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Through Her Eyes | Bloody Disgusting
In this column, I shift the focus to rape-revenge films directed by women and how they interpret rape on screen. Each month I dive into films such as Revenge, American Mary, and M.F.A. to discuss how they use existing rape-revenge tropes to create new, potentially less exploitative ways of representing sexual violence against women in horror films.
- March 2020: Blurring Lines Between Reality and Fantasy in Natalia Leite’s MFA
- January 2020: The Girl With The Pink Star Earring: The Transformational Gaze in REVENGE
- October 2019: The History of Rape-Revenge Films and The Importance of Female Directors
Calling All Cryptids | Daily Grindhouse
Calling All Cryptids is a monthly column where I dive into a film about a legendary creature and examine just how true it is to its cryptid’s lore.
- May 2020: Using The Jersey Devil To Explore Authenticity In THE LAST BROADCAST
- March 2020: Trying To Create A Fresh Take On An Urban Legend in MOTHMAN
- February 2020: Documenting High Strangeness in THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES
- January 2020: HOAX Dives Into Bigfoot TV And Fake Monsters
- September 2019: EXISTS Depicts A Perhaps Eerily Accurate Violent Bigfoot
- August 2019: WILLOW CREEK Examines The Lore Of Bigfoot
Screams Heard Around The World | Nightmare On Film Street
In this monthly column, I spotlighted a horror movie from a country outside the United States that has flown under the radar. The goal was to showcase the talents of horror filmmakers around the world and make sure their voices don’t go unheard.
- August 2020: The Disturbing and Rural Horrors of SHEITAN
- July 2020: The Grotesque Beauty of MARTYRS (2008)
- June 2020: If You Love Aquatic Horror, Then You Need To See SECTOR 7
- May 2020: Lola Vs. Carrie: THE LOVED ONES As Antithesis To The Original Prom Horror
- April 2020: Constructing A Strange And Unique Serial Killer In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CURE
- March 2020: On Creating An Emotionally Supportive And Sensitive Piece of AI in ANIARA
- February 2020: The Horrors Of Inevitability In TIMECRIMES
- January 2020: India’s First Horror Movie MAHAL is A Monochromatic Descent Into Madness
- December 2019: In I SAW THE DEVIL, Revenge Is Complicated
- November 2019: A DARK SONG Is A Slow, Exhausting Horror Contained In A Big Empty House
- October 2019: GOOD MANNERS Is The Lesbian Werewolf Musical You’ve Been Looking For
- September 2019: Bare Your Teeth For Werewolf Coming-Of-Age Film WHEN ANIMALS DREAM
- August 2019: THE HOST Is An Environmental Horror Film With A Lot Of Heart
- July 2019: Czech Film THE NOONDAY WITCH Brings Terror Into The Light
- June 2019: Spanish Zombie Film [REC] And Shaping Modern Found Footage
- May 2019: No One Is Safe From The Slit-Mouthed Woman In Koji Shiraishi’s CARVED
- April 2019: Peel Back Layers Of Secrets In KILL LIST
- March 2019: THIRST Is Unlike Any Vampire Film You’ve Ever Seen
- February 2019: 5 Reasons To Watch Japanese Lesbian Ghost Story FATAL FRAME
- January 2019: 5 Beautifully Disgusting Moments From TAXIDERMIA
- December 2018: 5 Reasons Why Rare Exports Is An Essential Christmas Classic
- November 2018: Serving Up Something Delicious In DELICATESSEN
- October 2018: The Horrors Of Mexican Folklore In MÉXICAN BÁRBARO
Defining Mumblegore | Nightmare On Film Street
In this monthly column, I examined the lesser-known horror subgenre of mumblegore, its films, and its style. I also wished to expand the films included in this genre.
- August 2020: Before Mumblegore, There Was THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
- July 2020: Why TEETH Is The Ultimate Unconventional Rape Revenge Tale
- May 2020: THE SIREN Is A Monster Movie Full of Heart
- April 2020: BLUE RUIN Is An Honest and Heart-Breaking Revenge Tale
- March 2020: Falling Apart — Literally and Figuratively — in HONEYMOON
- February 2020: Searching For A New Life In COHERENCE
- January 2020: Creating A Female Killer In THE EYES OF MY MOTHER
- December 2019: Building Fear and Disgust In THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES
- November 2019: On Becoming Another Ghost in DARLING
- October 2019: SPLINTER Showcases The Power of Low Budget Creatures
- September 2019: THE TRANSFIGURATION And How It Redefines The Vampire Movie
- August 2019: ARE WE NOT CATS Is A New Kind of Body Horror
- July 2019: LACE CRATER Warns Against One Night Stands With Ghosts
- June 2019: Low Budget Found Footage Film CREEP Exemplifies A Lo-Fi Genre
Distorted Memories | Nightmare On Film Street
In Distorted Memories, I took on the world of found footage, a divisive horror film technique that relies on shaky cameras, glitchy footage, and the power of the unseen to portray a constructed version of the truth.
- August 2020: Hell Isn’t So Hot After All In AS ABOVE SO BELOW
- July 2020: The Ghosts Are Coming From Inside The House: Domestic Space in PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
- June 2020: Layers Of Truth In Ecological Found Footage Film THE BAY
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- ‘Mister Organ’ Review: David Farrier’s Newest Documentary Is His Scariest Yet
- ‘All You Need Is Death’ Beyond Fest 2023 Review: Cosmic Horror Meets Violent Love In Stunning New Irish Film
- ‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher’ Review: Mike Flanagan At His Most Cynical
- ‘Last Straw’ Beyond Fest 2023 Review: A Stylish Look At The Worst Day Of Someone’s Life
- ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Review: The Power Of Christ Compels You To Stop Making These Movies
- ‘No One Will Save You’ Review: Alien Horror Perfection
- ‘All Fun And Games’ Review: A Lean, Mean, And Bloody Slasher
- ‘Good Boy’ Review: A Terrifying Look At Modern Intimacy
- ‘New Life’ FrightFest 2023 Review: A Heart-Breaking Apocalypse
- ‘Piaffe’ Review: Fetishes And Unruly Bodies Meet In New Equine Arthouse Horror
- ‘Trader’ Review: A Stunning And Tense One-Woman Show
- ‘The Passenger’ Review: A Harrowing Look At Toxic Masculinity
- ‘The Last Voyage Of The Demeter’ Review: An Admirable Attempt At Gothic Horror
- ‘Pollen’ Review: Greek Mythology Meets Real World Horror In New Rape-Revenge Film
- ‘God Is A Bullet’ Review: A Shallow Attempt At Modern Exploitation
- ‘Falcon Lake’ Review: Heart-Breaking Horror At Its Finest
- ‘Brooklyn 45’ Review: A Haunting and Heartbreaking Chamberpiece
- ‘How To Blow Up A Pipeline’ Review: A New Kind Of Environmental Horror
- ‘You’re Killing Me’ Review: A Fast-Paced Slasher With A Mean Twist
- ‘Dead Ringers’ Series Review – Adaptation of The David Cronenberg Classic Is Simply Stunning
- ‘Renfield’ Review – It’s Good, Bloody Fun
- ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Is Ari Aster At His Funniest And Most Neurotic [Review]
- ‘The Unheard’: A Fascinating Yet Slow Sensory Horror [Review]
- ‘Clock’ Is A Unique Take On Pregnancy Horror [Overlook Film Festival 2023 Review]
- ‘The Unknowable’ Is The Lo-Fi Cosmic Horror Of Your Nightmares [Review]
- ‘Horror In The High Desert 2: Minerva’ Is One Of The Year’s Scariest Movies [Review]
