Tag: Horror
Slaying Alive – Horror Movie Characters That Made Our Guts Twist With Worry – Or Mine Anyway
Horror films over the last 100 years have churned out the demise of so many characters. Some we couldn’t give a fuck about, perhaps wanted…
Terrifier 3 Review: A Gory Gut Fest of Slasher Mayhem
Art The Clown is back for Terrifier 3. Just when Miles County, New York thought they had seen the last of the Terrifier’s gory reign of terror, he returns. Art continues his rampage to go after brother and sister duo, Sienna and Jonathan Shaw from Terrifier 2. This time around he gifts more blood, guts and gore to Miles County to celebrate his Christmas.
TV Review : The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
The master of humanist horror is back with his Netflix swan song, premiering this spooky season on the major streaming platform. Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of…
Retrospective Review: Ari Aster’s Midsommar (2019) – Director’s Cut
There are only a handful of moments during Ari Aster‘s unnerving, horrorsome new flick, Midsommar, were you find yourself chuckling. If only for a second….
Film Review: The Invisible Man (2020)
Fresh off the back of its most recent less than glorious release (we’re looking at you, Fantasy Island), the Blumhouse folk hit back with the…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Saint Maud (Rose Glass)
Among the very few things that Christianity and horror have in common is that both are built on the crushed bones of women. Christianity, with…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Makr (Hana Kazim)
When Dubai-based screenwriter and director Hana Kazim was studying business in college, she took a film class that introduced her to The Godfather (1972). Seeing…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: ‘Makr’ director Hana Kazim
The spooky aura behind one of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival’s showcase selection short films has had people talking the last few days. Director Hana…
1988 in Film: Dead Ringers
Amidst the avalanche of franchise sequels and campy B-movies that seemed to dominate horror in 1988, a handful of horror’s big names were releasing some…
1988 in Film: The Blob – the Goriest Feel-Good Movie
For some reason, in this time of self-quarantining, I’ve found myself drawn more than ever to the horror genre. In particular, those of the 1980s. Hellraiser,…
1988 in Film: Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Tim Burton’s 1988 Beetlejuice fuses comedy and horror to create a classic film. With Michael Keaton in the titular role, we delve…
Film Review: A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
2018’s A Quiet Place surprised many with its original horror concept and solid direction from then new filmmaker, John Krasinski. The follow-up rejects the claustrophobic…
Film Review: Saint Maud
With agony comes ecstasy, and with holiness comes a darkness. Rose Glass’s Saint Maud is the next big thing in a wave of so-called elevated…
The Black Cat: Art Deco of Evil
The story of Satanism, revenge, incest, torture, and genocide doesn’t seem like much of a crowd pleasing horror story. Yet in the hands of famed…