Summertime might be a bit too early to start planning for Christmas (though it’s never too early to plan for...
Social media can be a pretty negative space most of the time, but for a small group of aspiring filmmakers...
The V/H/S film series has been a staple in both the found footage and horror anthology arenas for years now, and V/H/S/99 is a new high mark for a franchise already well-known for delivering killer bite-sized horror. It’s also a welcome return to Fun, which hasn’t always been a top priority in...
If you’ve already seen Satan’s Slaves (2017) or Impetigore (2019), you don’t need me to tell you that Joko Anwar knows how...
Slasher fans have been ringing in The New Year for decades now by rewatching the 80s party horror classic Terror...
There are good reasons moviegoers are wary of CGI. If it’s not done well, it can be distracting. Even when it is, it runs the risk of becoming the point of the movie, overriding honest character reactions for what looks coolest in slow-mo. But every once in a while, there’s...
Gothic vampire horror seems to never go out of style. Even now, a new Victorian adaptation of Dracula is heading...
More than any other genre, horror can serve as a workshop for filmmakers. Its tropes and beats are very familiar,...
What does it take to be a good horror antagonist? A supernatural element? Any serial killer flick will tell you that’s not the case. Humanity? Not according to Jaws or this summer’s Crawl. We’re not even sure it takes being a moving creature, if you count Twister as a horror...
Forgive me if I sound old-fashioned, but murdered teens just aren’t what they used to be. There was a time...
The Catholic faith has always seemed scary to me. I grew up in a Protestant church— which was scary enough—...
It should be noted that Get My Gun is a rape-revenge, pure and simple. It’s important that you go into this film with that knowledge, just so there are no unwanted surprises. You’ll thank me later. Rape-revenge films are generally divided into three acts, or—in the case of Get my...