- ‘We Have A Ghost’ Is Spooky, Sweet Fun [Review]
- ‘Cocaine Bear’ Is One Wild and Bloody Trip [Review]
- ‘Consecration’ Delivers Unholy Horror Soaked In The Feminine Divine [Review]
- ‘Knock At The Cabin’ Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest Doesn’t Hit Hard Enough
- ‘Project Wolf Hunting’ Is A Disgusting Voyage Soaked In Blood [Review]
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- ‘Candy Land’: A Disturbing, Horny, And Unmissable New Holiday Horror Classic [Review]
- ‘Two Witches’ Provides Some of The Most Beautifully Shocking Imagery of The Year [Review]
- ‘Bones And All’ Rips Out Your Heart and Takes A Bite [Review]
- ‘Run Sweetheart Run’ Is An Unflinching Look At Gendered Violence [Review]
- ‘Soft & Quiet’ Is A Disturbing But Necessary Watch [Review]
- ‘Chainsaw Man’ Delivers A Bloody Good Time [Review]
- ‘Matriarch’ Is Ambitious Folk Horror [Review]
- ‘Hellraiser’ (2022) Is A Gloriously Nasty and Sensual Spectacle [Review]
- ‘The Munsters’ Review: Rob Zombie Delivers Campy, Colorful Fun For The Whole Family
- You Shouldn’t Read This ‘Barbarian’ Review
- ‘Do Not Disturb’ Is Finger-Licking Good Cannibal Horror [Popcorn Frights 2022 Review]
- ‘They/Them’ Is Creepy and Gay, But Not Really A Slasher [Review]
- ‘Nope’ Is An Out-Of-This-World Spectacle [Review]
- ‘The Summoned’ Review: An Unhinged Battle for Souls Unfolds In New Hellish Horror
- Extreme Horror Author Eric LaRocca Talks About Why We Need More Nasty Queer Representation [Watch]
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- Halloween Kills Is Too Obsessed With Its Past | The Gist
- The Green Knight Is a Feast for the Eyes and for the Soul | The Gist
- Old Is a Fascinating Idea with Poor Execution | The Gist
- ‘DIMLAND’ Is A Bittersweet Tale About Letting Ago | Daily Grindhouse
- The Zombie Fun Comes Marching in with Army of the Dead | The Gist
- The Djinn Is a Terrifying Horror Film for All Ages | The Gist
- ‘Castlevania’s Final Season is a Blood-Filled Delight | Film School Rejects
- Profile‘s Deft Screen Life Format Makes It a Terrifying Glimpse into Internet Facades | Paste Magazine
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train Is as Sharp, Thoughtful as Its Anime | Paste Magazine
- A Career-Best Barbara Crampton Dominates Uneven Jakob’s Wife | Paste Magazine
- Devereux Milburn Makes a Meal of His Debut with Horror Honeydew | Paste Magazine
- On-Gaku: Our Sound Is a Beautiful Portrait of the Power of Music | Paste Magazine
- The Vigil Breathes New Life into Religious Horror | Paste Magazine
- Review: ‘Sator‘ | Film Cred
- Psycho Goreman‘s Ridiculous, Bloody B-Movie Schlock Will Put a Smile on Your Face | Paste Magazine
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- Review: ‘Promising Young Woman’ | Film Cred
- Paul W. S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich Find Familiarly Action-Packed, Schlocky Fun in Monster Hunter | Paste Magazine
- ‘The Witches’ Brings Horror to a New Generation | Film School Rejects
- ‘Monsterland’ Covers a Vast and Desolate Landscape of Horrors | Film School Rejects
- Review: Sputnik | Film Cred
- The Stylized Cycle Of Trauma In Jay Baruchel’s RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE | Nightmare On Film Street
- Death Is An Infectious Thought In Amy Seimetz’s Neon Lit SHE DIES TOMORROW | Nightmare On Film Street
- Review: Host | Film Cred
- Found Footage Horror FOLLOWED Portrays The Danger Of Internet Fame | Nightmare On Film Street
- ‘THE VAST OF NIGHT’ Is An Ode To Storytelling | Daily Grindhouse
- TO YOUR LAST DEATH Is An Animated Story About Trauma Wrapped In A Gore Fest | Nightmare On Film Street
- [Now Streaming] RELIC (2020) | Daily Grindhouse
- Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ SWALLOW And The Fight For Control Over Your Own Life | Nightmare On Film Street
- The Risk Of Indulgence And Hallucinogens In THE WAVE | Nightmare On Film Street
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- ‘Black Christmas’ Is A Loud, Rage-Filled War Cry That Begs To Be Answered | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘The Curse of Buckout Road’ is An Ambitious Debut Feature About The Power of Myth | Much Ado About Cinema
- WOUNDS Oozes With Eldritch Horror, Sweat, And Cockroaches | Nightmare On Film Street
- DEMENTER Is A Dizzying And Hypnotic Look At Cult Trauma | Nightmare On Film Street
- Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’ Carefully Treads Through a Maze of Trauma | Much Ado About Cinema
- Don’t Open The Door! There’s A Vampire In THE SHED | Nightmare On Film Street
- CANDY CORN Is A Rocky But Entertaining Halloween Movie For Your Next Horror Marathon | Nightmare On Film Street
- We All Scream For Ice Cream In Mutant Film FREAKS | Nightmare On Film Street
- Find Shelter Because B-Movie CLOWNADO Is Blowing A Bloodbath Through Town | Nightmare On Film Street
- Blinded by the Light: ‘Luz’ Pays Homage to Eurohorror in a Hazy, Dream-like Possession Film | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Crawl’ is the Perfect Horror Summer Blockbuster | Much Ado About Cinema
- The Demons Are Coming From Inside The Internet In Australian Gorefest NEKROTRONIC | Nightmare On Film Street
- Grab Your Flower Crown and Call Your Therapist, It’s Time for ‘Midsommar’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ANNABELLE COMES HOME – I Laughed, I Gasped, I Jumped | Nightmare On Elm Street
- ‘Tater Tot & Patton’ is a Beautiful Piece of Quiet Cinema About Healing and Connection | Much Ado About Cinema
- Jenn Wexler Beautifully Blends Punk Rock and 80s Slashers in ‘The Ranger’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- Come For The Cult, Stay For The Queer Representation In HALLOWED GROUND | Nightmare On Film Street
- Michael Dougherty Proves Godzilla Is King Of The Summer In GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS | Nightmare On Film Street
- ‘I Trapped the Devil’ is a Tense, Yet Slow, Look at Evil | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Pet Sematary’ Struggles with The Past But Delivers Delightfully Original Scares | Much Ado About Cinema
- Larry Fessenden’s ‘Depraved’ is A Mess of Limbs, Organs, and Emotions | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Funan’ Further Proves The Emotional Impact of Animation | Much Ado About Cinema
- Yeo Siew Hua Creates a Dreamy Singaporean Noir in ‘A Land Imagined’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Knife+Heart’ Is The Sexy Queer Slasher Of Your Dreams | Much Ado About Cinema
- It’s More Complicated Than Serial Killers in ‘Smaller and Smaller Circles’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- Enter Disgusting And Bewitching Madness In HAGAZUSSA | Nightmare On Film Street
- Isabelle Eklöf’s ‘Holiday’ Portrays a Harrowing, Violent Reality | Much Ado About Cinema
- Claire Denis’ HIGH LIFE Is A Stellar Yet Disturbing Meditation On Sexual Power | Nightmare On Film Street
