Serving as the debut feature for actor turned director Dave Franco, The Rental sets out to “do for home-sharing what...
July is Greedy Guts month here at Nightmare On Film Street, when writers are given carte blanche to write about...
The Brothers Grimm and the like laid the groundwork for modern storytelling. From damsels in distress to wicked parental figures who sacrificed their own young, these antique fables have shaped today’s narratives in countless ways. Although their undiluted forms can be entirely too gruesome for younger listeners, these often morbid...
Lloyd Kaufman is a pioneer of independent cinema. For more than 45 years, his B-movie studio Troma Entertainment has been...
There’s nothing like a good werewolf movie to help you ring in the foggy, full moon season. I’ll take a...
Welcome to Saturday Morning Scares, where we check out cartoons for spooky kids! To celebrate October’s Sound of Screams theme here at Nightmare, today’s cartoon is about a monster band. Folks, put your paws together for Groovie Goolies! Groovie Goolies is a cartoon from the early 1970s that follows pop-rockers The Monster Trio and their friends at Horrible...
It feels like every studio movie nowadays wants to be Iron Man. That is, to be a big-budget venture into...
It took millions of years of evolution for homo sapiens to become the dominant species. But if other animal species...
Every time I’ve sat down to watch the psychedelic cinematography of Alejandro Jodorowsky, it has been a life-changing experience. From the first time I watched the Holy Mountain by a complete fluke, I have been blown away by his keen eye for color and framing, not to mention his narratives...
When I think about Mardi Gras, I think about the marching parades in the streets of New Orleans, and how...
[Review] Keep An Eye Out For RUBBER Director Quentin Dupieux’s Outlandish Cop Comedy KEEP AN EYE OUT
Quentin Dupieux’s movies are a f*cking journey. His films defy not only genre but also the medium itself, taking unexpected turns...
Alex Noyer’s Sound of Violence features some pretty elaborate deaths, tailor-made for the Midnight Madness crowd. Adapted from his short Conductor, the film follows a musician obsessively hunting for unique sounds to complete her symphony of destruction. Alexis, played by Jasmin Savoy Brown, experiences a rare sensory phenomenon known as Synesthesia that...