Crushed had its world première at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025, 16 August “Have you ever watched any scary movies?” teen schoolboy Marcus (Nadech Chatwin) asks the much younger Olivia (Margaux Dietrich) near the beginning of writer/director Simon Rumley’s latest feature Crushed, “There’s monsters and blood and stuff, people watch them because they like being…
In the Name of God (Gudstjänst) had its European première at FrightFest 2024, 24 August What is the difference between a miracle and a curse? Between a villain and a victim? Between salvationist sacrifice and serial killing? And between the God of the Old Testament, of the New Testament, or of any related (or indeed…
Viy first published by Little White Lies, as entry 123 in my Cinema Psychotronicum column The Russian author Nikolai Gogol published his novella Viy as part of a collection of short stories called Mirgorod which first came to print in 1835. It was a bawdy tale of the supernatural, with horny witches, errant holy men…
Thirst review first published by Film4 Synopsis: Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) directs, produces and co-writes this melodramatic horror oddity. Review: The heart of Thirst may be a vampire film but its soul is a morality play, while its flesh is a sensuous playground of desire. Like his previous film I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006), Park Chan-Wook’s film…