Welcome to Critical Hit’s 31 days of horror! It’s the month of spookiness, of frights and jump scares and we’re ready to celebrate! Over the decades, pop culture has managed to create eerie atmospheres, scenes of terror that can’t be contained within a single genre and we’re looking back at the films and the movie maniac moments that had us squirming in our seats. Today, we’re having a look at one of Australia’s finest exports since memes about the correct size of knives, in The Babadook.

It may be 2015, but we’re still stuck in 2014. Well most of us are at least, as Nick still thinks its 1988 judging by the red leather outfit he wears while singing Michael Jackson songs. 2014 had plenty of great films and TV to watch, spread out across 12 months of viewing. We decided to get together, and vote …

If there is one thing that always freaks me out in horror movies, it’s the way children are used to spook us. Either they are sitting in wedding dresses, rocking themselves or are just standing creepily next to their twin with blood rushing past. They just tickle that part of my brain that says ‘run for cover!’, so watching this …

As everybody knows, Australia is a dangerous enough place as is. All the plant and animal life who are hellbent on killing humans over there in the most horrible way possible certainly don’t need any help in maintaining their scary street rep. And definitely not any help from made-up monsters from children’s stories. But that’s apparently just what has happened …

The Sundance film festival is usually a great showcase of dramas and other films with emotions and stuff. That’s your cream of the crop right there, as comedies and action flicks rarely get the film critic nod. But every now and then, one other genre comes along and sweeps audiences off their feet. This year, that horror film happens to …