James is the author of The Company of Wolves (2017, Devil’s Advocates) and Dario Argento (2010, Oldcastle Books). He contributed to the short story anthology, Carnacki: The Lost Cases (2016, Ulthar Press), and the Spanish language book, Giallo: Crime, Sexuality and Style in Italian Genre Cinema (2019, Colectivo Rutemberg). He has written for Exquisite Terror, Diabolique, BFI, Paracinema, Film Ireland, Little White Lies and The Quietus. He's been writing about horror cinema and literature on his blog, Behind the Couch, since 2008.
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Clarke’s utilisation of eerie Irish lore and the supernatural to explore very real horror, and the lifelong lingering aftermath of a single, damning moment, is a potent and unsettling brew.
A troubled home carer finds her grip on reality starts to slip after she goes to help an elderly agoraphobic.
Philémon is a very sympathetic character, and Hammond brings a real sense of vulnerability to the role.
The day they move into a new neighbourhood, the Feral family plans to look as normal and friendly as possible. But their son, Philemon, is no ordinary teenager. When he gets closer to his new neighbor, Camila, his thirst for blood grows and his difference becomes impossible to hide…
Writer-director Romain de Saint-Blanquat sets the story in an in-between space, reflecting the threshold Françoise stands upon, but despite her intentions, seems hesitant to cross.
1967, Mardi Gras. Françoise is a 17-year-old boarder in an all-girls Catholic high school. Convinced that she has only one night left before her death, she sneaks out with her friend Delphine to attend a costume party and live the night as if it was her last.
In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a much deeper, sinister force that has both the manor and the townspeople in its grip.
A thoroughly intelligent and provocative post-modern horror that eclipses the whole Elm Street series with its foreboding atmosphere and chilling implications.
An evil entity uses Kreuger as a gateway to the world.
