Tag: Martyrs

  • Hosts by Jonny Numb

    Hosts: Home Invasion [89 minutes. Unrated. Directors: Adam Leader and Richard Oakes] Hosts gives an altogether new meaning to the notion of “home invasion horror.” It’s also a conundrum: spare in its explanation of what is happening (and why), and therefore difficult to offer much detail without giving the whole premise away. In the spirit of keeping…

  • Best 9 Canadian Horror Films by Crash

    Canadian Horror: Oh, Thank You Canada To date, I’ve enjoyed 201 Canadian horror films. Here is the best of the best…   The Changeling 1980 5 stars One of the best haunted house films of all time. Thanks to a powerful performance by George C. Scott, stellar storytelling from William Gray and Diana Maddox, phenomenal…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Martyrs 10-year Anniversary

    Martyrs: 10-year Anniversary In 2008, many of us heard about Martyrs when we learned that some French theatre-goers booed and walked out on the film at Cannes. Pascal Laugier’s intense and disturbing horror has ever since rocked horror founds and showcases how the film serves as an example of how to make a genre film…

  • Top-13 Saddest Horror Films by Billy Crash

    Top-13 Saddest Horror Films If the horror genre is all about doom and gloom and unhappy endings, it should come as no surprise that some films are just plain sad. Think of it as a final kick to the ribs or a twist of the knife when all’s said and done. These Top-13 Saddest Horror…