![]() ![]() Why it’s worth a watch: Vicenzo Natali’s provocatively claustrophobic film really kick-started the gaming horror renaissance. ![]() Who’s in it? Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Julian Richings, Wayne Robson and Maurice Dean Wint play the seven guinea pigs. With their surroundings provoking such a sense of urgency for escape, they must use their intellect and powers of deductive reasoning if they want to make it out alive. What’s it about? Seven strangers wake up to find themselves forced to undertake a myriad of perverse challenges in disturbingly clinical confines, entirely devoid of a stress-relieving sense of place. Casting Kathy Bates as Annie was certainly a culminating factor in the film’s success but kudos must also go to William Goldman for coming up with a screenplay that just never lets up despite much of the film playing out in the confines of Annie’s guest bedroom.įor fans of: Funny Games, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Hard Candy Why it’s worth a watch: Stephen King himself has often cited it as one of the best movie adaptations of his books. Who’s in it? Stellar performances from James Caan and Kathy Bates – the latter took home an Oscar. But, not so fortunately, she also happens to be unhinged, and will stop at nothing to cure his bad case of writer’s block. Fortunately for him, a nurse – who just happens to be his number one fan – manages to pull him from the wreckage. What’s it about? A blizzard sends a romantic fiction writer’s car off the road. Why it’s worth a watch: From Beyond comes from the collective that brought you Re-Animator, and whilst it never quite manages to reach the same heights, it’s still a worthy successor and definitely worth your time, especially if you love your horror with an extra helping of ectoplasm.įor fans of: Re-Animator, Society, Videodrome Who’s in it? Stuart Gordon reunites with Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. Cue a psychiatrist and police detective to figure out what happened when the scientists dipped into said alternate universe of the goopy kind. Of course, the experiment goes awry leaving only one scientist alive – and borderline insane. What’s it about? A group of scientists have developed a “Resonator” that allows humans to tap into another dimension inhabited by Lovecraftian creatures. And for this writer it’s arguably one of Tobe Hooper’s best titles.įor fans of: The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers Why it’s worth a watch: This hugely underrated classic is undeniably best taken with a huge dose of salt on your popcorn but it works brilliantly as an impressively-staged dose of cheesy sci-fi fun. But the icing on this cake is Sir Patrick Stewart who shares his very first on-screen kiss with Steve Railsback. Who’s in it? Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay and Mathilda May as Space Girl. These humanoids turn out to be energy vampires who suck the life out of their victims in ways that What We Do in the Shadows’ Colin Robinson couldn’t even begin to comprehend. What’s it about? “The terror has just begun!” Based on the novel “The Space Vampires” by Colin Wilson, American and British astronauts working on a joint mission to investigate Halley’s Comet come across a 150-mile-long alien vessel populated by several seemingly human bodies. Unsurprisingly, of all his films, this is Carpenter’s personal favourite.įor fans of: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, They Live, The Faculty Why it’s worth a watch: Whether it scares you with its paranoia, claustrophobic setting, Ennio Morricone’s brooding score or Rob Bottin’s (and an uncredited Stan Winston’s) bar-raising practical creature effects, The Thing‘s sole purpose is to get under your skin in as many perturbing ways as (in)humanly possible. The script had also originally been written with both Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood in mind. Who’s in it? Kurt Russell heads up the team of American researchers in the lead role of MacReady which had previously been turned down by Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges. Naturally, paranoia and mistrust set in long before frostbite even gets a chance to. What’s it about? John Carpenter’s first entry in the “Apocalypse Trilogy” (followed by Prince of Darkness in 1987 and In the Mouth of Madness in 1994) shadows a group of cabin-feverish scientists in the Antarctic who find themselves up against a parasitic shape-shifting alien that assimilates and imitates its victims. ![]()
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