Summertime might be a bit too early to start planning for Christmas (though it’s never too early to plan for...
Kate Dolan’s debut feature You Are Not My Mother world premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, creeping out the unsuspecting...
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...
I’ll admit, other than appreciating the odd festival where you’ll find me buzzing in the corner of a beer tent,...
Walpurgisnacht, also known as Walpurgis Night or Hexennacht, is a pagan holiday celebrated on the night of April 30th. It...
Like the re-emergence of perennial plants every spring, the elusive horror subgenre Folk Horror seems to sprout up incrementally throughout history as social circumstances call for it. We are presently in the midst of a new folk horror revival dominated by films like Ari Aster’s Midsommar (2019) and Robert Egger’s...
[#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...
What comes to mind when you think of Hansel and Gretel? Is it crumbs of bread making a path through...
This review was originally published as part of our 2021 Fantasia Film Festival coverage. 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...