Author: Sean Parker
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There is no shortage these days of charming anthology horror flicks coming out of the independent horror sector. With plenty of opportunity for a director to put their horror skills on display in a well-condensed package, anthologies are a fantastic way for up-and-coming talent to breathe some of their darkest ideas to life. Last week’s…
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In the Haddonfield-like city of Larson, residents are accustomed to flyers sporting the word ‘missing.’ The town’s spirited history marred by the long reign of terror wrought by masked serial killer Pale Face has left an indelible mark and an unease that his disappearance was never the end of his killing spree. Seventeen years after…
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I think it’s safe to assume that anyone reading this article right now knows that I’m constantly scouring the edges of bargain bins, the corners of the internet, and the never-ending depths of streaming services to introduce readers to films outside of the mainstream that they’ve likely never been introduced to. Halloween is always a…
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The Huluween season is alive and well, with the streamer’s third dose of original horror titles just in time for Halloween—and Jack O’Lantern season. Plucking Justin Harding’s 2018 short film Carved from the Pumpkin Patch, Hulu keeps with their trend of turning short film concepts into feature-length narratives, as they did with the recent Mr.…
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Just when Salem, Massachusetts, thinks it’s safe to smash their pumpkins and take down their twelve-foot skeletons, the Happenstance Horror Fest will resurrect the horror spirit of the city for a last-gasp horror shorts marathon on November 2. The Happenstance Horror Fest has been running for seven years in various New England locations, showing some…
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There are two trains of thought when it comes to rage-based zombies. The first group will lump George A Romero’s The Crazies with the rest of his Dead series and tell you there are no differences between one or the other. If you know someone like this, lose that person’s number immediately. They’re no good…
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In 2022, writer-director Brandon Espy creeped the hell out of parents everywhere with his short film Mr. Crocket, released as part of Hulu’s short film showcase Bite-Size Halloween. Every episode in the series was a macabre short film filled with imaginative ideas, but Mr. Crocket was one of the all-time highlights. The setup was straightforward.…
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This week’s episode keeps much of what made the series premiere so effective, though there is a noticeable drop in the quality of the animation. Still, the horrors of the spiral contamination in Kurouzu-cho are fascinating and disturbing to witness, even if this episode highlights some of Ito’s humor more than last week’s episode did.…
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There are only so many adult party games that can be made into sinister horror films. Truth or Dare has been done multiple times in a variety of ways. Mafia, aka Werewolves Within, aka Among Us, is pretty much a formula for horror whodunit at this point, being used in Bodies Bodies Bodies, Cryo, and…
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Sarah Paulson is one of those iconic actresses I will never stop showing up for. Throughout her career, Paulson has appeared in projects that have shaken the hell out of us, from her eighteen episodes as Merlyn on 1995s American Gothic to Serenity’s harrowing monologue and haunting scream, not to mention every amazing character Paulson morphed into over…