More than any other genre, horror can serve as a workshop for filmmakers. Its tropes and beats are very familiar,...
You might think comedy is the genre for “weird families,” but I’d argue it’s horror. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...
The survival film Pledge premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival July 24th, ready to welcome audience member into a crash course on brutality. The story follows three friends in their attempt to join a fraternity at all costs. Of course things take a turn when the doors are locked and...
One of the most anticipated video game sequels of all time, The Last of Us Part II is easily Naughty...
Which came first, Jaws or the summer monster movie? Of course, a film historian would point out that Jaws was...
If there’s one word that summarizes the main focus of early man’s life, it’s undoubtedly “survive”. In the gripping Cro-Magnon monster movie Out Of Darkness, directed by Andrew Cumming and penned by Ruth Greenberg, viewers are transported back to a time when humanity was in its infancy, 45,000 years ago....
Head Count is a very well made and well acted monster flick about isolation and paranoia that grabs you early on and won’t let go.
In a world where horror films often tread familiar ground, Outpost emerges as a breath of fresh air, taking audiences...
Out of all the horror films I’ve seen this year, my favorite opening shot came from Ready or Not. It’s the cover art to an old-timey (fictional) board game called “La Bail’s Gamble.” Over its retro Milton-Bradley scenery is a grinning vaudeville fiend, cackling with some horrible expression of certain...
Resident Evil 3 is Capcom’s followup to last year’s Resident Evil 2 (2019) remake and is a response to its massive...
If you’re looking for a tense thriller isolated in a gorgeous setting, this is the movie for you. If you were born in the last two decades, you will probably have your pants scared right off.
Horror films are not kind to rural life. People who live outside of “civilized” cities are evil, unintelligent hicks as seen in films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Deliverance, Wrong Turn, and so many others. All they seem to know is torture, murder, and (sometimes) drugs. They are portrayed as less...