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All About Evil
“The gore is just as described – Lewis meets Waters. And if you’ve ever seen the classic Mr. Bean episode where he gets the turkey stuck on his head, just wait until the climax of ‘Evil’ for an over the top version. “
Cassandra Peterson’s description of All About Evil being a cross between Herschell Gordon Lewis and John Waters either peaks interest, or kills it mercilessly. Luckily, for me, it drove me to immediately screen this film for review.
Written and directed in 2010 by Joshua Grannell, follows the story of awkward librarian, Deborah Tennis (Natasha Lyonne), who has inherited her father’s crappy old movie theatre. With old Mr. Tiggs (Jack Donner), she caters to the few that still make their way in each week to view the horror films she screens. Her mother, Tammy, on the hand, has a different idea for the space. Selling it to B,B&B – that is Bed, Bath & Beyond! Having ridiculed Deborah since an early age (which included incredulous laughter as the small girl’s stage fright caused her to urinate in front of a crowd), this final act of wanting to sell the theatre drives Deborah over the edge- and in a fit of rage, whilst screaming homages -“Kill her, mommy! Kill her!” & “Oh, God, Mother! Blood! Blood!”– she kills her mother viciously. As the crowd of loyal fans, including Steven (Thomas Dekker), start to chant for the film to begin, Deborah clumsily tries to start it – only to playback security camera footage of the grisly murder.
The crowd goes wild.
Soon, Deborah is filming a series of shorts for her rabid fans – starring former library coworker Evelyn (the legendary Mink Stole) and snotty teenager Claire, to name a few. Each film is more vicious than the last with titles like A Tale of Two Severed Titties and Maiming of the Shrew. Deborah also finds new employees to keep up with the business including creepy mugger Adrian, and murderous twins Vera and Veda. In the end, will Steven’s admiration for who Deborah once was keep her from filming her final featurette, or will her drive for star quality push her over the edge?
The talent in this film is insanely awesome. Natasha Lyonne( Who – Yes! Still lives!) is incredible as Deborah (Deh-bore-ah) Tennis. Thomas Dekker meshes perfect as horror obsessed high school student Steven. The gorgeous Cassandra Peterson rocks as Steven’s mom, Linda, and Peaches Christ, Joshua Grannell’s alter ego, is stunning in her cameo.
The gore is just as described – Lewis meets Waters. And if you’ve ever seen the classic Mr. Bean episode where he gets the turkey stuck on his head, just wait until the climax of Evil for an over the top version.
It’s hard for a movie to be complete in all elements, but somehow with Grannell’s writing and direction – along with superb actors – All About Evil achieves just that!
This week kicked off with the release of hippo horror movie Hungry at home, and four more horror movies have arrived for at-home viewing as we head into the final weekend of June.
Here are the new horror movies that released on Friday, June 26, 2026!
The Halloween season can no longer be contained to the months of September and October, with “Summerween” becoming a thing in recent years. Essentially, it allows for Halloween to bleed into the warmer Summer months, and the first ever Summerween movie has arrived.
The Asylum released Summerween onto Digital outlets today.
In the film from writer/director Ryan Ebert, “On Summerween, a former circus clown escapes a mental institution to return to his abandoned mansion and hunt the teens partying there.”
Cole Chapleski, Chase Breithoff, Logan Roe, Sophia Sabol, and Clint Morrison star.
Director Ryan Ebert is the man behind a string of recent indie horrors we’ve covered, including Shark Side of the Moon, The Jolly Monkey, Jurassic Reborn, and Predator: Wastelands.
A witchy coming-of-age story from Dark Sky Films, Camp is now playing in select theaters.
Check your local listings to find a theater near you.
Camp is from writer-director Avalon Fast (Honeycomb, The Serpent’s Skin).
“Emily is the root cause of two devastating tragedies very early in her life, and she feels the weight of these accidents as though cursed. At her father’s suggestion, she takes a position at a summer camp for troubled youth to ease her guilt. When Emily arrives, she is welcomed by the other counselors, who accept her as she is and surround her with peace and forgiveness.
“As Emily begins to believe in a new kind of life, she starts to hear a voice whispering from deep in the woods — one that urges her to go home, and one that may be impossible to ignore.”
The film stars Zola Grimmer in her screen debut alongside Alice Wordsworth, Cherry Moore, Lea Rose Sebastianis (Castration Movie Part 1 & 2, In A Violent Nature), Ella Reece, Austyn Van de Kamp (This Too Shall Pass), Sophie Bawks-Smith (Honeycomb), Izza Jarvis, and Aiden Laudersmith.
Producers Tyler Perry and Jason Blum have joined forces for Peacock Original Strung.
The film is now streaming only on Peacock.
“A talented violinist takes a prestigious job as a music tutor for the gifted daughter of an influential and enigmatic family. As she becomes entangled in their opulent world, unsettling secrets begin to surface, forcing her to question her safety, her dreams, and even her sanity.”
Malcolm D. Lee (Scary Movie 5, Space Jam: A New Legacy) directs from a script written by Alan B. McElroy (Wrong Turn, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers).
Chloe Bailey (“Swarm“), Lynn Whitfield (Jaws: The Revenge), Lucien Laviscount (“Scream Queens”), Anna Diop (Us), Coco Jones (Vampires vs. the Bronx), Langley Kirkwood (“Banshee”), and Romy Woods star in Peacock’s Strung.
Produced by Diablo Cody, director Meredith Alloway’s Forbidden Fruits brought a new coven of witches to the big screen earlier this year, and it’s now streaming on Shudder.
Lola Tung (“The Summer I Turned Pretty”), Victoria Pedretti (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Alexandra Shipp (Tragedy Girls), Gabrielle Union (Breaking In), and Emma Chamberlain star in Forbidden Fruits, released by IFC and Shudder.
Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges the group’s ‘girl boss’ ways, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.
“Forbidden Fruits grabbed me by the neck the very first time I read it,” Diablo Cody said. “It’s one of the craziest, most creative, beautifully bonkers projects I’ve ever worked on.”
Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Forbidden Fruits may not necessarily forge new terrain in the teen satire space, but Alloway brings so much style and energy to her well-cast single-location stage play adaptation for the Gen Z crowd.”
The film is an adaptation of playwright Lily Houghton’s stage play Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin and Through Her We All Die. Alloway and Houghton co-adapted.
This week’s new release roundups are presented by HUNGRY.
All aboard the swamp tour from hell – this hippo isn’t playing games…
HUNGRY is now available on Digital. Watch it now!
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