While certainly not the first movie to use ultra-realism and found footage to enhance its horror, when The Blair Witch Project Prior to The Last Broadcast, audiences had certainly encountered the idea ...

Isiah Whitlock Jr. passes away, leaving behind a rich performing legacy that includes a central role on The Wire, and ...

When Paxton arrives at the torture facility in the first Hostel, horror veterans may have recognised one of the clients was portrayed by Takashi Miike. Although it was cool to see the man behind ...

Once upon a time, in a small town in Italy, a little girl named Julia Francesca Fox was raised by her mother and grandfather. Being Italian, perhaps, you might imagine that somewhere in her DNA sits ...

The Blair Witch Project‘s influence is undeniable, and its reputation as a genre trailblazer is well-earned. Directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez created a landmark of immersive horror by ...

Mourning in the cinema world. Fabio Sartor, actor and board member of Nuovo Imaie for the audiovisual sector, has died at the age of 70. The mayor of Rozzano Gianni Ferretti has died at 31: he was ...

“In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary.” Okay, not really. The students were actors: Heather Donahue, Michael C ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Blair Witch Project, a film that popularised the found-footage horror sub-genre and captivated a generation of horror fans. Made on a shoestring budget of ...

When controversy surrounds a film it’s almost guaranteed to increase the number of people who want to watch it – particularly if it’s banned. When the list of Video Nasties was made public by the DPP ...

Since horror movies (including some underrated 2023 ones) are meant to shock and terrify their audiences, it’s easy for people to question whether or not they can actually cross a line. Many entries ...

In 1983, horror movie maestro David Cronenberg was asked why movie audiences like scary films. His answer was that “most people would prefer to [confront their fears] in a metaphorical way, in a ...

Cast your mind back to April 2020, and you might recall the wholly unexpected announcement that infamous 80s jungle horror Cannibal Holocaust would be getting a video game sequel. The project's seen a ...