Adrian Chiarella’s Australian horror detailing the horrifying effects of a biblical curse affecting the lives of a young queer couple. Iain MacLeod reviews a mostly effective horror that is at its best, and most terrifying, when it concentrates on its real world aspects as opposed to the supernatural.

Jane Schonebrun’s fun, meta take on the slasher genre arrives onscreen, exploring a young queer director’s obsession with the titular franchise and its reclusive Final Girl played to great effect by Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. Our review of a film that attempts to marry an academic approach to the genre with its more base elements to mixed effect.

ICE CREAM MAN - Looking for the worst film of the year? Here it is! Eli Roth returns with a truly terrible film that struggles to raise any feeling at all in the viewer apart from boredom. Iain MacLeod reviews an extravaganza of a plotless, unfunny and boring film where the most horrifying elements are the shoddy AI scenes.

EVIL DEAD BURN - The Deadites return, in the darkest and goriest entry yet, to wreak havoc on a grieving and unsuspecting family who have a secret that the demons are very interested in. Check out our review of  a mostly successful sequel that paves a new way forward in its own brutal and sadistic fashion.

DEAD MAN’S SHOES BLU-RAY REVIEW - Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine’s stone cold classic of bloody revenge finally makes its hi-def debut in an absolutely stacked and essential Blu-ray release from Second Sight Films. Iain MacLeod reviews a film that transcends the revenge genre, turning it on its head to create a film that has still to be matched.

THE COLD PREY COLLECTION - Second Sight Films release the Norwegian slasher throwback trilogy in a lavish Blu-ray set. Steven West revists the films and finds much to enjoy in both the films and substantial extras.

THE CREEP TAPES: SEASON TWO - Blu-ray Review - Cheery killer Peachfuzz returns to play with another round of victims in his own, twisted fun way. Chris Ward reviews the Blu-ray of a second season that tweaks the formula just enough to keep things fresh and twisted.

BACKROOMS - Liminal horror goes mainstream as Kane Parsons mysterious and dangerous world makes the jump from YouTube to cinema screens. Iain MacLeod reviews a striking and eerie debut that more than delivers on the promise of its web series and suggests a new direction for horror cinema.

PASSENGER - André Øvredal returns with a road set horror that sees a young couple on the road pursued by a mysterious demonic figure. Iain MacLeod reviews this horror-road movie but finds next to nothing to get revved up about in this completely pedestrian tale.

THE DEVIL’S CANDY - Sean Byrne’s heavy metal themed horror arrives on 4K in a stacked special edition from Second Sight Films. Chris Ward reviews the whole package to see if the story and the scares match up to its rocking soundtrack

OBSESSION - Be careful what you wish for as a young man's crush on his best friend takes a truly unsettling and terrifying turn in Curry Barker’s OBSESSION. Iain MacLeod reviews the film that will please his online fans as well as a new legion who will find much to admire in this expert mix of cringe inducing comedy and truly unnerving horror.

HOKUM - Struggling author Ohm Bauman visits the Irish hotel so beloved by his deceased parents only to discover the local legend of a malevolent witch could be the least of his worries. Iain MacLeod reviews Damian McCarthy’s latest film, that proves he is one of the genres most exciting talents with one of the scariest and most entertaining films of the year.

MOTHER MARY - Anne Hathaway plays the titular and literally haunted popstar in need of a dress from her estranged friend played by Michaela Cole in David Lowery’s underwhelming attempt in melding horror and pop music together. Iain MacLeod reviews a film that plays everything in a timid coy fashion that becomes severely patience testing.

LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY - The Egyptian creature of classic Hollywood gets yet another look, but not really, in Lee Cronin’s sprawling, messy yet entertaining film. Iain MacLeod reviews the grisly take on an old favourite that is often at odds with itself in a number of ways.

EXIT 8 - The Japanese video game adaptation arrives on cinema screens to kick off the new wave of liminal horror. Iain MacLeod reviews this eerily effective tale of a commuter getting lost in an subterranean infinite loop and finds much to be entertained and unnerved by despite an unfamiliarity with the source material.

SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY - Fans of Jess Franco and his muse Soledad Miranda will find much to enjoy here in yet another excellent presentation from Severin Films. Iain MacLeod reviews this deranged tale of revenge that highlights one of cult cinemas most memorable creative partnerships that was cut down by tragedy.

UNDERTONE - Debut director attempts to make podcasting spooky and terrifying in this tale of a female host trying to discover the truth behind a batch of sinister audio files. Iain MacLeod however finds nothing more to look at or listen to than a woman on her laptop and listening to spooky noises in a disappointingly thin attempt to update familiar ghost story tropes for the 21st century.

VAMPYROS LESBOS - Re-released in a beautifully presented 4K special edition, Jess Franco’s keystone film seduces the viewer like never before. Iain MacLeod reviews this cult psychedelic, erotic classic that deserves to be recognised as Franco’s masterpiece.

THEY WILL KILL YOU - A young woman takes a housekeeping job at the sinister, foreboding hotel unaware that it’s run by a bunch of evil Satanists. Unfortunately for them she has her own secrets and a big bag of weapons to back them up. Iain MacLeod reviews a film packed full of action beats that feels all too familiar and far too thin when it comes to the plot.

READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME - The long, long awaited sequel finally arrives on cinema screens. Once more Samara Weaving returns to do battle with the forces of darkness who ruined her wedding night and now threaten not only her life but her little sisters too.Iain MacLeod reviews a fun sequel which also features the added bonus of Sarah Michelle Gellar to the genre that made her name.