Director: Aislinn Clarke Starring: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya Running Time: 103 minutes With Irish horror going through its Golden Age, the current trend for horror to be up front about its metaphors for trauma (of which our island has plenty), and an increased experience on screen in tapping into our rich resources…
Director: Ryan Coogler Starring: Michael B. Jordans, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Wummi Mosaku, Li Jun Li, Miles Caton Running Time: 137 minutes After a decade and change of the blockbuster film landscape being almost entirely lead by 30+ year old franchise Intellectual Property still reigning in its dozenth iteration, I began to wonder…
Director: Osgood Perkins Starring: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood Running Time: 98 minutes As someone who isn’t necessarily a fan of scary movies, mostly because I enjoy sleeping at night, I approached the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s The Monkey with extreme caution. Walking into the…
Director: Leigh Whannell Starring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger Running Time: 103 minutes As Ireland’s own Lee Cronin prepares to unravel a new take on The Mummy, it might be understandable for him to use Blumhouse’s other reimaginings of classic monster movies as a point of reference., both for the do’s and…
Director: Magnus von Horn Starring: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri Running Time: 115 minutes While Robert Eggers’ take on Nosferatu has become a box-office hit, with viewers ravenous for a gothic account of sexual politics not seen since My Immortal, the vampire flick doesn’t have a monopoly at the cinema this month for…
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. One of Ireland’s premiere video essayists, Gavin of Primary Cinema has been providing excellent insights into filmmaking and film…
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. You wait forever for a horror film as Gaeilge and then two come along at once. While…
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Genre crossovers have been attempted to varying success throughout film history. Sometimes, a screenwriter or director’s experimentation…
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Ireland is haunted. Not by the spirits of its infamous writers walking the halls of Trinity Library,…
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Spooky season has arrived and with it cinemas across the fair city of film have announced their…