- ‘Horror Noire’ Demonstrates Why Black Horror Films Deserve Your Attention | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Braid’ Is a Psychedelic Punch to Your Eyeballs | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Polar’ Is A Fun, Over-The-Top, Polarizing Action Romp | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Pledge’ Questions the Horrors of Toxic Masculinity and College Social Life | Much Ado About Cinema
- RUST CREEK Rethinks The Final Girl And ‘Scary Redneck’ Trope | Nightmare On Film Street
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- ‘Bird Box’ Tries to Soar But Instead Falls Flat | Much Ado About Cinema
- In His Most Self Aware Film Yet, Lars Von Trier Proves He Still Doesn’t Care About Women | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Cam’ is a Humanizing Portrayal of Sex Work and a Horrifying Look at the Internet | Much Ado About Cinema
- Playing With Zombies in ‘One Cut of the Dead’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Halloween’ (2018) is an Effective and Gory Examination of the Lasting Effects of Trauma | Much Ado About Cinema
- LIZZIE Attempts An Interesting Reimagining, But Misses The Mark | Nightmare On Film Street
- Searching for Justice in ‘Hold The Dark’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘The Wife’ Is A Painful Look at the Poison of Patriarchy | Much Ado About Cinema
- Ghosts Aren’t the Only Things That Haunt Us in ‘The Little Stranger’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- Cosmic Horror and Brotherly Love in ‘The Endless’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Hereditary’ Offers a Fresh and Horrific Look at Family Trauma | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘The Terror’ Weaves a Freezing Tapestry of Horrors | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Revenge’ is the Stylish, Gory, and Feminist Take on the Exploitation Film We’ve Been Waiting For | Much Ado About Cinema
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- ‘Necessary Death’ Authors Share The True Power of Horror
- ‘Soft Liquid Center’ Filmmakers On Improvising An Entire Script
- ‘A Creature Was Stirring’ Director Damien LeVeck On Working With Chrissy Metz In Her First Horror Movie
- ‘The Cello’ Director Darren Lynn Bousman Shares His Crazy Journey To Make This Film [Watch]
- ‘Raging Grace’ Director Paris Zarcilla On Confronting Colonialism In His New Horror Film
- ‘Silent Night’ Star Catalina Sandino Moreno On The Silent Resilience Of Her Character
- ‘It’s A Wonderful Knife’ Star Jane Widdop On Starring In The New Queer Slasher
- ‘Silent Night’ Star Joel Kinnaman On John Woo And Acting With No Dialogue [Watch]
- How The Far Side Gallery Inspired ‘Your Lucky Day’ Director Daniel Brown
- ‘It’s A Wonderful Knife’ Director Tyler MacIntyre Shares How The Two Stars Shaped The Film’s Queerness
- ‘The Elderly’ Directors On How This Stephen King Classic Shaped Their Disturbing New Film
- “It was a big ‘Eff You’ to Ron DeSantis”: ‘Big Easy Queens’ Director Erynn Dalton and Star Eric Swanson On Their Queer Film Noir
- The Boulet Brothers Tease What Terrors Await On Season 5 Of ‘The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula’: “There’s no shortage of filth”
- ’30 Coins’ Creator Álex De La Iglesia On Season 2 and Paul Giamatti
- ‘Hell House LLC’ Creator Stephen Cognetti On Creepy Clowns and Found Footage [Watch]
- ‘Suitable Flesh’ Director Joe Lynch on Tackling Lovecraft in 2023 [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘Halloween 4’ Director Dwight Little On Bringing Michael Myers Back To Life [Watch]
- Lance Henriksen Was Terrified By This Sci-Fi Horror Classic
- ‘Falling Stars’ Directors Talk World-Building On A Micro Budget [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- “We wanted it to be the Chucky of the animal attacks world”: How The ‘Slotherhouse’ Team Brought Their Killer Sloth To Life [Exclusive]
- ‘Stopmotion’ Director Robert Morgan Explains Why Meat Doesn’t Make Good Puppets [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘Malibu Horror Story’ Director Scott Slone On The Decade-Long Evolution of His Found Footage Film [Watch]
- “I don’t want to be desensitized to violence”: Franck Khalfoun On His New Gas Station Horror
- ‘Strange Darling’ Director JT Mollner On Creating His Technicolor Nightmare [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘The Last Stop In Yuma County’ Director Francis Galluppi On His 1970s Inspired Crime Thriller [Fantastic Fest 2023 Interview]
- “It was a sandbox of love”: ‘Crumb Catcher’ Director Chris Skotchdopole On His Tense Directorial Debut [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘Skinning The Coyote’ Author Nick McAnulty On His New Horror Western
- ‘Creepshow’ Series Director John Harrison On Working With George Romero
- “It’s Like Elephant Man Meets A Clockwork Orange”: Stephen Dorff On His Wild New Sci-Fi Film ‘Divinity’
- ‘The Sacrifice Game’ Director Jenn Wexler on Female Friendships and Killer Cults [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- David Farrier Explains How He Got Involved With A Real-Life Energy Vampire [Watch]
- ‘The Puppetman’ Director Brandon Christensen Talks His Terrifying New Horror Film
- ‘Leprechaun’ Creator Talks The Legacy Of His Cult Classic [Watch]
- ‘Appendage’ Director On Creating A Gross Little Dude [Watch]
- ‘The Strangers’ Director Renny Harlin Teases The Horrors To Come In His New Trilogy [Watch]
- ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Director Talks Himbos and Stephen King
- ‘The Mill’ Director On Capturing Lil Rel Howery’s Amazing Performance
- ‘When Evil Lurks’ Director Demián Rugna On Working With Goats And Killing Kids In His New Shocking Film [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Director Macon Blair On Tackling Toxie [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘A Light Most Hateful’ Author Hailey Piper On Cosmic Horror and Female Desire [Watch]
- ‘Deliver Me’ Author Elle Nash On Violence And Strange Intimacy
- Malcolm McDowell Shares His Experience Watching ‘Caligula – The Ultimate Cut’ On The Big Screen [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘Totally Killer’ Director Nahnatchka Khan On Filming In A Gravitron
- ‘V/H/S/85’ Directors On Crafting Their Own Gritty Versions of the 1980s [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘Out of Darkness’ Director Andrew Cumming Discusses Stone Age Horror And Crafting A Whole New Language [Fantastic Fest 2023]
- ‘Saw X’ Star Renata Vaca On Her Character Gabriela’s Connection To Amanda
- ‘Saw X’ Producers On The Latest Entry In The Bloody Franchise
- ‘Bloom’ Author Delilah S. Dawson On Her New Sapphic Body Horror [Watch]
- ‘No One Will Save You’ Director Brian Duffield On His New Tense Alien Invasion Horror
- ‘My Animal’ Actors Bobbi Salvör Menuez and Amandla Stenberg On This Horror Classic
- Author Stephen Graham Jones On His New Slasher Comic ‘True Believers’ [Watch]
- The Directors of ‘Satanic Hispanics’ On Their New All Latino Horror Anthology [Watch]
- ‘Good Boy’ Director and Cast On Their Strange New Horror Film
- ‘The Nun II’ Director Michael Chaves On Bringing Valak Back To Life
- ‘New Life’ Director John Rosman On How To Craft A Good Twist
- ‘Our Father, The Devil’ Director Ellie Foumbi On Her Rape-Revenge Film
