“Revenge is a dish best served cold,” French author Pierre Choderlos de Laclos coined in his 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (or Dangerous Liaisons). Many literary critics and historians believe[...]
The summer just got hot. Arrow Video has cooked up several limited edition releases, 4K UHD debuts, and box sets to kick things off in (horrifying) style. In the film[...]
Throw out all expectations when you head into Kyle Mangione-Smith’s Compliance. It’s so intense and chaotic, it makes the 2012 film of the same name look like child’s play. It’s[...]
Three years ago, I wrote a piece for Flood detailing the Slasher Renaissance. I never expected how much the subgenre would balloon out since then. Today, slashers are all the[...]
Gastro-horror meets folk horror in writer/director Parish Malfitano’s Salt Along the Tongue. Making for a scrumptious double feature with Peter Hengl’s Family Dinner, the film contains countless frames of food[...]
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[...]
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.[...]
Slashers might arguably be the most popular horror subgenre there is. Before John Carpenter’s Halloween perfected the formula in 1978, proto-slashers, including Psycho, Blood Feast (also part splatter flick), and[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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,[...]
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.[...]
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[...]
“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[...]
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[...]
