Category: Film
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When JP Nunez and I did our introductory article for FrightFest, we had a feast of horror titles to sort through and whittle down to five that each of us couldn’t contain our excitement for. Scarlet Blue was one of the first I picked. Aurélia Mengin’s sublime color use of reds and blues, mixing a…
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At first blush, I might not seem like the best guy to review the Speak No Evil remake. I wasn’t a big fan of the 2022 Danish original, so I initially had zero interest in this new American version. I started to come around when the early reactions and reviews came out. Not only did…
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In real life, I’m not a fan of cults or evil entities, but if you give me a movie about either of those things, I’ll happily eat it up. And if a film includes both of them, I’ll be chomping at the bit to see it, so when I first heard about Voice of Shadows,…
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Last year, one hundred and nineteen million Americans became enthralled by true crime podcasts, according to Audiochuck and Edison Research. Our cultural obsession with the brutal acts of others can be almost as curious as the acts themselves. Is the devil in the details, or are we just caught up in the web of intrigue…
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I’m not much of a metalhead (I am! – Head Banging Editor), but even I have to acknowledge that horror and metal go together like peanut butter and jelly. The aesthetics of these two art forms are incredibly similar, and there’s quite a bit of overlap in their fandoms. There have even been a number…
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All three had mentioned both Broadway and the city of Nottingham, but I wanted to understand better the relationship between the event and the venue: is Mayhem a Broadway event, or is it simply the venue for your event, I asked them. “It’s kind of both,” Meli answered, and I’m glad she was the one…
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It was lovely to catch up with three people who I normally only see when there is no time to talk: the team behind the planning and hosting of Mayhem Film Festival in Nottingham, UK. They are Chris Cooke (top left), Melissa Gueneau (known as Meli, bottom left), and Steven Sheil (bottom right). It was…
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Rather than continue my rambling from last week regarding Lue Elizondo’s book, or complaining about disclosure, we’re just going to get right into the meat of Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. Honestly, the back and forth between the Elizondo and anti-Elizondo camps have made UFO Twitter incredibly frustrating. It’s become nothing more than mudslinging and…
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As a critic and “a confirmed ghost story and horror film addict” (kudos if you get the reference), I’m pretty plugged into the horror world. I know all about what’s hitting theaters in the coming months, and I’m usually aware of the bigger indie titles before they hit VOD or streaming services. But somehow, Clawfoot…
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If you ask me, the most fascinating thing about cults in horror movies is the unshakable influence the leaders always exert over their followers. It strikes me as profoundly irrational, but in a somewhat paradoxical way, that’s why it’s so interesting. So what would happen if you took the cult (mostly) out of a film…