Unlucky Streak
Cursed Films by Hope Madden The success of Shudder’s wildly informative and entertaining 2019 doc Horror Noire (still streaming – see it!) paved the way for their new 5-show doc…read more →
Shudder Premiere
I Am Luke’s Broken Heart
Daniel Isn’t Real by Hope Madden Director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s stylish image of mental illness takes a kind of demonic Fight Club angle, hits some mildly homoerotic notes (like Fight…read more →
When You Wish Upon a House
The Room by George Wolf Why was Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 cult classic called The Room, anyway? Why not Tuxedo Football? Doggie McFlowers? Or the obvious: Oh, Hi Mark! I know,…read more →
Jessie’s Boys
Jessica Forever by Hope Madden Shudder’s latest premiere, the French film Jessica Forever, offers a scifi antidote to war films. This is a quietly absorbing genre piece concerned with the…read more →
Dead Lands, Episode 3
The Kingdom at the Edge of the World by Rachel Willis After a tense, fast-paced second episode, the third episode of The Dead Lands is a bit of a come…read more →
Portrait of the Artist
Bliss by Hope Madden What does true art require of its maker? It’s an incredibly common theme in film (and books and sculpture and painting and any other kind of…read more →
Shudder Premiere: The Dead Lands
Shudder launches a new series this week, The Dead Lands. Ep 1: Tell the Dead I’m Coming by Rachel Willis For anyone who thinks the zombie genre has been thoroughly…read more →
The One that Got Away
The Head Hunter by Hope Madden In a land of yore, the geography forbidding, a far off trumpet calls for the hardiest of warriors—those equipped to fight beasts. Director Jordan…read more →
Pokémon? No.
Nekrotronic by Christie Robb It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a cute accent will make even the silliest sentiment 20 percent more charming. So, it’s fortunate that the dialogue…read more →
Flightless Bird
Bluebird in My Heart by Brandon Thomas “There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out, but I’m too tough for him. I say, stay in there, I’m…read more →