A remake, 65 million years in the making. I know, I know. The high dollar film industry is drowning in...
Every time I’ve sat down to watch the psychedelic cinematography of Alejandro Jodorowsky, it has been a life-changing experience. From...
Sometimes all that’s needed to bring new energy to a well-trod genre is to inject some deceptively simple innovation into it. In the case of haunted house films, the subgenre has been explored and re-explored in horror until it would seem we’ve seen every possible variation several times over. More...
This month at Nightmare On Film Street, we’re nearing the End of Days. Like many tinfoil hat conspiracy nuts, I’ve...
While horror has delved into the subconscious waters of our dreams many times before, director Anthony Scott Burns (Our House)...
Earlier this year, in February, the horror community lost an icon. Filmmaker José Mojica Marins, known for his macabre character Coffin Joe (Zé do Caixão in Portuguese) passed away at the age of 83. Back in the 1960s, Marins had aspired to be the Vincent Price of Brazil, and he...
Lloyd Kaufman is a pioneer of independent cinema. For more than 45 years, his B-movie studio Troma Entertainment has been...
Horror has played with depicting the world of dreams before. The most iconic foray into the horrors of our sleeping...
I love a good haunted house film — the genre is my ghost loving horror fan addiction. But as rich a sub-genre as it is, it sometimes feels like there’s only so many ways to tell a haunted house story. That’s why it’s such a treat when you happen upon...
Hear me out: every musical genre has a vampire film to match it. Bela Lugosi’s OG Dracula pairs with something...
Joining prime examples of the power of good filmmaking is director Zoe Wittock’s Jumbo, a film with a truly bizarre...
Some people collect stamps. Others collect books, records or mini slasher action figures. And then there’s Nathan Barr. Along with collecting TV and film composing credits, he also possesses a fascinating array of rare, unique and historically important musical instruments. Some collection highlights include a human bone trumpet, a rare...