Mutilator 2 first published by SciFiNow, for its international première at FrightFest 2024, 23 Aug Buddy Cooper and John S. Douglass’ The Mutilator first screened in January 1984 in North Carolina (where it was also shot and set) under the title Fall Break, and was retitled towards the end of that year, even as –…
The Exorcist: Believer first published by Little White Lies, 6 October 2023 “Sometimes, to go forward,” root doctor Beehibe (Okwul Okpokwasili) tells sceptical Victor Fielding in The Exorcist: Believer, “you have to go back.” This is also the guiding principle behind the film itself, which is both a 50th-anniversary sequel to William Friedkin’s peerless possession…
Scream VI first published by Little White Lies, 8 March 2023 Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Scream VI opens with a phone call. This is like every Scream film – a franchise that started as a knowing postmodern take on the tropes of the slasher movie in general and the Halloween films in particular, but…