2005 brought us Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005), a completely over-the-top film full of humor, surrealist body horror and… dancing. Three directors—Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, and Shunichiro Miki—combined their warped visions to manifest a final product that is incomprehensible in ...

Under a blood-red setting sun, an old man stumbles along, clutching his bloodied neck. Passersby discussing universal welfare see him and one man begins to offer help but turns away complaining of the old man’s foul stench. He returns to ...

Written and directed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein, Blood of the Tribades (2016) is a fascinating homage to lesbian vampire films of the 1970s. The film simultaneously celebrates the eroticism of these films – and their portrayal of ...

Cain Hill (2017) is one of those rare independent horror gems that makes the constant trawl through contemporary formulaic fare worth it. If you combine the masked killer from Adam Green’s Hatchet (2006) with the abandoned asylum setting of Marcus ...

Made during a somewhat maligned period in the ‘40s, Alfred Hitchcock’s The Paradine Case is one of his lesser seen films, which is a shame as it has plenty to offer fans of his more classic titles about obsession, crime, ...

Peter: Aren’t you hungry? Joan: No darling, are you? Peter: Of course not. Joan: Are you sure? Above is the first exchange of dialog in Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Black Cat (1934). A newlywed couple, Peter (David Manners) and Joan ...

Genre and indie films seem to be branching in two drastically different directions. On one side, we are seeing a slow burn, more subversive Joe Swanberg-like approach to things, with mumbling realistic dialogue and the warm camerawork showcasing dive bars ...

“When a black mountain appears above the clouds, a monster will arrive and try to destroy the world. The ancient prophecy is coming true.” Typically my essays for Diabolique are academic in tone, include plenty of historical research and cultural ...

Top Sensation (1969), also known as The Seducers, and Swinging Young Seductresses is the first of only two films directed by Ottavio Alessi – the other being the Italian black comedy What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964), itself a ...

When I was a teenager, I had a reoccurring nightmare which featured a shadowy figure who would watch me while I slept. He just stood there, and watched me. Sometimes he’d edge closer and closer until I woke up in ...