Anna Kendrick's directorial debut and J.T. Mollner's thriller both feature female leads who know how to use horror tropes to their advantage.
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Seeking Oblivion: Jason Banker’s ‘Toad Road’ (2012)
Setting off to find the gates of hell and transcendence through drugs, a young girl disappears and leaves her boyfriend as the only suspect.
Full StoryLong Haul Horrors: Stacy Keach in ‘Roadgames’ (1981)
Stacy Keach (and Jamie Lee Curtis) brings tomorrow’s bacon in this Hitchcock-inspired thriller set in the Australian Outback.
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Often referred to as the first Romanian found footage film, 'Be My Cat' throws us into a rabbit hole of self-reflexivity and madness.
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Advertised as a straight horror film upon release, 'Crimson Peak' is more of a gothic romance of a house, its inhabitants, and its sinister history
Full Story(pod)Casters of Horror: ‘Dance of the Dead’ (Tobe Hooper) Ep. 3
Tobe Hooper has done it again. On the latest (pod)Casters of Horror, Bennett and Jim argue that Dance of the Dead is a late-career triumph.
Full StoryThey Won’t Believe You: ‘Let’s Scare Jessica To Death’ (John D. Hancock, 1971)
Misunderstood upon its release, 'Let's Scare Jessica To Death' is now recognized as one of the finest horror films of the 1970s.
Full StoryLooking Into The Abyss: The Horror In The High Desert Films
Defiantly modern and collage-like, Dutch Marich’s found-footage series looks into the darkness of Nevada’s wilderness and refuses to blink Much like the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland, the barren plains and...
Full StoryBeautiful Dreamers: Ken Meyer’s ‘Terror at Tenkiller’ (1986)
An underappreciated gem of regional horror filmmaking, Terror at Tenkiller is a hazy tour through a summer from hell in Oklahoma We know that not all horror films have to...
Full Story(pod)Casters of Horror: ‘Dreams In The Witch House’ (Stuart Gordon) Ep. 2
It’s not Stuart Gordon’s best Lovecraft adaptation, but Masters of Horror’s sophomore efforts gives your favorite sophomoric podcasters plenty to discuss
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