Some people collect stamps. Others collect books, records or mini slasher action figures. And then there’s Nathan Barr. Along with...
Rose Glass’ Saint Maud stunned Midnight Madness audiences at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and it remains the one...
On a stormy night recently, I revisited Clue (1985), an essential dark comedy and murder mystery based on the popular board game of the same name. After 34 years, that film not only remains hilarious (Flames! On the side of my face!), but it also feels socially relevant in ways...
Here’s the thing about parasites: when it comes to the movies, they just don’t die. In that sense, you might...
Two films deep, I’m pretty sure we can crown Ari Aster with the [Paimon] crown as king of grief-stricken cinema....
Brandon Christensen’s Still/Born was named Scariest Feature at the 2017 Overlook Film Festival. His second feature Z celebrated its world premiere at the 2019 Overlook Film Festival debuting a new terrifying monster masquerading as the imaginary friend of a young child. Nightmare on Film Street’s Kimberley Elizabeth said in her review of the...
We all have a certain image of how a member of a satanic cult might look like, thanks to movies...
Mandao (pronounced “Man-Day-Oh”) of the Dead is a true indie horror with colorful, wildly quirky characters. They are likable from...
‘What does it sound like when a computer dreams? And what does it sound like when a computer has a nightmare?’ This would be the phrase that served as inspiration for Gavin Brivik as he composed the synth-infused, swirling digital atmosphere for the psychological horror/mystery thriller Cam. With years of...
“Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself, always.” The lines of Charles Dickens’ dark classic tale of holiday spirit, A Christmas...
Few horror films get touted as truly terrifying these days. We’re all either desensitized by violence.. or deterred by Twitter...
The German possession film Luz celebrated it’s North American premiere July 20, at the the 2018 Fantasia film festival. Writer/Director were welcomed by a sold-out crowd eager to see their fresh take on the possession sub-genre. Luz is an experimental film that follows a young cabdriver on the run from a demonic...