Tag archive: horror

Poor Siri. As Apple's virtual assistant, she (or he, if you're not in the USA) is only trying to help, letting you know whether you need an umbrella, sorting out your calendar or answering another inane question so you and your mates can have a laugh at her expense. It's probably not the most rewarding of lives, and we wonder how many of you bother to say thank you after she sorts something out, but now Siri must even endure… Read More

Siri has, in the main, been well received by both iPhone users and critics alike, with many in both camps having a good ol’ chuckle at the silly answers the virtual personal assistant sometimes gives. The folks behind Austin-based Rooster Teeth Productions decided to take things a step further and imagine a spooky scenario where Siri turns bad and, rather than trying to be helpful, tries to kill you instead. The result is an entertaining… Read More

Sure, we all love technology – and if you're reading this site, there's a good chance your daily routine involves more gadgets, software, and digital accessories than the average person. And while that's all well and good, that also means you'll be one of the first people to know when the robot revolution begins. From coffee machines with a taste for blood to smartphones zapping our brains, Hollywood has never shied away… Read More

Insidious is as modern a horror movie as they come. Directed by James Wan (Saw, Death Sentence) and written by Leigh Whannell, the duo behind the original Saw, the film is the perfect progression into the outlandish places horror movies will begin going in the years to come. It's part Paranormal Activity, part Ring, and has the ridiculous rules of the Saw series. Oh, and it's absolutely full of shocker shots, which start out slow,… Read More

Originally released in merry old England back in June, Black Death is set in the year 1348, during the worst days of the Bubonic Plague. Directed by Christopher Smith (Triangle, Severance), the film stars Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings). In a small medieval English town ravaged by the plague, the black death has left the villagers unscathed. The church sends out a group of warriors led by the knight… Read More

Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger will battle dark forces in their new thriller/horror film Case 39. The film was directed by Christian Alvart and has been sitting on the shelf for two years. Zellweger plays a social worker who is assigned to investigate the family of a 10-year-old girl who she thinks is being abused only to find out the girl is not as innocent as she once appeared. Paramount has finally given the film a release date of… Read More

You may well have seen one of the horror films from the Hammer Films canon. During the ‘50s and ‘60s they were the kings of the British horrorgenre, with a wonderfully chest take on Dracula as well as edging into science fiction with some of the Quatermass films.   It’s been a full three decades since Hammer (which was boughtearlier this year by the Dutch group Cyrte Investments) released a horror movie, but that’s… Read More

Comcast and Sony Pictures today unveiled plans to launch a new advertising supported, multi-platform horror and thriller network on Halloween this year. This new network will debut on video on demand and the Internet at the onset, with a wireless component added in the future. The as yet unnamed network, said the two companies, will leverage the combined assets of the Sony and MGM libraries to bring to viewers film and TV… Read More