Lewis Jackson’s yuletide character study understands the unique blend of sadness and madness that Christmas brings far better than most.
Full StoryMonth: October 2020
“The Dialectics of Werewolf Sex” — Cinesthesia Chapter 9
Cinesthesia rises from the grave to celebrate October with New Wave werewolves in a threequel from down under.
Full StoryUnder the Blood Moon: ‘Messiah of Evil’ (1973)
Messiah of Evil didn't turn out how its creators envisioned, but the lack of an entirely cohesive narrative helped the film create indefinable horrors
Full StoryThe Many Subversions of ‘You’re Next’ (2011)
Adam Wingard's 'You're Next' upends nearly every horror trope imaginable, making for an impossible to replicate home-invasion slasher
Full StoryReel Rap’s Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ (1994)
Reel Rap talks 'Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,' a too-wonderful for words film that captures the unique appeal of an “actor-turned-director.”
Full StoryThe Music of Murder: John Brahm’s ‘Hangover Square’ (1945)
In 'Hangover Square,' Laird Cregar shows that a career in the arts will drive you mad. But oh, what music you will make...
Full StoryAppropriately Vague: George A. Romero’s ‘The Crazies’ (1973)
An under-appreciated work from Romero's early years, The Crazies is his rag-tag and darkly comic look at small town America in crisis
Full StoryEight-Legged Enemies: Spiders and the Fear of Self
Spiders are a mainstay of visual horror, but Through A Glass Darkly, Spider, and Enemy use spiders as totems of identity and discovery
Full Story‘Joys!’: When Bob Hope Made A Giallo Movie
Which is scarier: the whims, wounded ego of a fading Vaudevillian or the pitiless hands of a prowling killer? Bob Hope's Joys dares to ask.
Full StoryOctober Horror 2020
From Bob Hope's mansion to The Last House on Dead End Street, the terror reaches everywhere in October Horror 2020.
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