Reviews: Film
‘This happy place’: The uncanny appeal of The Sentinel
Tasteless or underrated? Jennifer Wallis makes the case in support of Michael Winner’s supernatural horror The Sentinel.
Jennifer Wallis
7th April 2021
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Tasteless or underrated? Jennifer Wallis makes the case in support of Michael Winner’s supernatural horror The Sentinel.
A recent addition to the stable of Netflix docuseries, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is not the crime the makers had hoped it to be. David Kerekes and Jennifer Wallis look for the abyss.
In her first blog post for Headpress, Lakkaya Palmer explores the representation of monstrous mothers and children in Alice, Sweet Alice, and argues for the film as a key entry in the 1970s ‘family horror’ canon.
Jennifer Wallis gives us a rundown of what’s playing on the Headpress screen this week, from vertigo-inducing documentaries to laconic sixties comedies.
Do you like your horror homely? Jennifer Wallis picks her top three Thriller episodes and considers their nostalgic and aesthetic appeal.
Is there such a thing as Sundayploitation? Where is the sound of horror? David Kerekes thinks he knows the answers in the first of his movie dumps.
Short films were once a mainstay of cinemagoing, playing as support to the main feature. Some were good, many were bad. The Orchard End Murder was excellent.
A critical look at the Netflix documentary series, Don’t F**k With Cats, which has earned both praise and opprobrium for its exploration of the case of Luka Magnotta.
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (USA, 2010; dir. Frank Henenlotter & Jimmy Maslon). Review by John Harrison
A complete listing of the Saturday night Horror Double Bill screenings on BBC2.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
