Joining the tradition of the stalker horror subgenre, specifically the “lady stalker” theme of films like Misery and Fatal Attraction,...
I could spend hours talking about why I love 1941’s The Wolf Man. There’s the makeup, the cast (Lon Chaney...
71.25%
Nowadays, clowns are as synonymous with horror as vampires and zombies. These once-comical entertainers have influenced a new culture of fear. While Stephen King’s It is considered the originator of the clown’s newfound creepy status, indie filmmakers like Lawrence Fowler preserve the notion of clowns being scary. In the director’s...
Sorry to say it, but we’re not that much less superstitious than our ancestors. Sure, there’s more scientific knowledge today than...
68.75%
Arielle Cimino and Jeffrey Ryan’s horror-comedy Mass Hysteria follows a group of actors who reenact the events surrounding the witch...
77%
Psychological horror is an often overused label, but the new indie horror The Dead Center is the rare bird that truly earns the title. A tense and shockingly well-constructed horror film set in an emergency psych ward, The Dead Center is the latest from up and coming writer/ director Billy...
92.5%
Cults are all the rage. Escaping cults, joining cults, discussing cults, it’s been the year of the cult in horror...
Pumpkin spice is back at your favorite coffee shop. Plastic pumpkins and skeleton fill the aisles of craft stores. Spirit...
83.75%
Is there anything more iconic in horror than the haunted house? An isolating setting, shadowy nooks, crannies, and the invasion of the penultimate safe space. The perfect cocktail for horror. Keith Thomas’ The Vigil takes that classic, terrifying format and drops it right in the center of an Orthodox Jewish...
88.75%
Films today never truly dip their toes in piety. It is often used in horror as a cheap-shot quick-grab “good...
Darlin’ is a strange sort of horror film. Its events are not particularly suspenseful, and there is nary a jump...
The 2019 Fantasia Film Festival is home to surprising and shocking cinema and their Fantasia Underground program is the showcase “dedicated to unconventional outsider visions”. Fans of Indie horror have come to recognize the program as a treasure trove of new ideas and unique voices, challenging the very idea of...
