Academy Afraid of horror?
Posted in Oscars Podcast

Filmotomy Podcast 94: How Afraid Are The Academy of Horror Movies?

With the awards season well underway, Podcast 94 takes a look at the Academy’s reluctance to reward films from the horror film genre. With Us…

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Doctor Sleep
Posted in Review

Film Review: Doctor Sleep

It’s well documented that Stephen King did not care for Stanley Kubrick’s vision of his novel The Shining. As someone who loved the film, I…

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Posted in Website Writing

Full Coverage of Filmotomy’s Horrifically Huge ‘Film Road to Halloween’ Series

Welcome to November. That, of course, means we at Filmotomy will not be throttling you with Halloween-related film posts. That said, the range and amount…

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The Exorcist
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: The Horror Masterpiece that is The Exorcist (1973)

Often I wonder with a kind of disappointed enthusiasm, what it was like to actually be around to see some of cinema’s greatest motion pictures…

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Possession
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: There’s No Film Quite Like Possession (1981)

Possession opens in West Berlin, the crosses implanted into the ground to commemorate the dead, and the dividing wall very much a part of the…

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Angst
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Angst (1983) Will Leave You Creepily Shaken And Stirred

As noted back when we did our Year in Film series last year, there’s a general feel about 1983. That the commercial film world took…

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Samara Weaving
Posted in Movies

Film Road to Halloween: 10 Films from the last 5 years to Darken your Halloween

During the course of the lead up to Halloween, my Greek wife asks me many a time – is anyone covering this movie or that…

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The Wolf Man
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: The Wolf Man (1941)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 1 day to…

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The Uninvited
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: The Uninvited (1944)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 1 day to…

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Wounds
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Wounds (2019)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 2 days to…

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Under the Shadow
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Under the Shadow (2016)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 3 days to…

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Mandy
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Mandy (2018) A crazy and classic Cage

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 4 days to…

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Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 4 days to…

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Ready or Not
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Ready or Not (2019)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 4 days to…

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