Category: Horror Movies
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Streaming Essentials: FoundTV (May 2026)
Found Footage is sacred ’round these parts. It’s no surprise how much I love FoundTV (subscribe, before you die!) for its immense selection of the old and new. You’ll find landmark titles like The Blair Witch Project and Cannibal Holocaust nestled among some pretty rad new cuts that rival their predecessors in fear factor. You’re…
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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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10 Essential Proto-Slashers
Slashers might arguably be the most popular horror subgenre there is. Before John Carpenterโs Halloween perfected the formula in 1978, proto-slashers, including Psycho, Blood Feast (also part splatter flick), and Black Christmas, were a thing for at least 15 years or so. Many of those pre-Halloween entries mangled various slasher elements, such as a masked…
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Thrill Me: The Bride!
If you’re queer, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! likely smacked you squarely across the face. It did to me at least. This week’s Thrill Me playlist unsurprisingly centers on, well, The Bride (Jessie Buckley), and features bold and dark songs. Some brim with unfettered feminine/trans/queer rage. Others are musically somber, dimly lit, and carry significant, throbbing…
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Pride 2026: Call for Pitches from Queer Writers
The past 10 years have brought war down upon the heads of trans people. It’s frightening. We watch the news and doomscroll on social media, confronted with yet another stripping away of trans rights. We are all in the same boat. Once the administration is done with trans folx, they’re coming for the rest of…
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Trans Rage in ‘The Bride!’
I never expected Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! to affect me so deeply. When I watched it a few days ago, I was practically driven to tears. From the cold open, Jessie Buckley, as Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, there’s something eerily visceral and transcendent about the words pouring forth from her lips. “What I…
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Thrill Me: Send Help
As India Ramey sings in the title track to her new album: “Welcome to my villain era!” It’s true. The past week has been a whirlwind of WTF and sadness. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, I’m here. I have my health. I have my cats. And I have friends who care. That’s…
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Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with Justin Streichman & Gustine Fรผdickar (Lady Puritan)
Surrealist horror takes monstrous shape in Justin Streichman and Gustine Fรผdickar’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 Fรผdickar discuss their cinematic…
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How ‘Send Help’ Taught Me to Save Myself
“No help is coming. So, you better start saving yourself,” warns Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) in the last few moments of survivalist horror/thriller Send Help. I’ve been telling myself that for weeks, ever since I first witnessed Sam Raimi’s latest cinematic marvel. It’s a brutal refrain, piercing the camera lens through Linda’s thorny, yet totally…
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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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100 Reviews in 100 Days [Submissions Open]
Think of the “100 Reviews in 100 Days” campaign as a marathon. I watched 778 films in 2025, mostly horror, so I’m well-trained. Starting June 1, I want to watch and review your short or full-length horror feature. With the onslaught of films released every week, I know there are dozens, if not hundreds, of horror…
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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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Fantaspoa 2026: ‘Armageddon Road’ spins new Biblical gravel
Horror has a very long history of exploring Biblical and other religious texts. The genre often positions faith as monstrous or the root cause of humanity’s downfall. The First Omen, Mother!, The Exorcist, and The Lodge are just a few examples, but these themes run deep. With Armageddon Road, playing this year’s Fantaspoa, writer/director Karen…
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Panic Fest 2026: Shorts Roundup, Volume 3
Panic Fest 2026 finally closes with my final set of shorts reviews. In Volume 3, you’ll find reviews for three standout films. Spanning the supernatural and thriller, this last batch goes for the jugular. Several moments across this volume’ll leave your jaw on the floor. And you might not want to pick it back up…
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[…] However, his songs here are as relevant and crushing as ever, as queer non-binary music critic Bee Delores recently…
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