Cillian Murphy Reflects on Wes Craven’s ‘Red Eye’; “I Don’t Think It’s a Good Movie”

It’s been just about 20 years since the late Wes Craven directed suspense thriller Red Eye, a taut tale of a woman (Rachel McAdams) who gets kidnapped by a charming stranger (Cillian Murphy) on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father in the 2005 movie, she’s pulled into a plot to […]

The post Cillian Murphy Reflects on Wes Craven’s ‘Red Eye’; “I Don’t Think It’s a Good Movie” appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Continue reading


’28 Years Later’ – Sony Officially Boards Danny Boyle’s Sequel With Cillian Murphy Producing

It was announced earlier this month that Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are reteaming for the long-awaited sequel to 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, titled 28 Years Later. The Hollywood Reporter brings us an update this afternoon, announcing that the package has been acquired by Sony, who won a bidding war to land the hotly […]

The post ’28 Years Later’ – Sony Officially Boards Danny Boyle’s Sequel With Cillian Murphy Producing appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Continue reading


From Calm to Carnal: Looking at Cillian Murphy in the Horror Genre

Cillian Murphy plays the lead character in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. An amazing actor in a movie that Nolan himself called “kind of a horror movie“? We’ll take it. So, in that spirit we thought we’d take a stroll through the Peaky Blinders actor’s resume in both the thriller and horror genres. Hell, the last time […]

The post From Calm to Carnal: Looking at Cillian Murphy in the Horror Genre appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Continue reading


Revisiting ’28 Days Later’ 20 Years Later: The Best Horror Film of the 21st Century? [Halloweenies Podcast]

“Lesson one… You never go anywhere alone, unless you’ve got no choice. And lesson two… only travel during daylight, unless you’ve got no choice.” In June of 2003, Danny Boyle unleashed hell upon Americans with 28 Days Later. Written by then-novelist Alex Garland — in his feature screenwriting debut — the film captured the zeitgeist […]

The post Revisiting ’28 Days Later’ 20 Years Later: The Best Horror Film of the 21st Century? [Halloweenies Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Continue reading


Danny Boyle’s ‘Sunshine’ 15 Years Later – A Shining Example of Cosmic Horror Done Right

While we often take it for granted during the rushed blur of our daily lives, a single glance up at the sky should make it pretty obvious why primitive cultures once worshipped the sun. That’s why it’s no surprise that our nearest star has been a prominent figure in storytelling all the way from Egyptian […]

The post Danny Boyle’s ‘Sunshine’ 15 Years Later – A Shining Example of Cosmic Horror Done Right appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Continue reading


’28 Days Later’ – Celebrating Two Decades of Danny Boyle’s Zombie Epic

Sartre famously wrote that “hell is other people”, and while it can be easy to sympathize with that statement, I think there’s more than one kind of hell. Despite a certain melancholic beauty in solitude, the fear of being alone is both primal and common enough that most people have nightmares about it at one […]

The post ’28 Days Later’ – Celebrating Two Decades of Danny Boyle’s Zombie Epic appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Continue reading


The 15 Best Horror Movie Performances of 2021

Between a global pandemic that we’re still in the midst of and the increasing library of titles available for streaming, 2021 has been a strange comeback year for the movies. We are blessed once again with the newest films being (somewhat) safe to watch in a movie theater, yet these only make up a fraction […]

Continue reading