Teenaged Chasteland
Porno by Hope Madden Have you seen Lamberto Bava’s 1985 horror Demons? I can’t help but wonder if writers Matt Black and Laurence Vannicelli have. It’s a low rent affair…read more →
Shudder
Casa de los Muertos
32 Malasaña Street by Hope Madden What is it about haunted houses that always sucker in big families? We saw it in The Conjuring and The Amityville Horror before it.…read more →
Squeaky Clean
The Cleansing Hour by Hope Madden Almost a decade ago, Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz locked a couple of fraudulent online “ghost hunters” inside an abandoned hospital in the entertaining…read more →
Do the Work
Scare Me by Hope Madden Writer’s block—it is a common theme in all writing, especially horror. Think about The Shining, for example. Fred (writer/director/star Josh Ruben) certainly is. And at…read more →
Bold Patterns
Spiral by Hope Madden How many films, horror or otherwise, open as a moving van leaves a fresh faced family unpacking in their new dream home? Kurtis David Harder and…read more →
Cry Little Sister
La Llorona by Hope Madden Another timely Shudder original plays upon the madness that can creep into a period of lockdown. The righteous anger of a population, the chanting and…read more →
Zoom and Gloom
Host by Hope Madden It was bound to happen, and no doubt the inanely titled Host is the first in a succession of films to tap into quarantine and pandemic…read more →
High Tides and Good Vibes
The Beach House by Hope Madden An entitled young man and his put upon girlfriend head to his parents’ unused beach house to work some things out. They’re not alone,…read more →
Man of Your Dreams
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street by Hope Madden “It was intended to play as homophobic rather than homoerotic.” So says David Chaskin, writer of 1985’s A Nightmare on…read more →
Monster Mash
Monstrum by Hope Madden Very little in life brings me joy quite like a decent creature feature. Even the silly ones where a big, boil-riddled muppet winds up slathering pus…read more →