It's always going tricky when a house, be it haunted or not, is the main setting of the story. This is because it's been done countless times, and the author needs to be very clever in how they approach the way the story is told. The main concern is that it can be easy to... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: The Becky Carmichael Fan Club
Horror/Mystery | 2018 | 33 min | Written and directed by Andrew J. D. Robinson ________________________________ Films dealing with sensitive subjects can be tricky to pull off. There has to be a subtle approach as the way you do things, because audiences don't want to feel like they're being preached to throughout the entire of... Continue Reading →
Watch: Ouroboros
We've all been in a position where we have been lying in bed, trying to get to sleep (or sleeping) and then hear something go bump in the night. Cliche, I know, but for some reason it seems to happen. And then little doubts creep into our heads, which can only mean bad news. This... Continue Reading →
Interview with Christa Carmen
The Horror Club speaks to Christa Carmen about her debut fiction collection, Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked, which will be released on August 21, by Unnerving. Carmen is a writer of dark fiction, and her short stories have appeared in places like Fireside Fiction Company, Unnerving Magazine, Year's Best Hardcore Horror, Outpost 28, DarkFuse Magazine, and Tales to... Continue Reading →
Mister Sticks (2018) Review
Films with childhood imaginary friends go two ways. They either deal with a child who has one or an adult who had one as a child. When it comes to Mister Sticks, it's the latter. The film, written and directed by David Schmidt, stars Grace Hutchings, Peter Ash & Mark E. Penzian and tells the... Continue Reading →
Review of Andrew Cull’s Hope and Walker
Ah, you can't beat a good, old-fashioned ghost story. Not the one where the ghost is terrorising a house, but one where it has a purpose. And that's what Hope and Walker is -- a story with a purpose. Em's father owns a funeral parlour where she grows a fascination with talking to and drawing... Continue Reading →
A Review of Crypt TV’s Knock Knock
European films have a distinctive feeling, making them easily more recognisable than American films. From the lighting to the camera work, it's just all so much different. And when it comes to Knock Knock, a French short film, it's more of the same. Written and directed by Maxence Rapp, Knock Knock tells the story of... Continue Reading →
“An Accomplished Piece of Work”: The Quiet Zone Review
When we commute alone late at night our worst fear is that we are either being stalked or going to be attacked. And that's what The Quiet Zone is essentially: a person's worst nightmare. It is quite common that we find ourselves alone at night and start seeing things because of our consciousness. Writer/director, Andrew... Continue Reading →
Thing In The Apartment (Supercut) Review
Crypt TV have been known to make a number of short films into episodic series, with Look-See being the obvious example. John William Ross's Thing In The Apartment has also received this treatment, with two episodes to date, and the good folk over in Crypt TV have given us a supercut to enjoy Chapter I and II back... Continue Reading →
Comic Book Fans, This Horror Team Needs Your Help!
AFTER successfully launching the first issue of the intended four-part series, Twilight Hotel, the team behind the comic book need your assistance to make sure there is a possibility that the remaining three can come to be. The series comes from the production team of Ra X and Darrell Smith, the creators of the award... Continue Reading →