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The Stranger With My Face International Film Festival was founded by Briony Kidd and Rebecca Thomson with the aim of providing a platform for female writers, directors, and producers working in the genre. Now in its fifth year, the event ...

You could be forgiven if your knowledge of Conan is limited to two super violent, strangely sexualised Arnold Schwarzenegger movies from the ‘80s, and one ill-fated Jason Momoa vehicle from 2011 (everyone forgets Red Sonja (1985) so we shall too). ...

James Cullen Bressack is impossible to ignore. Joyfully divisive, his films often inhabit the darker reaches of genre, and challenge the palate of even the most ardent horror fan. Hate Crime (2012) pushed the home invasion narrative to the breaking ...

For nearly 40 years The Rook has remained a favourite amongst comic book fans. A time-travelling adventure hero, the character was created in 1977 by William B. DuBay and became a mainstay of the now defunct Warren Publishing. Initially more ...

For his feature debut Trinity (2016), writer and director Skip Shea has delved into the murky, uncomfortable and abhorrent world of child abuse at the hands of Catholic priests. An artful, troubled piece, this is a film bathed in a ...

At some point in a vaguely dystopian near future, humankind is reliant on a new form of nuclear power. Built upon the carcass of a previous station, this state of the art engine repairs the damage caused by its predecessor ...

Throughout the years, horror films have strived to take advantage of the fears, both rational and irrational, that plague humankind. Whether it be eight-legged, fang-brandishing, giant alien arachnids, murderous clowns, or simply being plunged into darkness, genre masters from Carpenter ...

The Chamber (2016) is a taut, often bleak horror-cum-thriller set in the claustrophobic environment of a mini-submersible. Tensions run high both inside and out, with the conflicting politics of an ambiguous mission clashing with the need to survive, all set ...