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Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUQhdUVDcpO/?igsh=MWo4ZzFtaHBmajBmaw== So many popular Western films have taken inspiration from, or have directly adapted, Japanese cinema, so I think it's always good to go back and watch the films that came first, if only for comparison. On this occasion, I chose Takashi Shimizu's cult classic supernatural horror film, which terrified audiences in Japan, before getting Hollywood treatment. It was inspired by the hugely successful

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DULPu5OjbYd/?igsh=aDZ6dHN2cDVtanR1 They should have listened to Ridley. When I saw the trailers for this Alex Scharfman directed A24 horror satire, I thought it looked bombastically weird. I was actually half-tempted to go and see it at the theatre, but ultimately, I decided to leave it until it was available to stream - this was mainly due to its undeniably divisive reviews, which were enough to ward many of us off, I'm sure. Eithe

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUI8px6jNB9/?igsh=MWt1MGgxNXZ3b3Rmcg== There are a lot of infection-based horror films out there, and, being totally frank, most of them are very mediocre. You do get your exceptions, though, and this Spanish found-footage infection-based horror from 2007 seemed, based on its reviews, to be one of them. Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, it has achieved a healthy cult classic status, which was more than enough to entice me

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUDjDKrDeQK/?igsh=eTY4MTVqd3UzZXAx Co-directed by Will Joines and Karrie Crouse, this 2024 horror has been sitting on my Disney Plus watchlist, slowly collecting dust. I did finally muster up the urge to watch it though - I had been trying to find something fairly simple and recent to watch. My expectations were fairly nominal - the film has never generated any buzz particularly, and its reviews online are mediocre at best. I found

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBEjJrjRtD/?igsh=MTdwdGFqYWVyNDNpYQ== I am always partial to checking put any 'Dracula' adaptation I come across, indeed, Bram Stoker's classic gothic horror is one of my all-time favourite books, but, I must admit, Gary Shore's 2014 action horror that took a while to draw me in. I was only somewhat tempted by the plot, and even less so by its cast. Ultimately, my cynicism gave way to my love of 'Dracula' and I decided to give it

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT-f2XMjTXo/?igsh=MTlvbW44ZTB5Mms4ag== Full disclosure, the main reason I watched this 2024 home invasion horror was because somebody I know wanted me to watch it. I had watched the previous two films, and had enjoyed neither. This one was directed by Renny Harlin, whose entire filmography is very all over the place, with 'Die Hard 2' being his most notable film. I had watched the two previous films in the franchise, and my collec

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT77VyBDRNU/?igsh=MW55YjJkNTE4Y2Q2 After watching ten in quick succession, it became a little harder to find some of the classic Hammer horror films that I was hoping to watch. Eventually, however, I did manage to find this 1974 Hammer, directed by Brian Clemmens. I had, by this time, already seen a few Hammer-produced vampire films, but this one seems to be one of the more championed by the production company, as well as its fanbas