Longlegs

Scary Movie

The legendary film critic Barry Norman once said of a movie, “Laugh? I thought I’d never start!” That is exactly how I felt about this sixth instalment of the spoof comedy (?) that I thought had died a death after number 5 back in 2013. Now the Wayans, who made the first two films, are…

The Monkey

Last year, Osgood Perkins produced one of the creepiest films, the psychological horror Longlegs. Continuing his trait with horror, we now have The Monkey, based on a short story by Stephen King and as different a film as you could get from his previous outing. While Longlegs is a film built around atmosphere and being…

It seems to be a common factor in horror movies to put, as part of their advertising campaign, that their film is the scariest movie of all time, of the year, or of the week. The truth is none of them are that scary, and you leave the cinema feeling slightly cheated. Longlegs has done…