BACKCOUNTRY (2014)
In brief: In the battle of (wo)man vs bear, chalk this win up to the beast.
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972)
In brief: A fascinating low budget exploitation shocker that retains enough raw power to justify its watershed reputation.
RAW (2016)
In brief: Julia Ducournau’s unsettling debut solo feature that gets under your skin & stays there like a terrible, tunneling disease.
THE ALIEN FACTOR (1978)
In brief: A ridiculously ambitious debutante DIY creature feature to inspire all you wannabe drag superstars, pups, furries & fetishists.
SPRING (2014)
In brief: A young man on his travels falls in love with a shape-shifting monster who’s struggling to keep her shit together.
EVOLUTION (2015)
In brief: A vivid coming of age fairytale about the battle for all our reproductive rights. The monsters want control of our bodies. We can’t let them have it.
CUB (2014)
In brief: Part throw-back, part myth-maker in its own right, Jonas Govaerts’ pre-teen backwoods slasher WELP (aka CUB) is a refreshing blast of horror from the Flemish speaking bits of Belgium (& you don’t often get a chance to say that).
KILLBILLIES (2015)
In brief: An urbanoia-themed tale of soft-skinned city folk stumbling across murderous hooch-brewing mutants in the mountains.
ANATOMY OF A PSYCHO (1961)
In brief: A scarred but still handsome hoodlum pursues a downward spiral of insanity leading to mayhem and murder.