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Since Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror premiered in 2011, it has been captivating and disturbing its viewers, warning them of technology’s eerie potential. With the latest season making its premiere, here is Dead Northern’s guide on every Black Mirror episode ranked from worst to best. 27- The Waldo Moment (Season 2 – Ep. 3)  The Waldo ...

Dead Northern picks its ‘Top Ten Video Nasties’, in celebration of our new monthly event ‘Nasty Video Club’! 10 – Tenebrae (Directed by Dario Argento, 1982)  Throughout Dario Argento’s lengthy career, he has become synonymous with the Giallo subgenre of horror cinema, known for its hyper-stylised, theatrical films that focused on the fantasticality of the ...

1- Dewey & Gale (Scream)  With Scream 6’s release just around the corner, the highlighting of Scream’s staple duo Dewey Riley (David Arquette) and Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) has never been more important. The pair nail the opposites attract trope, with Gale’s fierceness and Dewey’s softness being a perfect match to track down the copious ...

1- Speak No Evil (Directed by Christian Tafdrup)  Two families meet on holiday, leading to an impromptu trip, but when the groups reunite, a series of misunderstandings wedges a dangerous divide. Shudder has become an absolute go-to streaming platform for all things macabre and morbid, with hundreds of classics and hidden gems lining the service. ...

1- The rocking chair – Black Christmas (Directed by Bob Clark, 1974)  Black Christmas is a horror that remains a public favourite all these years later for great reasons. The glossy darkness of this sorority fright is brimming with a holiday essence that embraces that idyllic juxtaposition of Christmas horror. With countless kills under its ...

1- The Shining (Directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1980) Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) moves his wife and son to The Overlook Hotel after accepting a job as an off-peak caretaker, however, after a storm traps them in the hotel, Jack slowly begins to lose his grip on reality.  Any horror film list would be incomplete without ...

To celebrate our first year representing everything horror at Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival, here’s our list of the best comic adaptations to film! The Crow (Directed by Alex Proyas, 1994) A year after his death, musician Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) awakens from his grave to avenge the death of his fiancé.  The Crow is ...

1- Haunt (Directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, 2019)  On a Halloween night out, a group of friends attend an immersive haunt. Little do they know that the spooky theatricals hold a deadly threat.  Over the years, innocent pumpkin carving traditions and trick-or-treating have been overshadowed by the budding extreme ‘haunts’ experience; promising bone-chilling ...

1- Midsommar (Directed by Ari Aster, 2019)  Dani (Florence Pugh) travels to Sweden with her anthropology boyfriend (Jack Reynor) and his friends to celebrate the town’s annual Midsummer Festival.  Ari Aster may have begun drawing heaps of attention thanks to his incredibly dark short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011), but it would ...

1- The Toxic Avenger (Directed by Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman, 1984) A measly nerd (Mark Torgl) residing in New Jersey finds himself transforming into a ginormous monster after falling into a barrel of toxic waste. If there was one singular film totally synonymous with the entire Troma legacy, then the film at hand would ...

1- Halloween II (Directed by Rick Rosenthal, 1981) On All Hallows Eve babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has to fend off Michael Myers, a masked crazed killer. Since the events, Laurie has been taken to hospital to recover from the dreaded attack, but Myers refuses to go down without his revenge.   Time and time ...

1- Spree (Directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko, 2020) @kurtsworld96 (Joe Kerry), a fame-hungry blogger is over the exhausted trends on social media, from unboxing hauls, reviews, day in the life tags, and tutorials- Kurt has tried them all, but to no avail, his shot at internet fame falls flat. However, he concocts a fatal plan using ...