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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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,[...]
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[...]
Folk Horror can elicit terrible tremors of pure fear, unlike most other genres. Luke Jaden’s Animals of the Land, playing this year’s Fantaspoa, claws at the eyeballs. The writer/director needles[...]
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[...]
Tyler Savage’s Oddities makes great use of its title to evoke mystery and weirdness. It’s not to be confused with Irish horror film Oddity from 2024. The writer/director explores human[...]
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.[...]
Domonic and Damien Paris’ Dead Bloom lives within the same realm as R.T. Thorne’s sci-fi/thriller 40 Acres. Both films use genre as a vehicle to explore deeper themes of systemic[...]
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[...]
We all know the Halloween franchise won’t stay dormant for long. In the aftermath of David Gordon Green’s trilogy, there have been plans to launch a TV series by Miramax[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Toss Maniac (1980), Violation, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation into a blender, and you get Pierre Tsigaridis’ ferociously biting and bloody Frankie, Maniac Woman. Co-written with Dina Silva,[...]
