On a recent episode of the Nightmare on Film Street podcast, SXSW senior programmer Peter Hall joined us to discuss...
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Found footage is an acquired taste among horror fans. Some of us love it (meeee), and some of us absolutely detest it. The latter camp (even though they are utterly incorrect), often complains of low-level scares, not enough escalation with its horror elements, and being too stingy with its monsters....
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DESCRIPTION We’re kicking back and getting cozy this week with an extended What’s Keeping Us Creepy episode, to share our...
In Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes’ Sisssy, a self-help influencer goes off the deep end at a bachelorette party for an old friend. It’s a smart, fun slasher with complex characters and some great practical effects. It also has a thing or two to say about the darker side of...
Finding itself directly in the crosshairs of the late 70s Pornography boom, and the heyday of independent filmmaking, Ti West...
Like so many filmmakers staring down the barrel of the Covid-19 Pandemic, husband and wife duo Vanessa & Joseph Winter...
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Nyla Innuksuk’s Slash/Back is an alien-infested sci-fi thriller set in a remote Innuit village of Nunavut, Canada. After encountering an alien creature...
Bitch Ass is the kind of indie horror movie that you wish had major studio money. In an alternate universe where...
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