Like the re-emergence of perennial plants every spring, the elusive horror subgenre Folk Horror seems to sprout up incrementally throughout...
Heroics are often measured by grand advances of valiancy under dire circumstances and outstanding actions on the frontline. Simply being...
Sometimes all that’s needed to bring new energy to a well-trod genre is to inject some deceptively simple innovation into it. In the case of haunted house films, the subgenre has been explored and re-explored in horror until it would seem we’ve seen every possible variation several times over. More...
South Korean supernatural horror Lingering (a.k.a Hotel Lake), as many ghost stories are, is a grim story about coming to...
Ghost stories, particularly of the classic Gothic variety, often have a deep air of sadness about them. Often taking place in...
I love a good haunted house film — the genre is my ghost loving horror fan addiction. But as rich a sub-genre as it is, it sometimes feels like there’s only so many ways to tell a haunted house story. That’s why it’s such a treat when you happen upon...
Although most are familiar with the “La Llorona” legend, this latest adaptation is a fresh take that tackles the complicated...
Impetigore is one of those words that sounds scary, seems intriguing, and might be meaningful in all of its 10-letter...
You Should Have Left reunites writer/director David Koepp with actor/lead Kevin Bacon to tell the story of a retired banker tried by a jury of his own fears. Their previous collaboration, Stir of Echoes, was a taught thriller that found a man unraveling a mystery (and his own mind in the...
[Sorta SXSW Review] REMINISCENCES OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION is a Melancholy Nontraditional Ghost Story
Among the many excellent short films set to be showcased at the now-canceled SXSW 2020 was Dean Colin Marcial’s Reminceses...
Hungry for a spooky series to binge? This past weekend Netflix released the international series Spectros (2020), a TV-MA Brazilian...
What comes to mind when you think of Hansel and Gretel? Is it crumbs of bread making a path through the forest? Is it a welcoming little house found deep within the woods? Is it two lost, plump children? Is it a hunchbacked old woman stirring a pot? Is it...