jack stevenson

The first thing I ever wrote for Headstuff, four years ago to the month, was a review of Fantasy Island, a generally reviled horror film by Jeff Wadlow that I couldn't help but be somewhat charmed by. A lot can change in four years, but I…

This October we asked our writers about their favourite examples of underrated horror: the underdog films that never got the recognition they deserved, the much maligned movies that are actually worthwhile despite the negative press, and…

Last week saw the 2021 iteration of the all singing, all dancing European Film Promotion Shooting Stars Award (disclaimer: the singing and the dancing may or may not be metaphorical). The awards ceremony, which for over 20 years has…

This month, I've watched two middling Netflix originals that I didn't enjoy all that much. But I did admire bits and pieces about both of them, and feel they actually compliment each other well. One is a big, over the top blockbuster that…

2005 sci-fi flop AEon Flux is back in the news recently, thanks to Elon Musk and Grimes' controversial recent decision to name their baby after it. It actually makes more sense than you might think. Musk and Grimes have always been a bit of…

Let me give you a thrilling glimpse behind the scenes of the Headstuff film department. About once a month, we get sent a list of notable film anniversaries in the month ahead, and we volunteer to write about the ones that interest us. On…

Who Can Kill a Child? is one of the coolest discoveries I've ever made. It's a cult classic, but not so much of a cult classic that it's really a cult classic in name only. At the book shop I work we used to have a 'cult classics' display.…

Here's the thing. I have never had any articles published about films before. I like films very much, but I am not very knowledgeable about them in the sense that I don't know what all the technical terms mean and there are many, many…