One of Roger Corman's earlier adaptations of an Edgar Allan Poe tale finds us in the repressive, claustrophobic Usher household where the occupants have been driven insane by their dark, deep fears and unspeakable lusts. It is the impending wedding of Roderick Usher's sister that finally brings the doomed family to their chilling denouement, a sense of dread enhanced by the blood red art direction and a tight intelligent script. Creepy as! find out more...

The Fane family are an unusual, if not unhinged, group of individuals, but their nanny is in a league of her own. 'The Nanny' is a delicious psychological thriller which pays considerable homage in its style and atmosphere to Bette Davis' earlier 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane'. find out more...

In the 1970s Professor Coupland encourages a group of his university students, which includes Brian McNeil to undertake a dangerous experiment. To test the theory that poltergeists are created by negative human energy, Brian and his fellow students use a disturbed patient as their subject. However, the results of the experiment prove to be both terrifying and deadly. The latest from the rejuvenated Hammer horror studios and based on true events....apparently.

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Juliet Devereau has separated from her adulterous husband but is fortunate enough to find a beautiful apartment at a price that’s just too good to be true.....well what’d you know? Soon (though not soon enough) Juliet starts to suspect someone may be stalking her in her own home and so begins a spiral into terror and abuse. A stylishly shot but tediously by the numbers psychological thriller. find out more...

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Moles don't really live in houses. We especially don't live in haunted houses - when we hear things going bump in the night, it usually means a worm has tunnelled its way into our lair (yum!) or a farmer is going a bit crazy with a spade. Despite all of this, I find out more...

Camp-it-up Hammer horror with Vincent Price on top form as a deranged actor who exacts stylishly horrible revenge on his critics. When he fails to win the Actor of the Year Award he takes a few leaves out of Shakespeare's books to bump off the judges one by one. Imaginatively over the top.

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Kevin Smith had a podcast where they made a joke about the idea of kidnapping and turning a human into a walrus. It went viral on the twittersphere. Then it became a movie. This movie. Though the whole thing starts out well, with decent doses of good humour and dramatic tension, it all falls very quickly by the wayside. The result is a ridiculous prosthetic walrus suit that envelops Justin Long. Somewhere inside this mess of a movie there's a punchline, if only Smith could get to it without q find out more...

Set against the background of the English Civil War, this tale of the violent persecution of alleged witches by the eponymous central character is a masterpiece of 60's British cinema. Excellent performances, (especially Vincent Price's), complement evocative use of scenery. One point of interest is the changes in film stock, which makes the film appear redder at the end than at the beginning, a deliberate ploy on behalf of the director who uses the deepening crimson to symbolise the story's find out more...