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Eli Roth reveals how he made the bloodiest thriller of the year: “It was a really joyous experience”
The trailblazing director breaks down his ultra-gory new horror movie, Ice Cream Man
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Horror as worker is hit by a truck and killed at the United Wambo coal mine in the NSW Hunter Valley
A worker in his 50s was killed after being struck by a truck at the United Wambo open-cut coal mine near Warkworth, in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, on Monday afternoon. The incident prompted mine operator Glencore to suspend all operations at the site while emergency services and the company respond, underscoring…
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Obsession Star Inde Navarrette Has Been Offered Video Game Roles, Loves Shrek
The article’s full text was unavailable because the page displayed a JavaScript and cookie verification message. Based on the title, it concerns actor Inde Navarrette, who says they have received offers for video game roles and are a fan of Shrek. No further claims, quotations or context can be verified from the supplied material. The…
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10 Sci-Fi Movies That Are Definitely Not for Kids
Collider has published a list piece highlighting ten science-fiction films that are considered too disturbing, violent or thematically heavy for younger audiences, despite the genre’s family-friendly reputation involving spaceships and robots. The article argues that while sci-fi is often marketed with flashy technology and effects, these particular titles use those trappings to explore darker adult…
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These New Xbox Prices Are Truly Terrifying for PS6
Microsoft has raised Xbox Series X|S prices again this weekend, with the increases hitting European retailers particularly hard after only being formally announced in the US. The move comes as memory chip costs continue to soar due to AI-driven demand, leaving Microsoft reportedly still losing around $150 per console sold despite the hikes. It leaves…
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10 Years Later, a ‘Predator’ Director’s Sci-Fi Horror Hit Is Back on Streaming
10 Cloverfield Lane, the 2016 sci-fi horror debut of director Dan Trachtenberg, has returned to streaming on Paramount+ ten years after its release. The renewed attention comes as Trachtenberg has become a key figure in the Predator franchise, having directed Prey, the animated Predator: Killer of Killers, and most recently Predator: Badlands, with the film’s…
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‘A gentle poetry in the everyday’: why The Straight Story is my feelgood movie
In this instalment of the Guardian’s ongoing series on writers’ favourite feelgood films, the author explains why David Lynch’s 1999 drama The Straight Story holds that place for them. Unlike Lynch’s usual work, steeped in menace and surrealism (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks), this film offers a tender, understated tale of reconciliation, told largely…
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ANDREW GRIFFITH: The 4 job-killing measures in PM’s (Un)employment Rights Act that will take us back to the 70s
This is an opinion article by Andrew Griffith, in which he criticises the UK Government’s Employment Rights Act, arguing that specific measures within it will harm businesses and cost jobs. He frames the legislation as a return to the industrial relations climate of the 1970s, suggesting it represents a significant setback for the UK labour…
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Before His ‘The Batman’ Sequel, Matt Reeves’ Sci-Fi Horror Smash Is a Streaming Must-See
Cloverfield, the found-footage sci-fi horror film that helped establish director Matt Reeves before he took on The Batman, has begun streaming on Paramount+ in the US from 1 August. Its arrival comes as fans face a longer-than-expected wait for Reeves’ The Batman Part II, which was pushed back in July from its original 2027 slot…
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Mother and son airlifted to hospital after horror attack by swarm of bees
A mother and her three-year-old son were airlifted to hospital after being attacked by a swarm of thousands of bees during a walk near their home in Poolewe, Wester Ross, in June last year. Rosie Kirkness, 31, and her son Jamie Macdonald were each stung more than 150 times in an incident her mother has…