Generational Terror
Relic by Hope Madden Many a film has used a building—a haunted house, for instance—to represent the mental state of a character. From Shirley Jackson to Stephen King to Daniel…read more →
horror
Fright Club: Best Cinematography
A poetry of dread – that’s what the best in this business can conjure with the right framing, movement, stillness. Whether it’s Dick Pope creating that just-off feel of bucolic…read more →
You’ll Wish You Had
You Should Have Left by Hope Madden Most weeks there’s at least one streaming movie option that will cost you. These are ostensibly the films that were meant to be…read more →
Handle with Care
Scare Package by Hope Madden Has there ever been a place as glorious as the video store? The brain trust behind the horror anthology Scare Package clearly understands the secret…read more →
Fright Club: Dark Ages Horror
Witches, starvation, ghouls, oppression, Church and governmental oppression—there’s a reason they call them the Dark Ages! Filmmaker George Popov (Hex, The Droving) joins us to discuss the best horror movies…read more →
Imagine There’s No Heaven
Z by Hope Madden There is a moment that currently fascinates horror filmmakers. It is the moment when we forever lose the sweet little white boy destined to become a…read more →
The Nature of Sacrifice
The Droving by Hope Madden It’s been almost exactly one year since Martin’s little sister Meg disappeared. The Droving festival is upon us again, and Martin’s come back to town…read more →
Saturday Screamer: The Mist
The Mist (2007) Frank Darabont really loves him some Stephen King, having adapted and directed the writer’s work almost exclusively for the duration of his career. While The Shawshank Redemption…read more →
Shout at the Devil
We Summon the Darkness by Hope Madden The year was 1988, and as far as you know, metal bands shouted “hail Satan” and evangelicals took to the airwaves warning their…read more →
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 →