- ‘The Purge’ Creator James DeMonaco On The Franchise’s Legacy
- ‘All Fun And Games’ Directors Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu On Crafting Their Gnarly Kills [Watch]
- ‘Perpetrator’ Director Jennifer Reeder On Feral Girls and Pools of Blood [Watch]
- ‘Final Cut’ Director Michel Hazanavicius On His Personal Connection To The Film [Watch]
- ‘birth/rebirth’ Director Laura Moss On Their Childhood Obsession With Mary Shelley
- ‘Bad Things’ Director Stewart Thorndike On Her Pastel And Blood-Soaked Ode To Feminine Rage [Watch]
- Rock Legend Slash Talks His Love of Vampires And The Body Horror Of ‘The Breach’
- ‘Aporia’ Director Jared Moshe On His Emotional New Sci-Fi Film
- ‘The Passenger’ Director Carter Smith on His Challenging New Film
- ‘Trader’ Actor Kimberly-Sue Murray On Playing An Anti-Hero
- ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Star Corey Hawkins On The Allure of Vampires
- ‘The Handyman Method’ Authors Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan On Their New Algorithmic Horror Novel
- ‘Terrifier’ Interview: Jenna Kanell and Catherine Corcoran Take On The Killer Clown [Exclusive]
- ‘Quicksand’ Interview: Star Allan Hawco Surfaces For Terrifying Survival Drama [Exclusive]
- ‘The Horror Of Dolores Roach’ Stars On The Series’ Unique Story [Watch]
- ‘The Horror Of Dolores Roach’ Creator Aaron Mark on Weed, Queerness, and the Power of Dolores
- ‘Mind Body Spirit’ Co-Directors On Their New Yoga Found Footage Horror
- ‘The Horror Of Dolores Roach’ Star Justina Machado Talks Chaotic Bisexuality In New Prime Video Series
- Lola Blanc Discusses Her New Horror Short ‘Pruning’ [Watch]
- ‘Jagged Mind’ Director Kelley Kali On Creating The Queer Sci-Fi Thriller
- ‘Brooklyn 45’ Stars Larry Fessenden and Kristina Klebe Talk Ghosts And Witches
- ‘Falcon Lake’ Director Charlotte Le Bon On Her Haunting Feature Film Debut
- ‘Follow Her’ Director Sylvia Caminer and Co-Writer/Star Dani Barker On Tackling The Horrors Of The Digital World
- ‘Brooklyn 45’ Director Ted Geoghegan On His Unique New Horror Film
- ‘Influencer’ Director Kurtis David Harder On Making A New Kind of Influencer Horror
- ‘Dark Nature’ Director Berkley Brady On Filming In The Wilderness While Pregnant
- ‘Dark Nature’ Star Hannah Emily Anderson on What Legendary Horror Performance Inspired Her
- ‘The Wrath of Becky’ Star Lulu Wilson On Intense Training For The New Sequel
- ‘Outpost’ Director Joe Lo Truglio and Star Beth Dover On Creating Their Complicated Lead Character [Watch]
- ‘Organ Trail’ Makeup Department Head Meg Wilbur On Crafting The Film’s Disturbing Body Trauma [Watch]
- ‘Organ Trail’ Actor Zoe De Grand Maison On Braving The Cold In The New Horror Western
- ‘Baby Ruby’ Director Bess Wohl On Portraying The Horrors Of Motherhood
- ‘Hell’s Paradise’ Voice Actors Marisa Duran and Alejandro Saab Talk Body Horror And Love [Watch]
- ‘Clock’ Star Melora Hardin On Shaping Her Mad Scientist Character
- ‘The Black Demon’ Actor Josh Lucas On His Love Of Shark Movies [Watch]
- Chaz Bono Would Love To Be A Judge On The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula
- Spider One and Krsy Fox Explain The Nuances In Their New Horror Film ‘Bury The Bride’
- ‘From Black’ Star Anna Camp On Going Dark For Terrifying New Role
- ‘Clock’ Director Alexis Jacknow Discusses The Horrors Of Motherhood
- ‘The Artifice Girl’ Director And Cast On Their Complex Sci-Fi Thriller
- ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Production Designer Nick Bassett Teases All Of The Film’s Easter Eggs
- ‘Cube’ Director Vincenzo Natali Explains Why He Didn’t Want An American Director for ‘Cube’ (2023)
- ‘The Tank’ Director Scott Walker and SFX Master Richard Taylor On Crafting Their Monster
- ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Runs On Pepto Bismol: A Conversation With Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix
- ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Director Lee Cronin Talks Cheese Graters And Deadites
- ‘Dead Ringers’ Actor Poppy Liu On Shaping Her Mysterious Character
- The Boulet Brothers Reveal All About Their Halfway To Halloween Special On Shudder
- ‘Dead Ringers’ Stars Jennifer Ehle and Emily Meade On Their Characters’ Complicated Relationship [Watch]
- ‘Dead Ringers’ Star Rachel Weisz On Playing The Mantle Twins [Watch]
- ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Stars Amy Ryan and Nathan Lane on Ari Aster’s New Film [Watch]
- Director Joe Lynch Wants You To Attend Panic Fest [Watch]
- ‘Slasher: Ripper’ Star Eric McCormack On Playing A Diabolical Character In The Shudder Series
- ‘Living With Chucky’ Director Kyra Gardner On Exploring Her Personal Connection To The Killer Doll [Watch]
- ‘You’re Killing Me’ Star McKaley Miller On Working With Anne Heche
- ‘The Wrath of Becky’ Cinematographer and Production Designer Discuss Creating The Look Of The New Revenge Thriller [SXSW 2023 Interview]
- ‘Only The Good Survive’ Director and Star On Their New Punk Film [SXSW 2023 Interview]
- ‘Enys Men’ Director Mark Jenkin On His New Lo-Fi Folk Horror
- ‘The Unheard’ Director Jeffrey A. Brown On Crafting Sonic Landscape Of His New Film
- ‘The Wrath of Becky’ Star Seann William Scott On Finally Getting To Play Villains [SXSW 2023 Interview]
- ‘The Lake’ Director On His Epic Monster Movie [Watch]
- ‘Citizen Sleuth’ Director Discusses His New True Crime Documentary [SXSW 2023 Interview]
- ‘Children Of The Corn’ Director and Stars Talk Their Take On Stephen King
- ‘Wreck’ Creator Ryan J. Brown On The Horrors of Cruise Ships [Watch]
- ‘Daughter’ Actor Vivien Ngô On The New Cult Horror Film
- ‘Jethica’ Stars and Director Talk Researching Stalkers
- ‘Calvaire’ Director Fabrice du Welz Talks The New French Extremity
- ‘Attack The Block’ Director Joe Cornish Talks His New Netflix Series
- ‘Cocaine Bear’ Star Keri Russell On The Scariest Movie She’s Ever Seen
- ‘We Have A Ghost’ Stars Anthony Mackie and Jahi Di’Allo Winston On Cryptids and Ghost [Watch]
- ‘Swallowed’ Stars Cooper Koch and Jose Colon On Their Electric Chemistry [Watch]
- ‘Jethica’ Stars and Director On The Horror of Their New Horror Comedy
- ‘We Have A Ghost’ Director Christopher Landon Was Terrified Of This Haunted House Movie
- ‘The Den’ Director Zachary Donohue On His Chilling New Cosmic Horror Series
- ‘Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Composer On The Terrifying Instruments Custom Made For The Film [Watch]
- ‘Swallowed’ Director Carter Smith On Worms And Horrific Intimacy
- ‘Consecration’ Star Jena Malone and Director Christopher Smith Talk Their Subversive New Religious Horror
- David Harbour Shares His Own Ghost Story From Filming ‘We Have A Ghost’
- ‘Woman Of The Photographs’ Director and Stars Talk Their Stunning New Body Horror [Watch]
- ‘Knock At The Cabin’ Star Has Always Wanted To Work With M. Night Shyamalan [Watch]
- Mia Goth Explains How Her Character in ‘Infinity Pool’ Is The Toughest She’s Played Yet
- ‘Kids Vs. Aliens’ Cast and Crew Talk Foul-Mouthed Kids And Evil Aliens [Watch]
- ‘Birdemic 3’ Director James Nguyen On His Alfred Hitchcock Connection
- Roxanne Benjamin Talks Flipping The Script in ‘There’s Something Wrong With The Children’
