In the Realm of the Senses (1976) Ero guro nansensu or Erotic grotesque nonsense, is a Japanese art movement encompassing visual, literal, cinematic and even the musical arts. The name is quite self-explanatory, describing this eccentric movement perfectly, but still, ...

I have always had great love and affinity for the darker side of things. This not only encompasses my love of all things horror but is also true when it comes to romance. The conventional love story has never had ...

Every now and then one is faced with the difficult question of movie remakes; completely pointless exercise or the chance to take a piece of cinema that hadn’t quite achieved its full potential and transform it into something truly great? ...

Many western viewers got their first introduction to the world of Japanese horror in the late nineties/early noughties when films like Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998) and Ju-on: The Grudge (Takashi Shimizu, 2002) made their debut in the wider world. These ...

                                                            Somewhere in the past, Dario Argento once contemplated an idea of taping a row of sharp needles underneath the eyes of cinema audiences viewing his films, thus making it impossible for them to look away even during the goriest ...

I approach the month of October with very much the same enthusiasm as most people do Christmas; I start looking for new pumpkin carving ideas in July and picking out what horror films to watch in August.  I also have ...