Category: Body Horror

Pioneered by horror legend David Cronenberg, body horror is usually an all-out gore fest utilising (mainly) practical effects and focusing on the concepts of disease, deterioration and possession by a foreign body. These movies are not for the squeamish or easily sickened.

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Review

Not long after Kirsty is terrorised by her uncle Frank and the Cenobites she is hospitalised in a psychiatric facility where she tells her doctor what happened. Then Julia returns. This is a pretty decent sequel. Ashley Laurence and Clare Higgins return as Kirsty and Julia respectively. Both seem to slip back into their roles … Continue reading Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Review →

Contracted (2013) Review

This is an underrated film that explores sexuality and unprotected sex. It's fairly similar to It Follows, only this came out the year before and heads in a different direction. Warning: this movie contains gross things with eyeballs, teeth, and fingernails. Three of my big nopes. I just don't look. While attending her best friend's … Continue reading Contracted (2013) Review →

Hellraiser (1987) Review

The first three Hellraisers were the first DVDs I ever got. Cinemassacre review. In the beginning we see Frank Cotton buying a puzzle box. Next he’s in an attic surrounded by candles. He opens the box, which releases chains with hooks on the ends. The hooks cut into Frank’s body, stretching his skin. It then … Continue reading Hellraiser (1987) Review →