- ‘LandLocked’ Director Paul Owens Talks His Deeply Personal New Horror Film [Watch]
- ‘The Outwaters’ Director Robbie Banfitch Breaks Down The Film’s Terrifying New Trailer [Watch]
- ‘Skinamarink’ Director Talks Queer Horror and Childhood Nightmares [Watch]
- ‘The Price We Pay’ Director Ryûhei Kitamura Talks His Disgusting New Horror Film [Watch]
- ‘Candy Land’ Crew Talks Their Provocative New Horror Film [Watch]
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- ‘Bed Rest’ Interview: Melissa Barrera Talks Producing Her First Film
- ‘The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans’ Winner On Her Growth As A Drag Artist
- ‘Breathing Happy’ Director and Producer Discuss Their Emotionally Devastating New Film [Watch]
- ‘Adult Swim Yule Log’ Actors Talk Their Chaotic New Horror Comedy [Watch]
- ‘Nanny’ Actors Anna Diop and Sinqua Walls On Their New Horror Film [Watch]
- ‘Mindcage’ Director’s Career As A Classically Trained Painter [Watch]
- Chainsaw Man Voice Actors Talk The Chaos of Denji [Watch]
- ‘Chainsaw Man’ Voice Actors Talk The Complexities of Power and Makima [Watch]
- ‘The Apology’ Director Talks Her Chilling New Holiday Horror Film
- ‘The Leech’ Director And Actor Talk Their Twisted Tale of Christmas Horror [Watch]
- ‘Nope Editor’ Explains How To Create A Spectacle [Watch]
- ‘The Mean One’ Director Steven LaMorte On His Devious Holiday Horror Movie
- Noah Segan Talks His Directorial Debut ‘Blood Relatives’ [Watch]
- ‘All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms’ Crew Talk Their Twisted New Film [Interview]
- ‘The Menu’ Star Paul Adelstein Talks Improv And Culinary Snobs
- ‘Nanny’ Director Nikyatu Jusu On The Importance of Storytelling [Watch]
- Kyle Gallner Talks ‘Smile’, ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’, And More
- ‘Smile’ Star Sosie Bacon On Shaping Her Complex Character [Watch]
- ‘Fall’ Director Explains Why Vultures Are Divas [Watch]
- ‘Slayers’ Actor Malin Åkerman Shares Her ‘Watchmen’ Experience
- ‘Run Sweetheart Run’ Star Ella Balinska On The Importance Of Her New Film
- Actor Pilou Asbæk Talks Playing Villains In Hollywood
- ‘Slayers’ Actor Thomas Jane Explains His Harrowing First Time Seeing This Sci-Fi Classic
- ‘Run Sweetheart Run’ Director and Producer Talk The Dangers of Being Women [Watch]
- ‘Feed Me’ Directors And Star Dig Into The Shocking New Cannibal Film [Watch]
- ‘Slash/Back’ Director Talks The Practical Effects In Her Creature Feature [Watch]
- ‘Bitch Ass’ Director and Stars Talk Creating a New Kind Of Slasher Villain [Watch]
- The Cenobites Reveal Their Performance Secrets [Interview]
- ‘Speak No Evil’ Director On The Real Story That Inspired His Disturbing New Film
- ‘The Accursed’ Exclusive Interview: Mena Suvari Shares That She’s Never Played A Role Like This
- ‘Significant Other’ Directors Talk Their Surprising New Horror Film
- Deadstream’ Directors Vanessa and Joseph Winter Discuss The Difficulty of Found Footage [Watch]
- ‘Terrifier 2’ Star David Howard Thornton On Becoming Art the Clown
- ‘Piggy’ Director Carlota Pereda Talks Her Shocking New Film [Watch]
- ‘Masking Threshold’ Director Johannes Grenzfurthner Talks His New Found Footage Mad Scientist Film
- ‘Hellraiser’ Stars Talk The Scariest Cenobites [Watch]
- ‘Hellboy’ Creator Mike Mignola On The Film That Made Him Fall In Love With Monsters
- ‘Terrifier 2’ Director Damien Leone Was Inspired By This Notorious Serial Killer [Watch]
- ‘Hellraiser’ Director David Bruckner and Star Jamie Clayton On Creating A New Vision of Pinhead
- ‘Smile’ Director Parker Finn On Tackling Difficult Subject Matter
- ‘Smile’ Actors Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, and Kyle Gallner On Their Disturbing New Movie
- ‘The Munsters’ Jeff Daniel Phillips On Becoming Herman Munster [Dread Talks]
- ‘The Munsters’ Actor Daniel Roebuck Talks Becoming The Count [Watch]
- ‘Goodnight Mommy’ Director Matt Sobel Talks Tackling Remakes
- Director Adam Robitel Talks How He Got THAT Shot In ‘The Taking of Deborah Logan’ [Exclusive Interview]
- ‘Polaris’ Cast and Crew Talk Freezing Temperatures And Working With A Polar Bear
- ‘Special Delivery’ Director On Choreographing Complex Car Chase Scenes [Fantasia 2022]
- Author Stephen Graham Jones Talks His First Graphic Novel ‘Earthdivers’
- ‘The Invitation’ Director Jessica M. Thompson Talks The Mythology of Her Vampires [Watch]
- ‘The Invitation’ Stars Nathalie Emmanuel and Thomas Doherty Talk Vampires [Watch]
- Mick Garris Reveals The Truth Behind Controversial ‘Masters of Horror’ Episode
- ‘They/Them’ Star Theo Germaine Talks The Past, Present, and Future of Queer Horror
- Director Philipe Mora Talks Christopher Lee and Vatican-Approved Church Desecration
- ‘Orphan: First Kill’ Actors Isabelle Fuhrman and Julia Stiles Talk The Power of Platform Boots
- ‘Orphan: First Kill’ Director William Brent Bell A Massive Fan Of The Original
- ‘Glorious’ Interview: Rebekah McKendry and Ryan Kwanten Spill About Their New Glory Hole Horror
- ‘The Mortuary Assistant’ Developer Shares How He Constructs His Terrifyingly Good Scares [Watch]
- ‘Resurrection’ Director Andrew Semans Talks That Ending [Watch]
- Kevin Bacon Discusses The Importance of ‘They/Them’ [Watch]
- Andrew Traucki, ‘The Reef’ Director, Talks Working with Sharks [Video]
- ‘Hypochondriac’ Director Addison Heimann On Making A Movie About His Mental Breakdown
- ‘The Quarry’ Star Siobhan Williams Explains What It’s Like Playing Herself [Watch]
- Alice Krige Explains Why She Struggled With ‘Silent Hill’
- This Was Lance Reddick’s Favorite Part of ‘Resident Evil’
- ‘Flux Gourmet’ Director Peter Strickland On Why Farts Don’t Have To Just Be Funny
- Extreme Horror Author Eric LaRocca Talks About Why We Need More Nasty Queer Representation [Watch]
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- [THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] RICHARD BATES JR., DIRECTOR OF ‘KING KNIGHT’ | Daily Grindhouse
- Undoing Spectacle: Directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dustin Mancinelli on Violation | RogerEbert.com
- What Dreams May Come: Julia Sarah Stone on Come True and the Mysteries of the Subconscious | RogerEbert.com
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- Sex, Lies, and the Internet: Ben Hozie on Depicting Digital Sexuality in PVT Chat | Film Cred
- Producer Jeremy Thomas Reflects On Making Cronenberg’s Crash | Zavvi
- The Unrelenting And Empowering Legacy Of I Spit On Your Grave | Zavvi
- FrightFest 2020 Interview: Director Dean Kapsalis Discusses Creating A Modern Tragedy In The Swerve | Zavvi
- FrightFest 2020 Interview: Directors Airell Anthony Hayles and Sam Casserly Talk Their Found Footage Horror They’re Outside | Zavvi
- FrightFest 2020 Interview: Director Brea Grant Talks Her Dark Horror Comedy 12 Hour Shift | Zavvi
- Radha Mitchell Talks Her Prolific Career and Motherhood Horror in DREAMKATCHER | Nightmare On Film Street
- It is All An Illusion: Malgorzata Szumowska on ‘The Other Lamb’ | RogerEbert.com
- On Kickstarting An Erotic Creature Future With LAST CALL Director Winnie Cheung | Nightmare On Film Street
