Horror films are not kind to rural life. People who live outside of “civilized” cities are evil, unintelligent hicks as...
Since its inception, Netflix’s original series Black Mirror has pushed the boundaries on exploring humanity and its connection to evolved...
It was only a few short months ago Leprechaun: Returns silently crept into the horrorsphere (by that I mean Twitter and Instagram, where I get all of my content in self-esteem depleted doses). Doing like they do, small teaser photos and stills revealed a taste as to what this SYFY...
High hopes, low expectations. That’s how I try to go into a horror movie I’m apprehensive on. It’s how I...
Director Nicholas Pesce generated considerable buzz with his directorial debut, The Eyes of my Mother (2016). Now, with Piercing, he...
I could spend hours talking about why I love 1941’s The Wolf Man. There’s the makeup, the cast (Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains and Bela Lugosi?!), and the movie’s importance to werewolf lore (silver-as-kryptonite and full-moon-transformations come from this film). But what will always get me about this movie is the ending....
When democracy fails, it’s not hard to believe in a “deep state” conspiracy. Whether it’s the Illuminati or Lizard People,...
There is a special magic in the folk tale. Modern media can give you great stories, for sure. But folklore...
Forgive me if I sound old-fashioned, but murdered teens just aren’t what they used to be. There was a time when you could tell a relatable story about you and your best buds heading up to your favorite lakeside camp,where you could find some summer memories, maybe a little bit...
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival wanted to keep its “Secret Screening” a true surprise. No Halloween, they said. no Suspiria....
The Catholic faith has always seemed scary to me. I grew up in a Protestant church— which was scary enough—...
There’s a questionable statistic making the rounds on the internet that suggests that the average person unknowingly passes at least 16 murderers on the street in their lifetime. But, as The Clovehitch Killer explores, a cold-blooded monster could be closer than you think. Maybe even living under the same roof....