Tag: Hulu


  • From Pints to Probes, a Mini-Review of Huluโ€™s Alien Invasion/Saint Patrickโ€™s Day Movie โ€œCrawlersโ€

    If you were thinking that Saint Patrickโ€™s Day is a unique backdrop for an alien invasion horror movie, youโ€™d be right. Historically, the few horror movies that do center around the holiday usually have a โ€œkiller leprechaunโ€ plot, which makes the body-swapping alien concept of Huluโ€™s โ€œCrawlersโ€ so unique. Set in the town of Emerald…

  • Control Freak Will Make You Itch All Over

    Hulu has been growing their original horror content for a long time. For those of us who remember the premiere of Into the Dark in October 2018, horror fans eagerly anticipated monthly original movies from the streamer in collaboration with Blumhouse Television. I was heartbroken when it ended. As Into the Dark faded out, Hulu…

  • Carved is More Fun than Hacking Up a Jack O’Lantern

    The Huluween season is alive and well, with the streamerโ€™s third dose of original horror titles just in time for Halloween—and Jack Oโ€™Lantern season. Plucking Justin Hardingโ€™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.…

  • Mr. Crocket Has Fantastic Effects and Freddy Krueger Showmanship

    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.…

  • Dread Inducing Hold Your Breath Dusts Off the Trauma

    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 Gothicย toย Serenityโ€™sย harrowing monologue and haunting scream, not to mention every amazing character Paulson morphed into over…