Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor is a mind-bending examination of the Video Naty hysteria that gripped Britain in the late 1980s. The...
If you’re anything like me, cartoons made specifically to fuck you up mentally are the best kind. Everyone’s nostalgic for...
[Sundance 2021 Review] Analog Era Love Letter CENSOR Blurs The Lines Between Video Nasty and Reality
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s Midnight opener Censor takes viewers beyond the cold, grey world of Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s Britain into the vibrant, violent world of the Video Nasties. As a North American, “Video Nasties” were something I didn’t learn about until well after the British censorship craze has cooled. Heck,...
DESCRIPTION: When there’s no more room in horror movie hell, the remakes will walk the earth! On this week’s episode...
Welcome to Gut the Punks, a monthly dissection of genre films that have a loose connection to punk rock music...
As another terrifying year draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the films that made us scream. Sure, the circumstances of 2020 were themself scream-worthy, but we’re escapists gosh darn it, and we’re going to continue to watch horror movies until the sky falleth upon us. Because this...
It’s always impressive when a horror movie can pay homage to its influences without feeling repetitive. The movies that get...
It’s A Haunting on Film Street month here at NOFS, and we’re turning the spookiness up to 10. For this month’s edition...
The lights are down, all of my candy is unwrapped, and a guy I’ve never met before won’t stop telling me he sang on the Grand Ole Opry, which can only mean one thing: it’s time for Screaming In Harmony, where we shine the spotlight on all manner of monstrous musical...
Horror movies and Halloween go together like caramel on apples. Like orange and black. Like pumpkins and triangle faces. Like...
Director and producer, McG (Charlie’s Angels) has a true appreciation for cinema of all kinds, making his long list of...
Despite the fact that its title is my exact thought every time another news story breaks so far in 2020, Drag Me to Hell (2009), directed by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead), is a masterclass in nostalgia and B-movie making that I am always thrilled to revisit. From the 1980’s...