• Creative Corner: What the Robin Saw

    At the end of October-month skeletons dance on the graves of our mothers and fathers. They rise to the call of the night and bring out their buried fiddles to play a jig. Only Red Jack Robin, little Jack they call him who perches on the branches of the...
  • The Changing Nature of Horror Games

    It’s that time of year again, the spiders are spinning webs everywhere and just generally annoying you, and children are getting ready to beg for sweets and just generally annoy you. So, what you want to do is hole up in a dark room and play some horror games....
  • Are Scary Movies Bad For You?

    Maybe there was a time when scary movies were just created to draw everyone together, family or friends, to sit on the sofa or in the cinema with the intentions to experience the fun fear we need every once in a while. After all, adrenaline is good, isn’t it?...
  • Creative Corner: The Unexpected Visitor

    Halloween was an unforgettable occasion for me some thirteen years ago. It was late in the evening, and my friend John and I had just finished a game of billiards, when the phone rang. On the other end of the line was an unfamiliar voice, which seemed to be...
  • Film Review: Escape Room

    Written by Noah Dorsey and directed by Will Wernick, Lionsgate’s new movie Escape Room was released in 2017 in Taiwan, and is set to release on Monday 29th October in the UK, just in time for Halloween.  In this thriller/horror, a group of friends are taken to an escape room as a birthday gift,...
  • Film Review: Venom

    Sony’s latest attempt to steal market share away from the MCU sees reporter Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) discover the aliens known as symbiotes. He and his psychotic alter-ego face off against the Life Foundation and its CEO Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), who seek to abuse the symbiotes, a power...
  • Impact Plays: Dead by Daylight

    So, first things first – I am not a ‘horror game’ person. I love horror films, I love watching people play horror games, but play them myself? Haha – no thank you. And before any of you try to say ‘it’s not even a real horror game, just a...