Category: Film
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Horror fans have had it pretty good recently. Studio releases like Weapons, Bring Her Back, and Companion have torn it up at the box office this year, while films like The Substance, Parasite, and Get Out have transformed how horror is perceived at the Oscars. We’re living in a horror movie haven era of big…
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Welcome back, fellow ranchers! If you’re still sticking it out with me after my diva moment last week regarding my coverage of Season 6 Episode 13 “Fire in the Holes”, then thank you! The season finale of Skinwalker Ranch was supposed to return to the usual format, but we’re going to shake things up again.…
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While covering Salem Horror Fest a couple of years ago, I had the immense privilege of meeting director Jake Myers. Introduced via a mutual friend, a group of us, including Myers, enjoyed drinks at Notch Brewery, holding court like old philosophers as we discussed film, culture, society, and who knows what else. I hadn’t seen…
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Local urban legends are stories that make for the best childhood experiences. Somewhere around the time you’re seven or eight, you start hearing these campfire tales, usually through schoolyard misinterpretations. It’s like a game of telephone that began with some truth, which was slightly degraded through each person’s fantastic rendition. Where would society be without…
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Welcome back, fellow ranchers! Can you believe we’ve nearly made it to the end of Season 6 of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch? Now, my goal isn’t to end our season coverage on a sour note, but we have to have a real talk about scientific integrity and how this show has gone completely off…
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Every horror fan should know the story of the MGM studio fire. Sixty years ago, an electrical short caused a fire in Vault 7 of the MGM backlot just before ten o’clock at night on August 10, 1965. The nitrate film quickly burned, and the pressure building within the vault would eventually cause it to…
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One of the films I most anticipated at this year’s FrightFest was undoubtedly Seth Daly’s The Rows. A film about a kid in a cornfield avoiding a group of murderers was like drawing a moth to a flame. Sure, the cornfield is getting a little overcrowded these days with a lackluster reboot of Children of…
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Horror gameshow films have been around for a while now. My first introduction to the subgenre was likely through a segment of the John Ritter comedy Stay Tuned as a kid, a gateway horror title toward films like The Running Man, Deathrow Gameshow, $la$hers, and The Uh-Oh Show, which have all enhanced the depths of…
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Haunt movies have become a bigger part of the horror landscape over the last few years. Films like Haunt, Hurt, and Hellfest have all been relatively successful in providing scares that make us question the sadism of the people providing our fear, especially when we clamor for more, holding the belief that everything we’re witnessing…
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Imagine having nowhere to run to and nowhere to go that’s safe, not even being able to sleep without your nightmares reminding you that the color of your skin defines someone’s hatred for you. That’s the fresh idea behind Raven Deshay Carter’s debut film Noseeums. When social injustice and horror collide, the viewer often wins,…