As Michael Peterson, the director of Knuckleball, once explained to me, horror and comedy aren’t as far apart as people...
When I think about Mardi Gras, I think about the marching parades in the streets of New Orleans, and how...
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There’s a certain finesse, a careful craft, that should be applied whenever a filmmaker decides to revisit a considerably popular genre film. Sequels, remakes, retellings, continuations, and all the variances in between are born with the automatic stigma of a lesser than status, marking them as a challenge from the...
As the telltale chill of fall begins to haunt the breeze and scratch at the senses, a power is reawakened....
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Being a teenager almost always feels like an inescapable curse, but the 17-year-old girl at the center of Thomas Robert...
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In Aaron B. Koontz’s The Pale Door, a gang of outlaws bite off more than they can chew after a simple train robbery turns sour. Seeking shelter and medical attention for their injured leader, the gang find themselves in a mysterious brothel run by a coven of witches. It’s a modern...
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At one point or another, we have all found ourselves laying on the bedroom floor, staring up at the ceiling,...
Last Halloween, Faster Horse Pictures announced there development plans for a new horror franchise centered around one of New Orleans’...
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If there’s one subgenre of horror so malleable that it can mold itself to any theme, vampires would be the best contender. Whether they’re imposing, ancient creatures of the night, or simply teenage rapscallions with an aversion to the sun, each of these bloodsuckers comes with their own mythos that...
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Pizza, Satan, and secret societies. I’m hard-pressed to think of a horror-cocktail more universally inviting. It’s no surprise Chelsea Stardust’s...
These days, it’s not a good sign when a movie or television show isn’t screened for critics ahead of time....
In true Fantastic Fest fashion, the festival surprised everyone when this year’s secret screening was announced to be none other than Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria. We were lucky enough to see the film and it has been the talk of the town since that surprise screening. Our very own Kimberley Elizabeth called...
