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What is your relationship with the macabre like? Some people compartmentalize their love for ghouls and goblins to just the Halloween season, while others find real-world connection in the paranormal by keeping that spirit open all year long. I, myself, am probably among the latter individuals, devouring horror films, books, and games all year long.…
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Bigfoot holds a special place in my heart. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by all things mysterious and paranormal, and cryptids were a big part of that. I read everything I could find about creatures like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, and while that obsession has since waned, I still find…
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After over 100 years (Nosferatu was released in 1922!), you’d think vampire movies would have run themselves into the ground. (Or the coffin.) This long-running subgenre has given us traditional Dracula-esque stories, radical reimaginings a la Martin and Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, and even superhero flicks like Blade and Morbius, so filmmakers can’t possibly…
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It’s no secret that slashers aren’t really my thing. By-the-numbers slice-and-dice films generally don’t excite me the way, say, stereotypical kaiju movies do. On the surface, Love Will Tear Us Apart might not seem like the kind of film I’d want to review. However, there are some exceptions. For example, I had a good time…
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I know what some of you are probably thinking. A name like The Coffee Table doesn’t exactly send chills down your spine. If anything, it sounds like the film is going to put you to sleep, but this is actually one of the most intense cinematic experiences I’ve ever had. The press email described the…
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Toward the end of 2023, I started hearing the name Baghead a lot. The film played a few fests and had a theatrical run overseas before finding its home at Shudder. The trailer had dropped at the start of December, and I have to admit, I was hyped. It boasted an interesting bit of originality…
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I’ve been super excited for Arcadian ever since I first heard about it. It’s a monster movie with Nicolas Cage, and I don’t know about you, but that’s enough to get me on board. I love Nicolas Cage, and I’m a huge fan of monsters, so naturally, I figured this film would be right up…
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This review is dedicated to Jimmy Whiskers. Have you ever felt whiplash from reading a book? Have you ever seen a fully realized film in your head from reading a book? Have you ever read a book that left you turned on, disgusted, sad, and slightly optimistic? If you haven’t, then hot damn, do I…
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I’m a big fan of folk horror. Whether it’s classics like The Wicker Man and Witchfinder General or modern gems like Midsommar and A Field in England, I’m always down to watch a film that puts a folksy twist on the horror genre. So naturally, when I first heard about All You Need Is Death,…
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In 1974, a moment in Liliana Cavani’s The Night Porter made our hearts stop as Charlotte Rampling saw Dirk Bogarde at the desk of the Vienna hotel she was staying in. Any audience watching, knowing what the picture was about, remembers it vividly as it sends Rampling’s character, Lucia, into a spiral of trauma. Bogarde’s…