Pain is the language of New French Extremity. Known for excruciating violence and gore, what often distinguishes these visceral films is the depiction of emotional turmoil...
Coming soon from ITN Distribution is the body horror movie Burrow, and the official trailer gives birth to a hungry alien insect this week. Check it...
Body horror meets teen comedy in Amy Wang’s provocative debut, Slanted, and it’s now available to stream at home. Slanted arrives exclusively on Paramount+ today, May...
The Alien franchise has always been a story of pregnancy horror. Ridley Scott‘s original film follows the destruction of an otherworldly creature that spawns by implanting...
Interconnected storytelling between tonally distinct projects has been a hallmark of the comic-book industry for nearly a century now, so it makes sense that filmmakers attempting...
Superhero comics borrowing from the horror genre isn’t necessarily a recent concept; there was just a period of time when the Comics Code Authority made it...
Reboots are an inescapable part of comic books. After all, long-running series often get bogged down with years’ worth of in-depth lore that can get in...
It’s not hard at all to see why body horror is having another moment. It’s a subgenre built on exploring loss of control, the rebellion of...
The modern Cinderella story has been told for over three centuries, and yet its subject matter remains both entertaining and enlightening. There are plenty of films...
NEON made the interesting decision to release their new body horror movie Together in theaters beginning on Wednesday, July 30, with some locations playing the film...
Childhood fears are relatively simple. There’s a monster hiding under the bed or a vampire hovering just outside the window. Though terrifying, these fears have recognizable...
It seems that David Cronenberg knew exactly the kinds of movies he wanted to make right from the start. His debut feature film, Shivers, which celebrates...
It’s safe to say that body horror is having a moment between recent releases The Substance, Grafted, and The Ugly Stepsister. It’s a welcome trend; body...
If you’re making a body horror movie right now, bringing a makeup effects artist from The Substance on board your team is probably the best possible...
It’s incredibly human to want to be seen and accepted, warts and all. It’s a deeply vulnerable experience and territory that can be ripe for horror...
There’s been an exciting influx of female transformation horror films in recent years, such as The First Omen, Smile 2, The Substance, and Titane. All these...
A great way to create horror is to take something that’s supposed to spark joy, then twist it into something sinister. Pennywise from It, the animatronic...
Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’ is a body horror masterpiece that’s as smart as it is gross, but the film’s exploration of vanity, desperation, and the male...
Regardless of their artistic merit, it’s understandable that it can sometimes be difficult for mainstream cinephiles to connect with movies about twisted bodies and grisly mutations....
Adult Swim’s highly anticipated Junji Ito adaptation is animated cosmic and body horror of the highest degree that’s guaranteed to disturb seasoned genre fans. “Become one...
Body horror fans will have to wait a little while longer for Clapperheads’ Zoochosis. Originally set to release on September 23, due to an “unknown parasite”,...
Anna (Grace Glowicki) is not okay. In writer/director Mary Dauterman’s feature directorial debut, the mid-twenties New Yorker is grieving the loss of her roommate and best...
I always find it fascinating when horror artists tackle other genres. From John Carpenter adding demonic monsters to his kung-fu comedy to Sam Raimi inserting jump-scares...
Long Live The New Flesh, Bitch! And just like that, we’re into February. After starting the new year with a redo of our episode on The Perfection,...
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