The very nature of a werewolf lends well to metaphor. Lycanthropy and the brutal transformation it causes offers fertile ground for stories to explore sexual awakenings,...
Under the umbrella of doll horror exists a very niche subcategory that features life-sized mannequins or dummies used as a conduit for unhinged characters to explore...
At first glance, it’s near impossible to look at the creature designs of this South African horror-fantasy and avoid making comparisons to the highly popular game The...
It’s that time of year again, where the summer sun warms up the box office and heralds in a slew of big summer releases. Perfect timing,...
Few subgenres evoke revulsion and cringe-inducing terror quite like body horror. Becoming a stranger in your own body as it mutates or transforms in grotesque ways...
Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut, Censor, is now available on VOD. It stars Niamh Algar as Enid, a video censor working at the height of the video nasty...
Cringe-inducing socially awkward scenarios tread the very fine line between comedy and horror. One slight social misstep can tip the scales firmly into gut-busting comedy or...
Rosemary’s Baby effectively tackled the horrors of pregnancy and established its tropes so well that it’s difficult to avoid drawing comparisons in subsequent horror movies centered around...
It’s that time again; we’re halfway through another year. Luckily, 2021 holds much more promise, at least compared to last year. The world is slowly opening...
“Werewolves have guns… Get revenge?” This comical line marked the only words that the aspiring writer and werewolf fan could come up with in Josh Ruben’s...
Sean King O’Grady‘s feature directorial debut works like Pandora’s box of horror. Tension already exists for the dysfunctional foursome trapped together within a cramped space, but endless...
Nothing is as it seems in director Rob Schroeder’s adaptation of screenwriter Conor Stechschulte’s graphic novel, Generous Bosom. What begins as an unsettling nightmare scenario switches gears abruptly to...
Serial killers, and Ted Bundy specifically, are a well-trodden subject as of late, thanks to countless true-crime docs, biopics, and series. All seem to seek the...
The setup for the Russian horror movie The Superdeep sounds very familiar, in which a research team digs up more than they bargained for at a snowy drill...
The transition from childhood into adulthood is rife with hormone-induced turmoil, angst, and growing pains. Like many things in life, puberty lends well to horror. Coming...
In many ways, writer/director Jonathan Cuartas‘s feature debut feels like a spiritual sibling to We Are What We Are. Both offer meditative, brooding depictions of isolated families so removed...
One of the many benefits of genre storytelling is the way horror evokes extreme empathy. Watching a character confront adversity in horror offers a uniquely communal...
The Tribeca Festival is officially underway, its 20th-anniversary ceremony taking place June 9 to June 20 with a feature slate that includes 66 films from filmmakers across...
This article contains spoilers. When James Wan passed the baton to director Michael Chaves for the third entry in the Conjuring series, Chaves shared that part of his preparation entailed studying...
Much like it sounds, Southern Gothic takes Gothic horror’s distinct and atmospheric style and places it in the American South. Many of the defining characteristics remain...
Demonic doll Annabelle, a mainstay of the Conjuring Universe, gets name-checked directly in the third entry of The Conjuring core franchise. In The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,...
The content space is more crowded than ever, making it challenging to keep up with all of the genre titles available via streaming platforms, VOD, and...
Dementia Part II, the latest Bloody Disgusting x Dark Star Pictures collaboration, was born from a dare out of Chicago’s Cinepocalype Film Festival. The gauntlet was...
Jeff Lemire’s comic series Sweet Tooth’s descriptor of “Mad Max meets Bambi” suits it well. It succinctly sums up both the narrative style and tone, a unique blend of...
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