Both Ben and Dave have seen Venom – and hopefully so have you! This means you can listen along and agree completely with our views on the anti-hero’s origin story. This includes discussions on how to make Venom different to every … Continue reading Views from the Sofa: The Podcast – Venom from the Sofa!
Kids will always be creepy. Be it their angelic voices saying twisted things or their ability to be places they shouldn’t be: they will always strike fear if they are involved in horror. Creating a village full of creepy, psychotic children … Continue reading Horror Month: Village of the Damned (1995) Review
Most horror movies want the audience to feel a familiarity with the events on-screen. The best way to get people feeling scared is if they can empathise with what is happening. This is why the first part of Poltergeist is spent … Continue reading Horror Month: Poltergeist (1982) Review
In the pantheon of zombie movies, Night of the Living Dead rightfully holds it’s place as the founding father. That doesn’t necessarily make it a good movie though. In fact, although the ingredients and founding principles for many a zombie movie … Continue reading Horror and Zombies Month: Night of the Living Dead (1968) Review
Reality Television has slowly moved away from humiliating competitions towards following the private lives of pseudo-celebrities so before it starts My Little Eye feels dated. It doesn’t help that it relies heavily on technology that has been clearly updated, down to … Continue reading Horror Month: My Little Eye (2002) Review
A hero is only as good as his villains. This goes some way to explaining why Batman is so successful but Superman seems to struggle. Spider-Man benefits from this as well but one of his most iconic villains didn’t make the … Continue reading Venom (2018) Review
Ben and Dave add their movie knowledge and problem-solving talents to fixing the ailing DC Universe. In this episode we ask why the DC Universe is broken (or even if it is broken) and what can be done to fix it. … Continue reading The Views from the Sofa Podcast: Fixing the DC Universe
The 1600s in the newly discovered America is so full of suspicion, superstition and violence against each other that you don’t necessarily need anything supernatural to build a horror movie. The Witch could have gone down this ambiguous route, with the audience … Continue reading Horror Month: The Witch (2015) Review
There is something perfectly 90s about The Faculty. Made at a time when slasher movies were back in vogue (due in to small part to Wes Craven’s Scream), The Faculty captures popular culture with a high-concept premise, young 90s newcomer cast … Continue reading Horror Month: The Faculty (1998) Review
There is a perfect sense of unnerving that pervades Hereditary from start to finish. This is due to a couple of aspects. For one, you’re never really sure what is happening or whether you can believe what is happening. Second is … Continue reading Horror Month: Hereditary (2018) Review
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