We're taking a page from the music scene this week as fellow NZHF writer Simon Kingsley-Holmes and I discuss our Honest Horror Playlists. Once you're done with us, head over to the New Zealand Horror Fans Facebook page, join the Horror Fans community (if you haven't already), and share your own horror playlist. We love … Continue reading Honest Horror Playlist
Tag: Opinion
Release Date: 9 July 2026 Directed By: Sébastien Vaniček Run Time: 110 mins REVIEW Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead is to the 80s what Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was to the 70s. A low-budget masterpiece that was a nightmare to film and tested the grit and patience of everyone involved. All the … Continue reading Review: Evil Dead Burn – Raging Inferno or Barely a Spark?
Don’t you hate it when you find a recipe online and the writer gives you their life story before you get to the actual meat of it all? Well, I’m about to do that. Sorry. I grew up in the UK in the wake of the Video Nasties scare. Disgusting, corrupting, depraved movies were finally … Continue reading Review: Evil Dead – The Raimi Trilogy
Release Date: 28 May 2026 Directed By: Kane Parsons Run Time: 110 min REVIEW What’s going on? Why is Hollywood making the best horror films right now? Hollywood is meant to turn up late, copy what someone else did, balls it all up and sweep up all the undeserved money. Whatever happened to studios snapping … Continue reading Backrooms: A Fresh Take on Horror Cinema
I actively avoided seeing The Weed Eaters at last year’s NZIFF, put off by the quotes: “… riotous NZ horror comedy. Four holidaying friends come across a strain of weed that gives them the most extreme case of the munchies ever recorded”. A no-budget horror-stoner-comedy? A wry take on the horror genre by a group … Continue reading In Praise of: The Weed Eaters on Tour
*This article contains spoilers for the Curry Barker film OBSESSION* Horror has always been the perfect playground for movies about bad relationships. From malicious friends to meddling family members, we can all relate to this at some point in our lives. But the award for the most toxic human relationships has to go to those … Continue reading OBSESSION: Victims, Villains, and Vulnerability