All articles by Kim Newman
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Reviews‘The Rescue’: Review
Dante Lam’s mega-budget blockbuster starring Eddie Peng leads the pack going into Chinese New Year
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Reviews‘It: Chapter Two’: Review
The now-grown-up members of the Losers Gang reunite to take on evil clown Pennywise once again
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Reviews'Automata': Glasgow FrightFest Review
A historian and his stepdaughter investigate a mysterious 18th century mechanical doll
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Reviews'The Mercy': Review
Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz star in the second of two concurrent features about the sailor Donald Crowhurst
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FeaturesFilms of the Year 2017: Kim Newman
Screen International critics pick their top five films of the year, plus the best doc and a hidden gem.
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Reviews'Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle': Review
An excellent cast boosts this enjoyable, entertaining adventure sequel
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Reviews'Crowhurst': Review
Simon Rumley unnervingly details the mental collapse of yachtsman Donald Crowhurst in the first of two current films on the subject
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Reviews'Jigsaw': Review
The Jigsaw Killer is back for more gory games in the latest instalment of the Saw horror franchise
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Reviews'Anna And The Apocalypse': Review
Source: Creative Scotland Anna And The Apocalypse Dir John McPhail. UK/US. 2017. 108 mins The zombie film remains the most crowded sub-genre of contemporary horror. Given that the DNA from George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) has been spliced with every film format from western ...
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Reviews'The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl': Review
This frenetic Japanese animation is likely to beguile and bemuse
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Reviews'Tragedy Girls': FrightFest Review
Two teen girls strive for serial killer superstardom in this glossy chiller
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Reviews'The Terror Of Hallow's Eve': FrightFest Review
Practical effects shine in this tale of a bullied kid taking supernatural revenge against his tormentors
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Reviews'Still/Born': FrightFest Review
A new mother is terrorised by a demon that may be all in her mind in this effective postpartum horror
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Reviews'Leatherface': FrightFest Review
The chainsaw wielder from Texas gets a surprisingly effective origin story.
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Reviews'Our Evil': FrightFest Review
Brazilian filmmaker Samuel Galli explores possession and black magic in his assured debut.
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Reviews'Radius': FrightFest Review
An amnesiac man finds anyone who comes near him drops dead in this intelligent Canadian sci-fi.
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Reviews'Freehold': FrightFest Review
Source: Clout Communications Dir Dominic Bridges. UK. 2017. 79 mins. A claustrophobic black comedy which initially seems surreal but becomes disturbingly more credible as its bizarre situation is explored, director Dominic Bridges’ debut feature demonstrates that there are few horrors an audience will not tolerate – indeed, ...
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Reviews'68 Kill': FrightFest Review
An ordinary guy goes on the run from his psychotic girlfriend in this fast-paced horror
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Reviews'Death Note': FrightFest Review
Adam Wingard helms a solid American adaptation of the hit Japanese manga property.