Our Top 10 Hidden Horror Gems to Check Out This Halloween

There is a war on Halloween. Every year, Christmas, the asthmatic swollen beast that it is, extends its garish uninvited tendrils a little further. Christmas is the gluttonous abyss, a swirling, shimmering hellscape of overplayed songs, annoying outfits, and culinary excess. A vile parody of Western decadence that will not take no for an answer. […]

Pearl & Dean’s 5 best movies to watch for Earth Day

With Earth Day nearly upon us, I want to turn to environmentalist cinema and consider what we can learn from some of the genre’s best examples. While many of these films present dystopias, worlds in which the climate catastrophe is imminent or past us, they still offer practical steps that can be taken in tackling […]

The best horror gateway movies – for all you scaredy-cats out there

Horror is everywhere. It has influences in everything. Some of the most hotly discussed movies of the last few years have horror in their DNA: Parasite, Joker, The Batman, Drive, Nightcrawler, The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems, The Menu, Banshees of Inisherin, No Country for Old Men, the list goes on and on… Here’s my pitch: You’re […]