Corin Hardy

  • Review: People really should exercise more caution around ‘The Nun’ (Includes first-hand account)

    While the individual movies in The Conjuring franchise have varied in quality, most horror fans can agree that they’ve introduced audiences to some of the creepiest creatures in recent years. Your skin may still crawl when you remember small hands clapping behind Lauren’s haunted mother and plunging her into darkness. Or perhaps Annabelle’s unsettling and unseen movements across the room still gives you goosebumps. The latest spectre to instill fear in the hearts of moviegoers was a ghoulish woman in a habit with demonic eyes. The Nun sets out to answer the question, where did she come from?

  • Review: ‘The Hallow’ finds its monster in Irish folklore (Includes first-hand account)

    Urban legends and myths are often curated from generations of oral histories, enduring over the years as silly folktales or widely held superstitions. Most countries generally have their own lore specific to the region with some relating to vampires, werewolves and faeries – stories that were appropriated for books and movies over the years. In Ireland and nearby lands, the natural habitats of mystical creatures are guarded and often avoided to preclude any possible retaliation. Even so, an outsider to the area may not know or believe in the rules, which proves hazardous to everyone in The Hallow.