DESCRIPTION: Welcome back to Nightmare Alley, fiends; The spooky little sidestreet in the Nightmare on Film Street podcast feed. This week, Kim & Jon are joined by writer/director Ryan Spindell to discuss his super HalloweenTastic horror-anthology The Mortuary Collection, now available stream on Shudder! If you aren’t afraid of tentacle monsters,...
Shudder Original Scare Me sees “two strangers tell scary stories in a Catskills cabin during a power outage“, It’s a simple enough premise to follow, right? For a contemporary horror film, it might seem like a basic plot stripped of advanced effects and modern-day poignancy, but when the idea is...
This year, Fantasia Fest saw its share of movies that pushed the boundaries of reality. However, none of them did it quite like Lucky. Lucky tells the story of May, a bestselling author who is visited every night by a person who tries to kill her, an antagonist known only as The Man....
The Brothers Grimm and the like laid the groundwork for modern storytelling. From damsels in distress to wicked parental figures who sacrificed their own young, these antique fables have shaped today’s narratives in countless ways. Although their undiluted forms can be entirely too gruesome for younger listeners, these often morbid...