Though this year’s Fantasia Fest was chock full of the best kind of horror tropes, only a few of them...
Lloyd Kaufman is a pioneer of independent cinema. For more than 45 years, his B-movie studio Troma Entertainment has been...
Since the beginning of Fantasia 2020, I’ve been telling everyone I know about Fried Barry, a wild and colorful film about a junkie who gets abducted by aliens and then goes on an adventure around Cape Town. It’s the debut feature for director Ryan Kruger, but along with lead actor...
Although most are familiar with the “La Llorona” legend, this latest adaptation is a fresh take that tackles the complicated...
[Making a Monster] How Filmmaking Frustrations Yielded Clive Barker’s “Super-Butchers” in HELLRAISER
“What’s in the box?!” As it turns out, there are much worse things to find in there than Gwyneth Paltrow’s...
Have you ever watched a Godzilla movie and wondered what he would taste like? Probably very gamey and radiated. But cooked the right way, the King of the Monsters might be very tasty. Monster Seafood Wars (originally 三大怪獣グルメ) explores this possibility. It’s the latest zany project from writer/director Minoru Kawasaki,...
Randy Ser is a man of many talents. After cutting his teeth on Roger Corman productions and obtaining degrees in...
In Aaron B. Koontz’s The Pale Door, a gang of outlaws bite off more than they can chew after a simple...
Hear me out: every musical genre has a vampire film to match it. Bela Lugosi’s OG Dracula pairs with something classical, Schumacher’s The Lost Boys with glam rock, and Joe Begos’s brilliant Bliss with some acid-laced EDM. That’s not to say that these movies are literally scored with this music...
Justin McConnell’s Clapboard Jungle documents five years in the life of an indie filmmaker. The documentary is not only a must-see...
A beach getaway sounds like a dream, right? As the world turns and it feels like every part of our...
It’s Greedy Guts month here on Nightmare on Film Street, and I’m on a real nostalgia kick. As you know, nostalgia is one hell of a drug. More often than not, we look back upon the films that had profound impacts on our lives years later, and realize that they’re...