“What frame of any film has been more iconic?” asks Forrest Burgess, co-host of the Astonishing Legends podcast. “We all...
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There are good reasons moviegoers are wary of CGI. If it’s not done well, it can be distracting. Even when...
More than any other genre, horror can serve as a workshop for filmmakers. Its tropes and beats are very familiar, so reworking them into something different can resonate with even the most casual horror fan. Blood Quantum, a zombie flick set on the backdrop of a Native American reservation, is...
It’s not everyday that a debut filmmaker crafts a story so well that they are able to pull it off...
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Wounds are bloody voids surrounded by torn and ruined flesh, an empty space that serves as a reminder of pain,...
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Disney’s nostalgia-fuelled remake machine has two modes: the ones like Alice in Wonderland or Maleficent that try to put a new spin on the original story, or the nearly shot-for-shot remake option of Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, or The Lion King. One of these categories has been successful, and the other has been...
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Psychological horror is an often overused label, but the new indie horror The Dead Center is the rare bird that...
Making a feature-length episode of Into The Dark for Blumhouse and Hulu is no game. Paul Davis (Into The Dark:...
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She Never Died is the “sister sequel” to He Never Died, which starred punk icon Henry Rollins (Suck, Lost Highway) as Jack, a grizzled immortal who has been alive since the Old Testament times. In this new installment, Olunike Adeliyi plays the role of the undying Lacey. Jason Krawczyk, who...
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Cults are all the rage. Escaping cults, joining cults, discussing cults, it’s been the year of the cult in horror...
Director. Writer. Actor. Artist. Journalist. When it comes to the horror genre, the craft of quality filmmaking is found in...
With the massive popularity of IT (2017) and IT Chapter Two (2019), it’s hard to remember that just a few years ago, an unprecedented epidemic of clown scares swept the USA. It’s this phenomenon that the documentary Wrinkles the Clown (2019) attempts to explore, through the lens of one clown that went...