- Director Jason Axinn and Actor Dani Lennon Talk Animated Violence in TO YOUR LAST DEATH | Nightmare On Film Street
- BLOOD ON HER NAME Star Bethany Lind On Letting Women Be Messy In Horror | Nightmare On Film Street
- Talking With ‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ Director Adam Egypt Mortimer About Mania And Horror | Much Ado About Cinema
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- FREAKS Directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky On How Governments Stoke Fear and Redefining the Superhero Genre | Nightmare On Film Street
- Director Neasa Hardiman and Actor Hermione Corfield Talk Eco Thrillers, Red Heads, and the Use of Body Horror | Much Ado About Cinema
- [Interview] ‘Harpoon’ Director Rob Grant Talks About Spear Guns, Read Heads, and Friendship in His Killer New Comedy | Nightmare On Film Street
- [Interview] Director Richard Shepard Talks About What It Takes to Create ‘The Perfection’ | Nightmare On Film Street
- Interview: ‘The Ranger’ Director Jenn Wexler Talks Punk Rock, Final Girls, and Posers | Much Ado About Cinema
- Go On a Psychedelic Adventure With Winnie Cheung’s ‘Albatross Soup’ | Much Ado About Cinema
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- Back to the Movies: An Ode to Watching Horror on the Big Screen | Film School Rejects
- Saw’s Best Torture Scene Is Practically Bloodless | The Gist
- ‘Babe’ is an Award-Worthy Tale About the Underpig | Film School Rejects
- Bittersweet Goodbyes: 40 Years Ago, Ms .45 Complicated the Modern Rape-Revenge Film | Paste Magazine
- Navigating Sexuality and Utility in ‘Ghost in the Shell’ | Film School Rejects
- When Forgiveness Isn’t An Option: M.F.A. (2017) | Bright Wall/Dark Room
- When Catharsis Doesn’t Cut It | RogerEbert.com
- Shin Godzilla Captured the Terror of the Original, Six Decades Later | Paste Magazine
- Changing Horror’s Sexual Paradigm in ‘Crone Wood’ | Certified Forgotten
- Robots, Cars and AI – Oh My! Jumbo Progresses Our Onscreen History of Wanting to Have Sex with Machines | Paste Magazine
- ‘Cloverfield,’ ‘Trollhunter,’ and the Birth of the Found Footage Monster Movie | Film School Rejects
- Female Filmmakers: Reclaiming An Exploitative Genre | Shudder’s The Bite
- How ‘Hell House LLC’ Gives Life to the Abaddon Hotel | Certified Forgotten
- The Wanting Mare Reminds Us “Epic” Is Not the Only Path for Fantasy Storytelling | Paste Magazine
- Bryan Bertino and 21st-Century Nihilism | Film School Rejects
- PVT Chat and Masturbation in the Digital Age | Paste Magazine
- On the Disempowerment of Promising Young Woman | RogerEbert.com
- Horror TikTok Solidifies Found Footage’s Evolution into Digitally Discovered Horror | Paste Magazine
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- 2020 Was the Year of Found Footage and Creative DIY Filmmaking | Film School Rejects
- The 20 Best Animated Series of 2020 | Film School Rejects
- The 10 Best Christmas Horror Films: Let Those Slay Bells Ring | Zavvi
- The Portrayal of OCD in ‘Black Swan’ | Film School Rejects
- Make the Yuletide Gay: Why We Need More Queer Christmas Movies | Film School Rejects
- How 2011 Found Footage Horror Megan Is Missing Brought TikTok Together in 2020 | Paste Magazine
- Video Nasties, Censorship And A Celebration Of The Extreme | Zavvi
- The Ending of ‘Possessor’ Explained | Film School Rejects
- Paul W.S. Anderson Is The King Of Video Game Adaptions | Thrillist
- The Ending of ‘The Matrix’ Explained | Film School Rejects
- The Evolution of Male Nudity in Rape-Revenge Films | Certified Forgotten
- The Ending of ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ Explained | Film School Rejects
- ‘Webcast’: A Movie Marriage Of Found Footage And Folk Horror | Certified Forgotten
- The Timeless Nihilism of ‘Se7en’ | Film School Rejects
- Realizing You’re Just a Fantasy in I’m Thinking Of Ending Things | RogerEbert.com
- The Honest and Complex Portrayal of Immigration in ‘Lingua Franca’ | Film School Rejects
- How One Shot from ‘Host’ Encapsulates the Film’s Horror | Film School Rejects
- Host And The Cultural Relevance Of Found Footage | Shudder’s The Bite
- The Multifaceted Career of Brendan Fraser | Film School Rejects
- A Journey Down Elm Street: Reflections On The Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise | Zavvi
- The Many Faces of Peter Stormare | Film School Rejects
- Chicken Run At 20: Ginger, Female Empowerment And Revolutionary Spirit | Zavvi
- DOGTOOTH, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Strange Reflection On Control, Celebrates 10 Years | Nightmare On Film Street
- Diary Of A Teenage Girl: On The Wry Optimism And Weird Girl In Juno | READ ME: Girls On Tops
- Thank You | Haw Creek Horror
- When A Prank Backfires: Revenge In Brian De Palma’s Carrie | Zavvi
- The Trouble With Memory and Control in The Works of Alex Garland | Film School Rejects
- Femininity and OCD in Swallow | RogerEbert.com
- [Editorial] Battling for Control in the Face of Trauma in ‘Swallow’ | Bloody Disgusting
- Woman as Alien in Dorothy Arzner’s ‘Christopher Strong’ | Film School Rejects
- Ultraviolence: On Color Out Of Space And Adapting Lovecraft | theQuietus
- Sins of the Father: How Horror Can Break The Ties That Bind | Haw Creek Horror
- An Apple a Day Does Not Keep the Creepy Men Away in ‘Revenge’ | Film School Rejects
- Horror Movies, They’ve Always Been Political | Zavvi
- Dancing Aliens And A Screaming Christopher Walken: COMMUNION As A Camp Masterpiece | Nightmare On Film Street
- 10 Years of Blending Truth and Fiction in ‘Lake Mungo’ | Daily Grindhouse
- Trouble At Sea: Maritime Superstition In The Lighthouse, Sea Fever And Harpoon | theQuietus
- The Dread Lurking In The Shadows Of ‘The Strangers’ | Film School Rejects
- Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban Is A Horror Movie. Here’s Why | Nightmare On Film Street
- 15 Years Later, CONSTANTINE Still Serves As A Unique and Fascinating Vision Of Hell | Nightmare On Film Street
- Recognizing the Predatory Gaze in ‘Mandy’ | Film School Rejects
- 10 Of The Best Horror Soundtracks To Own On Vinyl | Zavvi
- After 10 Years, DAYBREAKERS Serves As A Story About Surviving Trauma | Nightmare On Film Street
- The Scariest Scene in ‘Hereditary’ Is Its Simplest | Film School Rejects
- A Bird’s Eye View of Fear in ‘30 Days Of Night’ | Film School Rejects
- [Invisible Week 2020] THE X-FILES ‘Je Souhaite’ is a Comic Change of Pace | Daily Grindhouse
- The Surprising Body Horror in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ | Film School Rejects
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- [New Year’s Eve of Destruction 2019] THE END OF EVANGELION (1997) | Daily Grindhouse
- Creating Fear Using the POV Shot | Film School Rejects
- The Many Romances and One True Love of Dr. Manhattan | Film School Rejects
- Leather As Power In Turn-Of-The-Millennium Genre Film | Film School Rejects
- Zavvi’s Best Movies Of The Decade: Hereditary | Zavvi
- 99 Percent Savior: In Contemporary Horror, It’s the Final Girl versus the Rich | Bitch Mag
