Tag: Shudder
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The red band trailer for Faces of Death has arrived in all its blood soaked glory, and if the first preview was a warning shot, this one’s the full-blown grindhouse riot. This is the second look at the reimagining of one of horror’s most infamous titles, and it’s making it crystal clear: this isn’t nostalgia,…
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I don’t like video game adaptations. I mean, unless they’re done by Uwe Boll. But as a rule I avoid this sorts of things like the plague. Resident Evil, Silent Hill, whatever the fuck Borderlands was, these are the kinds of cinematic catastrophes that commint the cardinal sin of not even being so bad that…
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The 1978 movie Faces of Death is a rite of passage for horror fans. A supposed snuff/documentary type of film, it caused world wide panic of a sort when it was first released. It was allegedly banned in 46 countries (though that number was inflated for marketing purposes) yet the fact is that Faces of…
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2024’s In a Violent Nature was hailed as a unique Arthouse take on the slasher genre. Well paced, built with tension so thick you could cut a knife with it, leaving most fans begging for more. However, not all of us felt the same. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great take on the old…
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Best Wishes to All is the deeply unsettling and disturbing gut-punch of a film we all need right now, and that’s not hyperbole. I first saw Yûta Shimotsu’s film, based on his short of the same name, at the Boston Underground Film Festival a couple of months back, and I left the theater stunned at…
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Watch out, David Howard Thornton, there’s a new killer clown on the block…errr… cornfield. Frendo the Clown steps off the pages of Adam Cesare’s book and onto the silver screen for a gory little slice of Mayberry terror. Clown in a Cornfield is now terrorizing moviegoers all over the country, claiming the fifth spot at…
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Hell House LLC is one of the best found footage series of the last decade. Beginning in 2015, Stephen Cognetti’s films helped fill the void between the lackluster end of the Paranormal Activity franchise’s Ghost Dimension and its disembodied attempt at resurgence in 2021’s Next of Kin, which felt more like its own film that…
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John Lithgow is an American treasure, and if you disagree, we can never be friends. I grew up watching him as the loveable yet oafish head of an alien family on 3rd Rock From the Sun after countless rewatches of Harry and the Hendersons with my family. Back then, I would never have considered a…
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Wrestling and horror are two peas in a pod. The legacy of performers who have traded in their spandex shorts for big film roles may begin with Tor Johnson. Johnson was a Swedish wrestler getting bit parts in the 1930s before breaking out in Ed Wood’s schlocky 1955 film Bride of the Monster. Then, luchador…
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Beauty standards for women were put on notice last year as Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror masterpiece The Substance roared into theaters. The innovative and hypnotic thriller has absolutely dominated the horror space since last summer, even earning Demi Moore her third Golden Globe nomination and first win. While horror fans are surely expecting an influx of…