Tag Archives: Horror

“It’s just a book. It won’t hurt you”

“It’s just a book. It won’t hurt you”

The Babadook (October 24, 2014) Cert 15, 92 mins. ‘Mister Babadook’ sounds like a funny character in a children’s story, but it’s uncanny how a word or name can change on a dime depending on the conte ...
A chilling summer in Cold In July

A chilling summer in Cold In July

Cold in July is a nifty Southern Gothic thriller, given an added boost by the welcome pairing of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Sam Shephard (71) as an ex-con with a criminal son (Wyatt R ...
What doesn’t kill you makes you richer

What doesn’t kill you makes you richer

Cheap Thrills, the directorial debut of American writer (The Possession, The Pact) and independent producer E.L. Katz, has been labelled a very ‘black comedy’ and is getting quite a buzz from critics ...
Brutality of the highest order

Brutality of the highest order

Robert Tanitch reviews Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London Everybody should go to Shakespeare’s Globe at least once. It is a theatrical experience like no other. Whether everybody ...