The Representation of Maternal Mental Health In The Babadook
There is something in life that many of us experience that is far more terrifying than any ghost, ghoul, or zombie in cinema - and that...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 202 min read
[Glasgow FrightFest]: Mom
Featuring an incredibly poignant and powerful performance from Emily Hampshire, Mom, the feature length debut of director Adam O’Brien,...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 122 min read
[Glasgow FrightFest]: Kill Your Lover
Directed by duo Alix Austin and Keir Siewert, Kill Your Lover is a triggering body horror depicting the breakdown and final moments of a...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 113 min read
[Glasgow FrightFest]: Wake Up
Home store invasion horror Wake Up from directorial team ‘Roadkill Superstars’, made up of filmmakers François Dimard and Anouk and...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 103 min read
Mommy Dearest: 7 Horror Movies about Motherhood
The Babadook (2014) - Directed By Jennifer Kent The 2014 Australian psychological horror The Babadook centres around widowed Amelia...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 82 min read
[Glasgow FrightFest]: You'll Never Find Me
Having screened as the opening film of 2024’s Glasgow FrightFest weekend, You’ll Never Find Me directed by Indianna Bell and Josiah...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 82 min read
[Glasgow Film Festival]: In Flames
In Flames had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight Section in 2023, the first Pakistani film...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 62 min read
[review]: Tropic (2023)
Directed by Edouard Salier, sci-fi drama Tropic explores the detrimental effects of a society that places a precedence over extreme human...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 42 min read
[Review]: The Shedding (2024)
Embodying the much loved aesthetics of B-Movies from the 1980s is the short horror feature The Shedding from co-directors Lakkaya Palmer...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Feb 272 min read
[Review]: Doctor Jekyll (2023)
From the stalwart of British gothic horror Hammer Films comes Doctor Jekyll, a modern adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson literary...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Feb 92 min read
[Review]: Double Blind (2024)
From director Ian Hunt-Duffy comes new Irish horror, Double Blind. An examination of the shady practice of drug trials carried out by...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Feb 53 min read
7 Totally Inappropriate Films For A Valentine’s Date
(That you should absolutely watch anyway!) Nekromantik (1988) Not exactly first date material, Nekromantik, directed by Jörg Buttegereit,...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Feb 22 min read
[Film Review]: Dario Argento Panico (2023)
Directed by Simone Scafidi, Dario Argento Panico chronicles the life and career of the maestro of Italian horror, Dario Argento, as he...
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Mx Bel Morrigan
Jan 314 min read
[film review]: Baghead (2024)
Baghead (2023) is a feature film directed by Alfredo Corredor and adapted from his short film of the same name. The premise surrounds a...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jan 292 min read
[film review]:The Seeding (2023)
From acclaimed music video director Barnaby Clay, The Seeding is a creepingly atmospheric desert-set folk horror seeped in nihilistic...
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jan 293 min read
From Page To Screen: Five Movie Adaptation Source Texts I’ve Pledged To Read In 2024
Throughout the three years of the What A Scream podcast, recurring guest author Elaine Pascale and I have been exploring movie...
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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jan 292 min read
[film review]:Slotherhouse (2023)
Joining the annals of nature versus humans movies that includes the Sharknado series (2013-2018) and Cocaine Bear (2023) comes an...
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