Horror is synonymous with controversy no matter which medium it’s operating in. Some people consider the violent and disturbing content harmful and problematic, as history has shown time and time again with incidents like the ‘video nasty’ craze and the ...

One of the best movies of the year has just made its way to Amazon Video and Blu-ray/DVD, and you owe it to yourself to check it out if you’re looking for something scary, refreshing, and a little bit out ...

An international serial killer is stalking the streets of Vienna. Muslim women and prostitutes are falling prey to his murderous past-times. One night, cab driver and Thai boxing machine Özge Dogruol (Violetta Schurawlow) finds the mutilated remains of one of ...

Based on Keith Leopold’s 1981 novel When We Run, Chris Langman’s Run, Chrissie, Run is a movie that was hard to come by outside of its native Australia until recently. It was released direct-to-video in its homeland in the mid-eighties, ...

With their first two features as under the Hex Media/Studios banner, Lord of Tears (2013) and The Unkindness of Ravens (2016), Sarah Daly, Lawrie Brewster, and their compatriots have shown a knack for developing high concept mythological horror. While each ...

Without Richard Matheson’s seminal novel I Am Legend, Night of the Living Dead might not exist. Without that film, who’s to say what the horror landscape would look like today? Romero admitted that I Am Legend was a key influence behind ...

The New Yorker received the most protest letters in its entire history when it published “The Lottery”, a controversial 1948 short story by Shirley Jackson which culminates with a woman being stoned to death. Needless to say, it was shocking ...

To mark the U.S. release of Beyond the Woods this weekend (which Simon reviewed here), Diabolique has teamed up with Left Films for a special giveaway. We have a stack of horror DVDs up for grabs for one lucky winner. To ...

November, an Estonian period-fantasy by Rainer Sarnet, opens with a robot stealing a cow from its barn slumber. It’s certainly one of the more startling introductory scenes you’re likely to experience from any film this year, but right away we ...

With his debut feature-length Let Us Prey, director Brian O’Malley made a strong first impression and solidified himself as a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him. Let Us Prey is a violent genre offering that’s steeped heavily in ...