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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
Technology
Alastair Stevenson

This new Irish horror is a terrifyingly good example of what Dolby Atmos can do

Hokum press image, Scott in chalk circle.

Regular readers will know that horror is a genre that lends itself to a lot of our AV testing scenarios. That’s why if you jump over to our regular Now Showing column, or main best Dolby Atmos scenes to test your system guide, you’ll see a fair few entries from the genre.

Whether it’s monsters coming out of the shadows, offering an excellent gauge of your TV or projector’s black level, or its janky, unnatural movements, pushing the tech’s motion handling, there’s a lot about the genre that is taxing for even the best hardware.

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