolan already made his best film, or is it yet to come?

August 27 2020

I was very wary going in to see Tenet this evening: was I going to be seduced by the hype? Was I going to love...

Hail to the Deadites review – affectionate documentary about the love fans have for the Evil Dead trilogy

August 25 2020

If you have any awareness of key horror films from the last fifty years, especially from the United States, you will probably have seen at...

The Honeymoon Phase review – intriguing sci-fi thriller but ultimately unsatisfying

August 21 2020

The Honeymoon Phase… where to begin? I could tell you about the story, the style, the themes, or what I think the filmmaker is “trying...

The Crimes That Bind (Crímenes de familia) review – impressive Argentinian drama about parenthood and justice

August 21 2020

The Crimes That Bind (originally called Crímenes de familia) has left me a little shaken: what would I do? How would I expect those around...

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula review – rein in your expectations

August 19 2020

Peninsula (marketed in the USA as Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula) is a two-hour-long action romp through (one area of) South Korea which has been...

The Pale Door review – combines Western tropes with horror, blood and tension

August 17 2020

Horror overlaps with other genres all the time, but the horror Western is one genre mash-up we don’t see too often. A shame, really: I’m...

An Easy Girl (Une Fille Facile) review – laid back, sunny and shallow, like the Riviera life

August 13 2020

A summer in Cannes. Most of us only know a town like that in the context of film festivals and similar events, while a few...