- Monster Mash: Televisual and Vaginal Body Horror in ‘Poltergeist’ and ‘Videodrome’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- When The Party’s Over: How Women Reclaim The Rape-Revenge Story | READ ME: Girls On Tops
- The Complicated Power of Princess Mononoke’s Villain, Lady Eboshi | Film School Rejects
- The Arrow Video Titles You Need To Watch This Halloween | Zavvi
- The History and Transformation of the Final Girl | Film School Rejects
- In ‘Alien,’ Horror Comes In The Form of Labor Exploitation | Film School Rejects
- Cinema’s Deadliest And Most Terrifying Horror Games | Zavvi
- The gut-wrenching predictions of Satoshi Kon’s masterpiece ‘Perfect Blue’ came true | Polygon
- Navigating Male Fantasy in Charlie Says and Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood | READ ME: Girls On Tops
- 15 Years Ago, M. Night Shyamalan’s THE VILLAGE Gave Me A Role Model | Nightmare On Film Street
- [Editorial] The Emotional Rise of Cosmic Horror | Bloody Disgusting
- From Page To Screen: Examining 30 Days of Night’s Trek From Graphic Novel To Film | Nightmare On Film Street
- ‘Midsommar’ takes a step forward and a step back in its portrayal of mental illness | Polygon
- Queen of the Hill: 7 Films That Wouldn’t Exist Without Legendary Producer Debra Hill | Nightmare On Film Street
- Horror, OCD, and Me | Much Ado About Cinema
- Using Animation to Imagine Terrifying, Glorious, and Queer Futures in ‘Love, Death, and Robots’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- “Who The Fuck Is On Top Their First Time?” Demystifying Virginity in Lady Bird and Beyond | READ ME: Girls On Tops
- Female Director Spotlight: The Radical, Feminist, and Czech Filmmaking of Věra Chytilová | Much Ado About Cinema
- 10 Rising Female Horror Directors to Watch | Nightmare On Film Street
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- Badass Women, Stunning Visuals, and Subverting Expectations: Looking Back at This Year in Horror | Much Ado About Cinema
- The Horrifying Soundscape of ‘Hereditary’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- Female Director Spotlight: Dorothy Arzner and Making Films for Women in the 1930s | Much Ado About Cinema
- God? No God: Returning to 30 DAYS OF NIGHT | Nightmare On Film Street
- Get Seduced by the Ghostly Eroticism of ‘Kuroneko’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- A Gory Reimagining of the Slasher Film in ‘High Tension’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- Coming of Age and Little Monsters in ‘Der Nachtmahr’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- The Psychosexual Terror of ‘The Untamed’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- Seeing Double In David Cronenberg’s DEAD RINGERS | Nightmare On Film Street
- The Unexpected Body Horror of ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- The lesbian slasher What Keeps You Alive challenges the horror genre | Polygon
- Criterion Month: The Wild and Traumatized ‘Godzilla’ Universe | Much Ado About Cinema
- Criterion Throwback Review: George A. Romero’s Taboo-Breaking ‘Night of the Living Dead’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- The 5 Biggest Scares In M. Night Shyamalan’s SIGNS | Nightmare On Film Street
- Horror Film’s Terrifyingly Harmful Use of Queer Tropes | Much Ado About Cinema
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- ‘Falling Stars’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: Microbudget Folk Horror Done Right
- ‘UFO Sweden’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: A Visually Stunning Tale of Found Family
- ‘The Coffee Table’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: Nihilistic Comedy At Its Darkest And Most Anxiety-Inducing
- ‘The Last Stop In Yuma County’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: A Tense And Confident Crime Thriller
- ‘The Sacrifice Game’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: Jenn Wexler’s Latest Is A Perfectly-Wrapped Holiday Horror Gift
- ‘What You Wish For’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: Scrumptious Culinary Horror
- ‘Infested’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: An Arachnophobe’s Worst Nightmare
- ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: An Admirable Take On Stephen King’s Scariest Novel
- ‘Stopmotion’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: Disturbing Body Horror And Terrifying Meat Puppets
- ‘Saw X’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: A Fresh Take On ‘Saw’ With Confused Politics
- ‘V/H/S/85’ Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: Chaos and Cosmic Horror Reign
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- ‘Frogman’ Is Cryptid Found Footage Done Right [Popcorn Frights 2023 Review]
- ‘Sorry Charlie’ Is Effective Urban Legend Horror [Popcorn Frights 2023 Review]
- ‘Deliver Us’ Popcorn Frights 2023 Review: A Gruesome But Confusing Religious Horror
- In ‘Puzzle Box’, Anomalous Architecture Meets Found Footage To Mixed Results [Popcorn Frights 2023 Review]
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- ‘Soft Liquid Center’ Chattanooga Film Festival 2023: A Mumblegore Masterpiece
- ‘Tearsucker’ Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 Review: A Deeply Unnerving Psychological Thriller
- ‘King On Screen’ Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 Review: A Disappointingly One-Note Look At Stephen King
- ‘Mind Body Spirit’ Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 Review: Yoga Influencers Meet Slavic Rituals In Creepy New Found Footage Horror
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- ‘Medusa Deluxe’ Review: Single Take Murder Mystery Dazzles [Panic Fest 2023]
- ‘Megalomaniac’ Review: New Belgian Horror Boasts Beautiful Carnage And Brutal Serial Killers [Panic Fest 2023]
- ‘Beaten To Death’ Review: Disturbing Australian Horror Lives Up To Its Title [Panic Fest 2023]
- ‘Brightwood’ Review: A Simple Sci-Fi Premise Taken To Disturbing Extremes [Panic Fest 2023]
- ‘Blue Hour’ Panic Fest 2023 Review: Impressive Sci-Fi Found Footage
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- ‘Safe Word’: An Erotic Pseudo-Documentary From A Found Footage Master [Unnamed Footage Festival 2023]
- ‘What Is Buried Must Remain’ Review – An Ambitious Lebanese Found Footage [Unnamed Footage Festival 2023]
- ‘Invoking Yell’: Black Metal Meets Queer Women In New Chilean Found Footage [Unnamed Footage Festival 2023 Review]
- ‘Tontine’ Is Lost Found Footage Gold [Unnamed Footage Festival 2023 Review]
- ‘The Gulf Of Silence’ Is A Compelling and Heart-Breaking Pseudo-Documentary About UFOs [Unnamed Footage Festival Review]
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- ‘The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster’ Is A Chilling and Unique Take On A Classic Tale [SXSW 2023]
- Podcast Horror ‘Monolith’ Is A Sci-Fi Nightmare [SXSW 2023 Review]
- ‘Appendage’: A Pitch-Perfect Blend of Dark Comedy and Body Horror [SXSW 2023 Review]
- ‘Raging Grace’ Is A Haunting Yet Hopeful Tale About Exploitation and Immigration [SXSW 2023 Review]
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- New Werewolf Horror ‘My Animal’ Finds Queer Love In A Hopeless Place [Sundance 2023 Review]
