Irish Horror
‘Oddity’ is Effective Supernatural Horror But Lacks Entertainment Value [Review]
To start, I want to make sure that I give Oddity, a new Irish supernatural and melodramatic horror movie, its flowers for being effectively scary and expertly crafted. You would be hard pressed to fin...
‘Unwelcome’ Inexcusably Squanders A Great Premise [Review]
The myth of the fear dearg (pronounced like “far darrig”) aka red cap or, more literally, red man, is prolific in Irish mythology. Much like the fairies who hide in the woods so they can...
How ‘Rawhead Rex’ Explored Celtic Horror in Unexpcted Ways
Clive Barker has had a lot of success on the screen. But then, of course, there are the movies that came early in his career. Barker was so disappointed with his early work in film as a screenwriter t...
The Cellar Proves Irish Horror Still Has Some Tricks Up Its Sleeve [Review]
Haunted house movies will never go out of style. Although the title of The Cellar, the latest offering from Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney (Savage), suggests all the evil is contained to the ...
EXCLUSIVE: Check out the Trailer for Irish Folk Horror Bring Out the Fear
It’s Frightfest season once again and, although the U.K.’s beloved genre film festival is going to look a bit different this year — particularly considering an in-person and subseque...
Deadly Cuts is Deadly Buzz [Review]
You know you’re in for a treat when a movie is confident enough to throw out a truly great joke within its first thirty seconds. Deadly Cuts, the debut feature from writer-director Rachel Carey...
Pre-Order Irish Horror The Perished on iTunes Now!
Every year when the St. Patrick’s Day horror lists roll around, I get irrationally angry to see flicks like The Hallow (which I love, but which was directed by a Brit, Corin Hardy) and A Dark So...
Extra Ordinary is the Irish What We Do in the Shadows [Review]
Forgive the clickbait-y title but there will be those who see the poster or trailer for Extra Ordinary and think it’s not up their alley because it looks like a fussy indie drama when, really, t...
The Perished [Frightfest 2019 Review]
The Perished is an Irish horror story about abortion so, naturally, it kicks off with some stomach-churning facts about the Magdalene laundries and the infamous Tuam babies — scandals that are u...
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