Slaughterhouse Rules. Back in mid-September, we began a themed collection of episodes featuring Gay Icons and Anniversaries. Trace and I kicked off the series with a...
At the start of Sweetpea, the new Starz/Sky Atlantic series adaptation of CJ Skuse’s novel of the same name, Rhiannon Lewis (Ella Purnell) is having a...
The Book Club Murders quite literally begins with a house on fire. Like many Lifetime films, the film will eventually circle back around to the cold...
The Bath Tub Scene We spent the first half of September with discussions of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (listen) and Colm McCarthy’s The Girl With All the Gifts (listen)...
First Month Take-Aways. It’s been a busy and also heavy first month on the Murder Made Fiction podcast for Jenn and I. We’ve spent September looking...
Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The...
Hungries Trace and I spent August discussing Paul Morrissey’s melodramatic Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s body horror Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s family creature feature Critters...
Hold Your Breath opens with a nightmare. It’s a recurring nightmare of Margaret Bellum’s (Sarah Paulson): every night she goes to sleep and finds herself caught...
You know a Joseph Kahn film when you see one. There’s an approach to style, narrative, and editing akin to pure adrenaline; it’s as though the...
Live in this World After spending August discussing Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s Raw follow-up Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s comfort classic...
The term body horror evokes certain types of visuals and visceral responses. Famously associated with directors like David Cronenberg, body horror is used to generate gross-out...
Indigenous horror has become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly in Canada where efforts are being made to seek out, fund, and promote First Nation stories...
We’ve discussed several times in these Lifetime reviews that the mystery is often the most superfluous element. The films are very rarely trying to surprise or...
The opening credits for The Perfect Couple are fun and cute. As Meghan Trainor’s “Criminals” plays, the cast of Netflix’s new limited series – from the...
Metal Baby August has been a wild ride so far. Between art house discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (listen) and Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula (listen),...
Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The...
Mateo After wrapping up July with a Jan de Bont double feature discussing the movie magic of Twister (listen) and the laundry list of problems with his...
Spoilers are an odd beast for most Lifetime films. Few, if any, titles actually try to surprise audience with a killer reveal. More often than not...
Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The...
The Children, Eleanor! We’ve spent the month of July discussing the badass babes of Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror (listen), the queer undertones of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes...
There’s horror to be found in LA’s dating scene, at least according to the first solo fiction feature film from director Elric Kane. Working from a...
Musicals are something of a unicorn in the horror genre: a rare beast that can be extremely hit (Phantom of the Paradise, The Lure) or miss...
In Steven Kostanski’s latest film, the worst thing that someone can call Conor (Conor Sweeney) is square. The ’90s-set comedy horror movie revolves around an uptight...
Seeing isn’t always believing in The Chapel, the latest film from Piggy writer/director Carlota Pereda. Written by Pereda, as well as Albert Bertran Bas and Carmelo...
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