Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: Mia-Kate Russell’s sapphic revenge slasher, Penny Lane is Dead, streaming on Shudder, delivers one hell of a sucker punch by Neil Baker 29th August 2026
Film and Television The Mortuary Assistant (review) – Jeremiah Kipp’s horror game adaptation juggles supernatural terror and psychological torment by Daisy Grace Greetham 27th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: MadS (Shudder) – David Moreau’s Gaspar Noé-inspired disorienting trip to hell is a terrifying triumph by Neil Baker 20th October 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Daddy’s Head (review) – the horrifying power of grief to shift, distort, and twist our reality by Neil Baker 11th October 2024
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Get ready for some chilling tricks and treats on Shudder this October by Neil Baker 20th September 2024
Film and Television Glorious (review) – a man on his knees in puddles of urine and sick makes contact with an omnipotent, toilet-bound god by Neil Baker 19th August 2022
Film and Television What Josiah Saw (review) – an atmospheric and brutal Southern Gothic horror by Neil Baker 30th July 2022
Film and Television Shudders 61 Days of Halloween returns with a haunting lineup by Neil Baker 1st September 2021
1 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
2 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
3 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
4 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
5 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
6 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
7 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
8 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
9 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
10 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
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