RIP. Shelley Duvall, best known for playing Wendy Torrance in the iconic horror The Shining, has passed away aged 75. Duvall died in her sleep of complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, Texas, Dan Gilroy, her life partner since 1989, told The Hollywood Reporter. “My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left […]

1 year ago

Get behind the sofa before you watch this lot… Villains wearing masks of human skin, 12 bodies being interlinked to form one organism and a cannibal drinking cups of his victims’ blood. When it comes to horror, we’ve seen it all. But the trouble with horror films is that they age quickly. Due to advancements in […]

4 years ago

Trying to match Stanley Kubrick is a dangerous game The first trailer for Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining has dropped, and it makes liberal use of callbacks to Stanley Kubrick’s sublime horror classic. Doctor Sleep is actually kind-of-not-actually a sequel to the cinematic version, instead just an adaption of Stephen King’s follow-up novel […]

7 years ago

Could he possibly match Jack Nicholson? If you had to name the greatest horror film all time, you wouldn’t get many complaints by saying Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. There’s other big names people would throw into the hat – Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, The Exorcist – but Kubrick’s masterpiece is effortlessly rewatchable and full […]

8 years ago

He loved some of these changes, and hated others

9 years ago

What the f*ck did we just see? Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is of course a masterpiece of cinema. The 1980 release is critically acclaimed for its thrilling tempo, unsettling plot and masterly cinematography. Each scene is a perfectly composed masterpiece. The Chickening, a short film that parodies the iconic movie, is daft, twisted, immature and quite […]

11 years ago