Author: JP Nunez
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Horror and the arts go together like bananas and peanut butter. Those may not sound like good combinations at first, but if you give them a shot, you’ll be pleasantly surprised (and yes, I’m serious about bananas and peanut butter). The art/horror pairing goes at least as far back as The Phantom of the Opera,…
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Horror is often at its best when it twists something good into an evil caricature of itself. That’s why creepy kids are so enduringly popular, and it’s also what drew me to Amelia’s Children. When I first got wind of this film, I didn’t know much about it. I just knew it centered around a…
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Giant monster movies are more popular than ever these days. With the record-breaking success of Godzilla Minus One, the top-tier storytelling of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and the awesome trailers for the upcoming Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, kaiju have come roaring back into the zeitgeist. Granted, they may not be as popular as…
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I’m a huge fan of stop-motion animation. I grew up watching films like King Kong, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, so the technique holds a very special place in my heart. I’ll watch just about anything that uses it. Naturally, when I first heard there was a horror movie called…
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I’ve wanted to see Lovely, Dark, and Deep for a while now. I first heard about the film when it debuted at the Fantasia International Film Festival last summer, but I didn’t get a chance to see it. It’s been near the top of my most-anticipated list ever since. When I found out it was…
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I’m always on the lookout for cool new ideas in the horror world, so when I first heard about Cellphone, I was intrigued. Sure, the concept of people seeing sinister and potentially supernatural images on a phone isn’t new, but I don’t remember ever watching an entire movie about it. So I was curious to…
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I’m a huge fan of anything Frankenstein-related. Whether it’s the old Universal films, the not-quite-as-old (but still pretty old) Hammer movies, or newer reimaginings like The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, I’m always down to watch a film inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic novel. So naturally, when I first heard about Lisa Frankenstein, the…
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I have to be honest. When I first heard there was a movie called The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, I scoffed at it. I thought the title sounded pretty silly, so I didn’t think the film would be any good. Then something unexpected happened. I sat down to watch it, and I was…
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If there’s one horror trope I can’t get enough of, it’s a The Wicker Man-esque story about a person traveling to a remote village and slowly discovering that the locals there harbor a deadly secret. I’m not entirely sure why, but that concept just fascinates me to no end, so when I first heard about…
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We horror fans have a bit of a love/hate relationship with werewolf movies. On the one hand, werewolves are one of the most recognizable monster species in the genre, and they’ve been a horror staple ever since the heyday of the Universal monsters. But despite that pedigree, even the most hardcore fanatics would be hard-pressed…