Tag Archives: Horror

Pete’s Peek | What evil lurks beneath the streets in the indie horror Absentia?

Posted on 6 July 2012 by peter

I’ve actually watched this indie horror twice now. The first time, I switched it off after some 20-odd minutes because nothing seemed to be happening – just two sisters talking about their woes (one of them wants closure over the … Continue reading →

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Film review | Kill List – Domestic drama? Crime thriller? Occult horror? Whatever, you’ll be on edge

Posted on 3 September 2011 by Jason Best

Hardcore horror fans will get a big kick from British director Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, but less committed viewers will probably be turned off by the genre-blurring plot and gruesome violence. The film starts off in the realm of soapy … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Isabelle Adjani’s cult 1980 masterpiece Possession

Posted on 24 October 2010 by peter

If you like your films dark, twisted and arty then 1981’s Possession might be just the ticket. Set in the former West Berlin, this once controversial arthouse thriller stars Aussie actor Sam Neill as a government agent called Mark and … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Film4 FrightFest is back – and it’s bigger than ever!

Posted on 23 August 2010 by peter

Now in its 11th year, London’s premier event for horror fans returns to the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square, unleashing 36 terrifying films, starting this Thursday (26 August). Over five frightening days, enter the gates of Hell (the Empire … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | UK indie psycho-thriller Resurrecting The Street Walker

Posted on 30 June 2010 by peter

From newcomer director Ozgur Uyanik comes the UK indie horror Resurrecting The Street Walker. Taking the form of a documentary, it tells the ultimately tragic tale of a wannabe film director’s obsessive desire to break into the film industry. James … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Freddy’s back in the all-new Nightmare on Elm Street

Posted on 7 May 2010 by peter

Roll on another horror remake… Platinum Dunes, the company behind the reboots of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror, The Hitcher, and Friday the 13th turn their attentions to another modern horror classic, A Nightmare on Elm Street, which gets its … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Stag Night… and you thought travelling by Tube was bad

Posted on 20 April 2010 by peter

What is it with screenwriters who want to become film directors? Remember that Jodie Foster thriller Flightplan? Well, the Brit-born writer of that edge-of-your-seat hit has made his directorial debut with the subterranean transit horror Stag Night. Basically, a group … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Cabin Fever 2 is a sick laugh riot

Posted on 22 February 2010 by peter

It’s a risky business making a sequel out of a genre-busting, fan-loving horror hit. Case in point is the belated follow-up to Eli Roth‘s flesh-eating gorefest, Cabin Fever. Made five years after the original, shelved for three, and disowned by … Continue reading →

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Win Jennifer’s Body on Blu-ray

Posted on 18 February 2010 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed.   High-school horror movie Jennifer’s Body takes a wickedly comic look at the darker side of teen friendship. Megan Fox’s self-centred teen queen Jennifer and Amanda Seyfried’s mousy Needy are the bosom buddies whose toxic friendship … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Is Eliza Dushku’s Open Graves the next Final Destination?

Posted on 15 February 2010 by peter

If you screamed along with Final Destinaton and enjoyed the wild adventure that was Jumanji, the spooky new horror, Open Graves, is aimed at you. Set on the rugged coast of northern Spain, the film stars Dollhouse’s Eliza Dushku, Cloverfield’s … Continue reading →

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