Category: Horror in Frame
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Horror in Frame: A Conversation with P.J. Starks (New Fears Eve)
During the ongoing Slasher Renaissance, it’s easy to get lost in a sea of knockoffs and retreads. Eric Huskisson and P.J. Starks’ New Fears Eve feels both fresh and familiar. The directing duo taps into expectations without becoming stale or uninspired. During a recent Zoom call, Starks, who wrote the script, discusses pulling together the
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Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with Justin Streichman & Gustine Füdickar (Lady Puritan)
Surrealist horror takes monstrous shape in Justin Streichman and Gustine Füdickar’s Lady Puritan. It’s a film that injects a David Lynch sensibility directly into the veins. And that’s no easy feat. When images itch and swirl in your eyeballs, the short doesn’t let up. In a recent Zoom conversation, Streichman and Füdickar discuss their cinematic
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Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with Steve Flavin (Wrathbone)
Horror has a serious horror/musical problem. Where are all the horror musicals?!? In a genre that has such foundational films as The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Little Shop of Horrors, the genre sure does avoid comingling with musicals. Writer/director Steve Flavin agrees. Behind Wrathbone, in which Flavin also plays two characters, one of them
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Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with Matt Webb (The Recluse)
The great thing about horror is that it’s every genre fused into one. There’s horror/comedy, horror/action, horror/thriller, etc. As with Matt Webb’s The Recluse, it perfectly teeters around the edges of horror/thriller, borrowing elements from both to make an impactful, character-driven story. In a recent Zoom call, the writer/director discusses existential dread, his draw to
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Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with M-Alain Bertoni (Closing Shift)
Work in retail for any amount of time, and you’ll know what dealing with a Karen means. In his new short, Closing Shift, writer/director M-Alain Bertoni takes things to extremes when a family of Karens terrorizes a movie theater. Bertoni hopped on a recent Zoom call to discuss the impetus behind the film, the state
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Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with Casey de Fremery (My Severed Arm)
In a post-Scream world, a slasher must completely upend expectations to break through the noise. There’s just no other way around it. Well, unless you’re Terrifier, which is more splatter flick than slasher. With his short film My Severed Arm, writer/director Casey de Fremery knows exactly how to toy with genre conventions and pull no
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Panic Fest 2026: A Coversation with Alexander Watson (Demonetize)
Reactions to Influencer Horror lie at opposite ends of the spectrum: you either love it or loathe it. There is no in between. Alexander Watson’s Demonetize aims for the former. During a rather chaotic Panic Fest, the writer/director hopped on Zoom to discuss his film, as well as paranormal TV influences and getting the horror
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Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with Benjamin & Sascha Montgomery-Pierson (Ekelbrode)
Ekelbrode emerges as among the more character-driven shorts out of Panic Fest 2026. Based in an apocalyptic world, two characters find themselves in a control room and discuss the morality of war. Filmmaking team Benjamin and Sascha Montgomery-Pierson dissect the long history of combat in the United States (and beyond!), crafting emotionally-rich characters, and their
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Horror in Frame: A Conversation with Harry Aspinwall (The House Was Not Hungry Then)
A house as a horror character is a long-standing tradition. From The Old Dark House (1932) to The Night House (2020), the genre has dabbled in the concept of a residence being the source of evil. With his new film, writer/director Harry Aspinwall tears down the walls and invites the audience into a house of
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Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with Bo Webb (UN-DEAD)
Zombie films are a dime a dozen these days. You really have to spin a deliciously unique yarn to make some noise. Writer/director Bo Webb lands with a cannonball splash with UN-DEAD, a short out of Panic Fest. It’s a bloody good time, and it features an actor you likely know, Brian Huskey, whose credits
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It's definitely worth it. Gave me nightmares, no joke!
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