Unwanted Guests
Under the Shadow by Hope Madden A few years back, Aussie filmmaker Jennifer Kent unleashed the brilliant and devastating single parent nightmare, The Babadook. As much subtext as text, the…read more →
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Zombie Eat World
The Night Eats the World by Hope Madden People like to make lists. For some people, it’s a bucket list. Some like to keep track of the celebrities they are…read more →
Food for Thought
Swallow by Hope Madden Like Todd Haynes’s 1995 film Safe, Swallow shadows a lovely homemaker with little of merit to occupy her time who eventually falls prey to an unusual…read more →
Sister’s Grimm
Gretel & Hansel by Hope Madden It’s still early, but 2020 has not been great in terms of horror. First came Nicolas Pesce’s pointless reboot of The Grudge. Yikes. And…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 →
Fright Club: Skeletons in the Closet, 2020
It’s the hap-happiest time of the year! Oh, our favorite thing about Oscar nominations is the excuse it gives us to dredge up those old horror flicks lingering in every…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 →
Trying Not to Hold One
The Grudge by Hope Madden Any time a film is remade, you have to ask why. Not to be cynical, but because it’s a legitimate query. Is there a compelling…read more →
Fright Club: Future Oscar Winners in Horror
One of the most fun facts in acting is that most of the greats, even the truly greats, started off in horror. And, apparently, they all co-starred at one point…read more →