VOD film review: Oculus

Director: Mike Flanagan Cast: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane Certificate: 15 Watch Oculus online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Rakuten TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

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VOD film review: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

This all-new Freddy just doesn’t cut it.Read More

VOD film review: Mindscape

Director: Jorge Dorado. Cast: Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Brian Cox Certificate: 15 Watch Mindscape online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Eircom / Virgin Movies / EE / TalkTalk / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Sky Store … Read More

Screaming in your living room: How VOD is changing the horror industry

FrightFest has hit London once more this weekend – but for many around the country, it began on Monday, when the shortlist of films in the Shortcuts to Hell II contest were released on-demand, ahead of the finalists’ premiere during … Read More

FrightFest review: Shortcuts to Hell II anthology (on TheHorrorShow.tv)

Three minutes isn’t a long time. It’s barely enough time to boil an egg. But Shortcuts to Hell II gives budding filmmakers exactly that amount of time to impress their panel of judges.

So it only seems fair we … Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Descent Part 2

This retread of Neil Marshall’s 2005 horror lacks the original’s characters, tension and shocks.Read More

UKTV’s Watch sinks teeth into Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain for UK broadcast

UKTV has sinked its teeeth into Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain. The series’ UK broadcast will be on Watch this autumn.

The sci-fi horror is based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy co-written by the Pan’s Labyrinth director and author … Read More

TheHorrorShow.tv moves into DVD as well as VOD distribution

TheHorrorShow.tv is moving into DVD distribution.

The streaming site, which specialises in horror and genre titles, launched last year in the UK. While the industry increasingly moves towards digital releasing, though, the company has taken a step in the other … Read More

TheHorrorShow.tv teams up with FrightFest for Shortcuts to Hell 2 competition

TheHorrorShow.tv has teamed up up with FrightFest to provide an exclusive VOD platform for the Shortcuts to Hell 2 filmmaker’s competition.

Shortcuts to Hell 2 is a nationwide search for new filmmaking talent who are primed and ready to make … Read More

Sky Atlantic TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 1 Episode 4 (Demimonde)

Episode 4 of Penny Dreadful opens with a shot of Dorian Grey in some dark garret, looking with a detached curiosity at a painting. You know what the painting is, but how far has it progressed? The frame is large … Read More