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Missionary 26 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
With its twisted tale of obsessive, unrequited love and the dark and violent places it can take us, Missionary follows a more or less typical woman-stalked-by-crazed-suitor narrative. While it doesn’t...
V/H/S/2 24 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
Anthology movies can be tricky to pull off properly; by their very nature they can be uneven in tone, the narrative constantly upended when we pull back to the framing story, the differing tones and p...
Wither 24 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
Over the past few years Scandinavian horror has been making quite the mark on genre cinema, with filmmakers finding ways to surprise audiences and subvert expectations with titles like Let the Right O...
Broken Mirrors/Bleeding Ears: An Evening with The Claudio Simonetti Horror Project 17 Aug 2013 | 04:43 am
Last night saw Belfast’s Waterfront Hall play host to a very special screening of Dario Argento’s nightmarish, witch-infested classic, Suspiria. The screening, courtesy of the lovely folks at the Belf...
Don't Look Now 9 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
1973 Dir. Nicolas Roeg Based on the short story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, Don’t Look Now is from a collection of stories revolving around the intrusion of the supernatural/paranormal upo...
Short Story Showcase: Keeping House by Michael Blumlein 20 Jul 2013 | 04:33 pm
Saturated Loneliness by Sconsiderato Writer and physician Michael Blumlein once said "There's a detachment that happens as a physician when you're dealing with frightening, horrifying, or sad events,...
Maniac 20 Jul 2013 | 05:26 am
2012 Dir. Franck Khalfoun Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night Looking for the fight of her life In the real time world, no one sees her at all They all say she's crazy She's a maniac, man...
The Daylight Gate 3 Jul 2013 | 03:21 am
Written by Jeanette Winterson Based on the most notorious of English witch-trials, Jeanette Winterson’s latest book, The Daylight Gate, is a tale of magic, superstition, conscience and ruthless murde...
The Watch 22 Jun 2013 | 07:05 pm
2008 Dir. Jim Donovan In a bid to finish her thesis, psych student Cassie accepts a job at an isolated fire watch tower. The solitude and stress of finishing her thesis – on post-traumatic stress, no...
Deadline 22 Jun 2013 | 02:18 pm
2011 Dir. Sean McConville When a screenwriter travels to a house in the middle of nowhere to finish her latest project, sinister occurrences ensue. Given that said screenwriter is recovering from a r...
