BARBARIAN is the real deal
Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN is an unexpected delight, a horror movie that deftly avoids easy scares in favor of more unexpected mounting dread.
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THE BLACK PHONE stretches a good short story past its breaking point
The latest adaptation from horror writing star Joe Hill, THE BLACK PHONE, takes a solid short story and stretches it into meaninglessness.
INSCRYPTION is the Best Video Game of 2021
INSCRYPTION is the best game I played in 2021. What sets this twisty roguelike deckbuilder apart from so many others?
The Best Video Essays of 2021
2021 produced a lot of great video essays around pop culture. These are the ten best ones we saw all year.
SCARE ME is a great movie about storytelling
SCARE ME upends the expectations of the horror anthology with a smart, funny story about short, spooky stories.
How to review a movie like MALIGNANT?
Malignant is a classy, pricey take on the Troma-esque exploitation film. Unexpectedly, it absolutely delivers on that promise.
THE NIGHT can’t stand up to the light of day
The Night follows a married couple through a nightmarish stay at a mysterious hotel. How does this Iranian-American psychological thriller hold up in translation?
Is MURDER DEATH KOREATOWN great found footage horror or exploitative nonsense?
MURDER DEATH KOREATOWN is a chilling new found footage horror film. Or is it a disgusting exploitation film? Outsider art? It’s hard to say.
SPIRAL is a moving thriller about outsiders
Kurtis David Harder’s SPIRAL is a memorable and chilling low-budget horror movie with a star-making turn from Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman.
BLOOD QUANTUM Provides a Unique Cultural Perspective on the Zombie Film
Blood Quantum tells the story of an indigenous people’s immunity to a zombie plague that has infected the surrounding white population.
WIHFF ’20: Feature Films Rundown
This year, the Women in Horror Film Festival had an interesting variety of feature films, from the comedic to the very dark. Here’s a rundown of the ones I saw!
WIHFF ’20: Best Short Films of the Fest
This year’s Women in Horror Film Festival screened 85 (!) short films. Here are my picks for the best of them!
WIHFF ’20: MASS HYSTERIA Takes a Clever Halloween Idea and Runs With It
Everyone’s hometown has that one weird touristy place or event that happens every year. It draws in those out-of-towner dollars, sure, but all the locals despise it. Mass Hysteria plays not only on that nearly universal conflict, but also on the timely idea of a witch hunt.
The 2020 Democratic Primary, Cabin in the Woods, and the End of Everything
What connects Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s 2012 horror masterpiece CABIN IN THE WOODS with the current 2020 Democratic Primary? More than you’d think.
THE LODGE: a tedious, recycled effort
The filmmakers behind Goodnight Mommy return with…a film that’s a lot like Goodnight Mommy