There’s a scene in VampyrVidar (Vidar the Vampire) where the titular character (played by Thomas Aske Berg, who also co-writes/directs alongside Fredrik Waldeland) prays for an escape from his boring, Christian, farmstead lifestyle. In it, he asks the Almighty to ...

In times of conflict and uncertainty, genre filmmakers often act by creating bold, bloody, brilliant, and provocative art. If it wasn’t for the Vietnam War then the careers of Martin Scorsese, Wes Craven, George Romero, and Tobe Hooper could have ...

Welcome to Something Wicked This Way Comes, a brand new column series where we reflect back on our formative years and discuss the myriad of moments which shaped our interest in genre cinema and like-minded entertainment during our most impressionable ...

Despite their multiple line-up changes throughout the years, Hawkwind has built an impenetrable legacy due to the fact they’ve remained a consistent, formidable and creative force over the course of 30 albums. Since 1969, the space rock pioneers have been ...

With The Mummy, Universal’s attempt to relaunch their classic monsters as part of a ‘Dark Universe’ inspired by the success of Marvel Studios and the DCEU is off to a thoroughly entertaining start. Although critical consensus suggests that the Dark ...

Although horror’s influence can be found in every medium of entertainment, the genre is primarily associated with cinema, television, and literature.  This is mostly due to the fact that they are more publicised in genre media, in turn making them ...

Although Harry O. Hoyt’s 1925 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World features prehistoric creatures causing rumbles in the jungle, it was Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong (1933) that gave birth to the Daikaiju (giant monster) film as we ...

At the turn of the 20th century, Japan experienced a boom in samurai films to coincide with their emerging fiction cinema.  Some of the country’s earliest cinematic output includes action-oriented swordplay films known in the native tongue as chanbara – ...

When it comes to maverick filmmakers, very few embody non-conformist ethos as much as Larry Cohen does.  Cohen has been making movies for nearly 60 years, starting off as a screenwriter before taking up directing because other directors of his ...

Listening to a Ghost Box release is like stepping into a forgotten world, alien yet familiar to our own.  It’s a place where the future has intruded on the past and both have learned to co-exist in harmony, yet a ...