Thriller

Darren Aronofsky once again proves himself as one of the leading American independent film directors with his gloriously manic fifth feature, Black Swan. After its premiere at Venice in September, no other film arrived at this year's BFI London Film Festival with quite as much hype as Black Swan....

‘Harry Brown’ opens with a group of youths initiating a fellow hoodie into their ASBO culture. Then we cut to a pair motorcycling through a park and a woman gets accidentally shot, the pair flee the scene and get run over. The whole thing is shot on a camera phone. It’s a visceral and arresting beginning in...

Since this sequel starts off exactly where The Descent left things, there’s no point sitting through it unless you enjoyed the first instalment. However, luckily for Brit film company Celador, plenty of punters did just that, so The Descent 2 is just as likely to be a hit – and not just in the surprise way...

Sam Raimi made his name with Evil Dead in 1982 and his fortune a few decades later with Spider-man. He could pretty much go anywhere from there, although I'm sure long-time fans were relieved when he announced he was returning to his roots with a spine-chiller of a thriller. And so we have Drag Me To Hell, a...