- ‘Infinity Pool’ Is The Piss-Soaked Episode of ‘White Lotus’ From Your Nightmares [Sundance 2023 Review]
- ‘birth/rebirth’: A Pitch-Perfect Modern Re-telling of Frankenstein [Sundance 2023 Review]
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- Disturbing New Horror Film ‘La Pieta’ Tackles Incest, Dying, and Terrible Mothers [Fantasia 2022 Review]
- ‘All Jacked Up And Full of Worms’ Is A Nasty, Disturbing Nightmare [Fantasia 2022 Review]
- ‘The Harbinger’ Is COVID-19 Horror Done Perfectly [Fantasia 2022 Review]
- French ‘One Cut of the Dead’ Remake ‘Coupez’ Delivers a Surprisingly Fun Twist On The Original [Fantasia 2022 Review]
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- The Frustrating Beauty of ‘The World to Come’ | Film School Rejects
- ‘Mayday’ is a War Movie Full of Whimsy and a Bit Too Much Ambition | Film School Rejects
- ‘Superior’ is Beautiful and Bland | Film School Rejects
- Science Collides With Folk Horror in Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’ | Film School Rejects
- Trying to Interrogate The Porn Industry in ‘PLEASURE’ | Daily Grindhouse
- KNOCKING Is Queer Horror With So Much Potential | Daily Grindhouse
- WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR (2021) | Daily Grindhouse
- CRYPTOZOO Is A Gorgeous Yet Imperfect Imagining Of A World Full Of Cryptids | Daily Grindhouse
- CENSOR Is A Gorgeous Blood-Soaked Look Into The Moral Panic of Video Nasties | Daily Grindhouse
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- Baring It All In PATRICK | Daily Grindhouse
- Friendship Turns Bloody In BLEED WITH ME | Daily Grindhouse
- THE DARK AND THE WICKED Proves Bryan Bertino Is The King Of American Nihilism | Daily Grindhouse
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- THE WANTING MARE Is A Slow, Gorgeous, And Haunting Piece Of Sci-Fi | Daily Grindhouse
- Go On One Hilarious Journey In ‘THE VICE GUIDE TO BIGFOOT’ | Daily Grindhouse
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- ASMR And Horror Meet In Alexandra Serio’s TINGLE MONSTERS | Nightmare On Film Street
- Queer Horror Shorts Program Reimagines The Genre As A Place of Fluidity, Sex, and Terror | Nightmare On Film Street
- #METOO Shorts Program Tackles The Many Faces Of Sexual Assault | Nightmare On Film Street
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- PARASITE Is A Darkly Funny And Deeply Horrifying Look At Wealth | Nightmare On Film Street
- Review – Jojo Rabbit | Zavvi
- ‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ Is A Perfect Example of the Female Gaze | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Reminds Us That We Were All Kids Once | Much Ado About Cinema
- Descend Into Technicolor Madness With ‘Color Out Of Space’ | Daily Grindhouse
- Review – Knives Out | Zavvi
- ‘Joker’ Tries and Fails to Hide Its Clownery With a Political Message | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Synchronic’ Is An Emotional Sci-Fi Film About Friendship, Love, And Time Travel | Daily Grindhouse
- Join The Flock In The Disturbingly Erotic Cult Movie THE OTHER LAMB | Nightmare On Film Street
- Turkish Film THE ANTENNA Oozes Creepy Atmosphere And Political Commentary | Nightmare On Film Street
- ‘Resin’ Is A Disturbing Tale About Family & Paranoia Through The Eyes Of A Child | Daily Grindhouse
- Takashi Miike Combines Boxing, Samurai Swords, and Guns in FIRST LOVE | Nightmare On Film Street
- ‘Honey Boy’ Is A Devastating and Emotionally Raw Portrayal of PTSD | Much Ado About Cinema
- Get Swept Away by ‘Sea Fever’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Murmur’ Is A Search For Love In The Form Of Senior Rescue Dogs | Much Ado About Cinema
- Teen Romance Meets Climate Change in ‘Weathering With You’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘The Truth’ is Well-Acted But Emotionally Light | Much Ado About Cinema
- Review – The Lighthouse | Zavvi
- ‘Pelican Blood’ Is A Disturbing Examination of What a Mother Will Do For Her Child | Much Ado About Cinema
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- THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WKND Sets Millennial Melancholy To The Tune Of Time Travel | Nightmare On Film Street
- Documentary THE EL DUCE TAPES Dives Into A Story Of Sleaze, Tragedy, And Punk Rock | Nightmare On Film Street
- In KOKO-DI KOKO-DA, Nothing Brings A Couple Together Like Psychological Torture | Nightmare On Film Street
- MONUMENT Is A Surreal Spell That Will Engulf And Disgust You | Nightmare On Film Street
- VILLAINS Is A Strange, Over-The-Top, and Darkly Funny Home Invasion Film | Nightmare Of Film Street
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- ‘Harpoon’ is a Deeply Disturbing and Darkly Comedic Look at Male Entitlement | Much Ado About Cinema
- Terrifying Japanese Ghost Story ‘Stare’ Won’t Let You Look Away | Much Ado About Cinema
- Revenge-Filled ‘A Good Woman Is Hard to Find’ is A Satisfying Hit to Patriarchal Expectations | Much Ado About Cinema
- Step Into A Different Kind of Post Apocalyptic World in ‘Riot Girls’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘The Deeper You Dig’ is a Beautifully Sad Look at Grief and Guilt | Much Ado About Cinema
- Dive Into South African Horror and Folklore in ‘8: A South African Horror’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Sadako’ is An Overzealous Attempt at Reviving a Franchise | Much Ado About Cinema
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- Body Horror Has Never Looked So Good In Animated ‘Attack of the Demons’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- Who Cares About Jurassic Park When There’s TAMMY AND THE T-REX! | Nightmare On Film Street
- Gigi Saul Guerrero’s ‘Culture Shock’ Slaps Patriotism in the Face and Delivers a Dose of Horrifying Reality | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘The Last To See Them’ is an Unnerving Deconstruction of the Home Invasion Film | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Belzebuth’ Revives the Tired Possession Film | Much Ado About Cinema
- Pollyanna McIntosh’s ‘Darlin’ Is A Daring Directorial Debut | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘The Swerve’ Is a Harrowing Look at the Horrors of A Mental Breakdown | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘The Mute’ is Pagan Horror with a Heavy Dose of Atmosphere | Much Ado About Cinema
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- Horror-Comedy ‘Porno’ Gives a Whole New Meaning to Ball Busting | Much Ado About Cinema
- Imaginary Friends Aren’t So Fun Anymore in ‘Z’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Knives and Skin’ is a Dreamy, Bizarre Trip into a World of Grief | Much Ado About Cinema
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- Get Lost in the Violence and Music of ‘Vox Lux’ | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Friedkin Uncut’ Is An Inside Look at the White Boys’ Club of Hollywood | Much Ado About Cinema
- ‘Birds of Passage’ is a Crime Drama of Epically Beautiful Proportions | Much Ado About Cinema
- In ‘Olympia’ There’s No Cutoff For Trying to Get Your Life Together | Much Ado About Cinema