What’s up, weirdos? Welcome to Awfully Good, where we celebrate movies that suck! With January being The Return month here at Nightmare, it only...
Like the re-emergence of perennial plants every spring, the elusive horror subgenre Folk Horror seems to sprout up incrementally throughout...
If you’re anything like me, cartoons made specifically to fuck you up mentally are the best kind. Everyone’s nostalgic for sorrow! I don’t know if that’s true, but damned if it didn’t make your spooky little ears perk up. Somewhere mid-between the existential crisis of The Last Unicorn, and the...
Sacrifice (2021), written and directed by Andy Collier and Toor Mian, takes a subtle approach to slow-burn folk horror in...
This review was originally published as part of our 2021 Fantasia Film Festival coverage. Filmmaking is a family affair for...
Despite the fact that its title is my exact thought every time another news story breaks so far in 2020, Drag Me to Hell (2009), directed by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead), is a masterclass in nostalgia and B-movie making that I am always thrilled to revisit. From the 1980’s...
Listen up Folk Horror fans! There’s a new mythic monster in town calling out to you from those dark woods...
Prepare to be enthralled by the wickedly wonderful world of Christopher Lee, the legendary actor whose name is synonymous with...
Incorporating religious themes within cinematic narratives has become so widely used, it can easily go unnoticed. Horror may be the category one would believe to be a juxtaposition to many religious topics, but when the elements are dissected by knowledgeable experts and the veil of indifference is lifted, a chilling...
I’ll admit, other than appreciating the odd festival where you’ll find me buzzing in the corner of a beer tent,...
Horror films often feature a clear-cut battle between good and evil, with the virtuous protagonist ultimately emerging victorious. However, there...
[#Fantasia2021 Review] Occult Indie Horror HELLBENDER puts Mother-Daughter Relationships to the Test
Filmmaking is a family affair for the creators behind indie horror Hellbender. Who better to conjure a film about the bonds of family, motherhood, and coming-of-age than a real-life family — the Adams family; made up of matriarch co-writer/director plus actress Toby Poser, patriarch co-writer director plus actor John Adams,...