Since its world premiere at the 2018 Fantastic Fest, critics and horror fans have been buzzing about Richard Shepard’s horror...
The campfire is lit, marshmallows are toasting, and there’s a chill in the air. You and your friends hush to...
It takes a lot of guts to tackle a slasher movie. With films like Halloween, Friday the 13th and Scream lining the hallowed halls, it’s a daunting sub-genre for any new filmmaker to break into. And yet, Dallas Jackson stepped up to the plate with his directorial debut film, Thriller. ...
We all have a certain image of how a member of a satanic cult might look like, thanks to movies...
It’s hard out there for a witch, as we can see in Lukas Feigelfeld’s feature film debut, Hagazussa. Set in...
A menacing figure. A group of unsuspecting young adults. A prominent weapon of choice. A real, relevant setting, and a lesson to learn. All of these factors combine to create the genetic makeup of horror’s most renowned subgenre: The Classic Slasher. Whether these flicks stand for meaningful allegories that bring...
Everyone enjoys a good story of comeuppance. An audience can’t help but feel a sincere sense of jubilance when a...
If there is any universal notion that proves to be wholly unerring it is that you cannot escape the past....
A true story: February 2010, a good friend and I headed out on a Saturday afternoon to catch the remake of George Romero’s 1973 The Crazies. Though in high school, we were both of age to see the R-rated feature. We’d never been ID’d previously but there is a first...
It seems ironic to review a film whose entire theme questions the subjectivity of art and the role a critic...
What do you see when you scroll through the news feeds of the social media outlets you participate in daily?...
I first came across Michael Peterson’s work when my friends and I watched his debut feature Lloyd the Conqueror for the sole reason of hearing the end credit song. I wasn’t expecting to be scared sh*tless years later when I saw his sophomore film Knuckleball, a far deadly departure from...