There is a special magic in the folk tale. Modern media can give you great stories, for sure. But folklore...
I could spend hours talking about why I love 1941’s The Wolf Man. There’s the makeup, the cast (Lon Chaney...
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival wanted to keep its “Secret Screening” a true surprise. No Halloween, they said. no Suspiria. Nothing that you could easily guess would show up at a horror movie festival. Well let me tell you, they succeeded. Eddie Alcazar’s Perfect is as un-guessable as a film...
When democracy fails, it’s not hard to believe in a “deep state” conspiracy. Whether it’s the Illuminati or Lizard People,...
Social media can be a pretty negative space most of the time, but for a small group of aspiring filmmakers...
What would you do if a large sum of money randomly dropped onto your lap? Would you question where it came from? Would it solve all your problems, or would it create new ones? How do you know that it won’t change you or your relationships to those close to...
Gothic vampire horror seems to never go out of style. Even now, a new Victorian adaptation of Dracula is heading...
Director Joe Lynch wears the epithet “deranged” like a badge of honor. His newest movie Mayhem is evidence of that,...
The Catholic faith has always seemed scary to me. I grew up in a Protestant church— which was scary enough— but the traditional outfits, the constant feelings of guilt, and the bloody statues of martyred saints make Catholicism appear so much darker. Welcome to Mercy dives deep into the conventions...
It should be noted that Get My Gun is a rape-revenge, pure and simple. It’s important that you go into...
What does it take to be a good horror antagonist? A supernatural element? Any serial killer flick will tell you...
‘What does it sound like when a computer dreams? And what does it sound like when a computer has a nightmare?’ This would be the phrase that served as inspiration for Gavin Brivik as he composed the synth-infused, swirling digital atmosphere for the psychological horror/mystery thriller Cam. With years of...