By Anton Bitel
A 4K restoration of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is being released.
By Anton Bitel
Peter Collinson’s Straight on Till Morning offers a grisly vision of Britain in the 1970s.
In Westfront 1918 and Kameradschaft, the Austrian director interrogates the slippery notion of nationalism.
By Anton Bitel
The Italian director’s 1971 giallo shows a visionary film artist still finding his feet.
By Anton Bitel
Adolescence is key to everything in this seminal Stephen King adaptation from 1974.
By Anton Bitel
Forty years on, the director’s nightmarish gialli has lost none of its potency.
By Anton Bitel
Sion Sono’s fantasy horror TAG features one of the most arresting opening sequences in movie history.
By Anton Bitel
Black Christmas contains one of the earliest examples of the ‘final girl’ trope in horror cinema.
By Anton Bitel
The director’s newly-restored 1982 film continues to stand the test of time.
By Ian Schultz
Steve De Jarnatt’s cult ’80s sci-fi is a harrowing depiction of nuclear war.
By Anton Bitel
Joe Dante’s The Howling is a perfect blend of modern horror and practical effects.
By Anton Bitel
Kill, Baby... Kill! contains one of cinema’s earliest evil children.
By Anton Bitel
Shinya Tsukamoto’s Fires on the Plain is a harrowing reminder of the futility and madness of human conflict.
By Anton Bitel
Sergio Martino’s schlocky 1973 film Torso offers a masterclass in the male gaze.
By Anton Bitel
JS Cardone’s The Slayer also centres around a vindictive bogeyman.
By Anton Bitel
Richard Franklin’s follow-up to the Hitchcock classic is a chilling horror in its own right.
By Anton Bitel
Jörg Buttgereit’s necrophilia-themed 1991 horror Nekromantik 2 is now out on Blu-ray/DVD.