There was a time when people lived their lives according to fables, myths, and superstitions. Modern science has almost universally...
Like the re-emergence of perennial plants every spring, the elusive horror subgenre Folk Horror seems to sprout up incrementally throughout...
Sorry to say it, but we’re not that much less superstitious than our ancestors. Sure, there’s more scientific knowledge today than there ever has been, but how comforting is that to someone in a spooky old house at night, or lost and alone in the dark woods? This is what inspired...
What would you do if you were trapped on a boat with two of your friends, and no food or...
Dennison Ramalho’s feature debut The Night Shifter is a macabre and maniacal tale of morality and vengeance from beyond the grave. Heavily...
Friendship is hard. This is a fact that director Rob Grant knows very well as seen in his latest film, Harpoon, which recently screened at Fantasia 2019. It is a film about underlying resentment, rivalries, jealousy, and toxic masculinity disguised under the very thin veil of just three friends going...
Continuing to build up the stories of its collection, literally and figuratively, Blumhouse and Amazon Studios’ chilling series Welcome To...
Nicolas Pesce’s The Grudge hits theatres this weekend, welcoming cinema-goers to a new year of horror movies. Featuring probably the strongest...
It’s hard out there for a witch, as we can see in Lukas Feigelfeld’s feature film debut, Hagazussa. Set in a 15th century village, this film tackles the misogyny of superstition, its intergenerational impact, and a new perspective of vengeance. It is presented a series of progressively disturbing vignettes that...
Impetigore is one of those words that sounds scary, seems intriguing, and might be meaningful in all of its 10-letter...
The Old Ways follows Mexican American reporter Christina — and her journey to her homeland, Veracruz. However, she is abducted...
Heroics are often measured by grand advances of valiancy under dire circumstances and outstanding actions on the frontline. Simply being a woman existing in a world where the odds are always at one end of extreme contention is hardly regarded as heroic by many, but for one filmmaker that very...