News and reviews on past and future films and series.
Halloween is long over, and the new year has just begun, but sometimes our greatest fears found are in the little things we take for granted. We spoke with Osric Chau, star of the newly released Superhost, about making a film that combines the conventions of horror with a fresh scenario that speaks to the digital culture and physical isolation of the 2020s.
Read MoreIn Mass Hysteria, when a tourist dies on Halloween night in Salem, the crowd seeks justice by mounting a modern-day witch hunt.
Read MoreThe Mortuary Collection is a pleasantly pulpy and Gothic ode to the creepy collections of olde. Premiering on Shudder on October 15th, The Mortuary Collection features mad mortician Montgomery Dark (Clancy Brown) and Sam (Caitlin Fisher), a young vagrant looking to master the mortuary arts.
Read MoreWith an ending I didn’t expect, fantastic practical effects, plenty of tension, and a great tapestry of history and fiction, Blood Vessel delivers one of the finest vampire movies I’ve seen in a long time. If you like historical horror, vampires, gory action, or a solid, dark tale, you will do yourself a favor by watching this one.
Read MoreHorrific flavors merge in Alex Bourne’s Clownface, a new film from Wild Eye Releasing (available August 18 On Demand and DVD) serving up a delicious sundae, made with a big, campy scoop of “Masked Stalker Urban Legend” double-dipped in “Killer Clown” iconography, topped with “Badass Heroine” sprinkles, and drizzled with an award-winning score composed by Hans Michael Enselmo Hess.
Read MoreSet in 1983 Russia, the height of the Cold War, Sputnik tells the story of cosmonaut Konstantin Veshnyakov and his disastrous return to Earth after a mission to space.
Read MoreWhile the predictable inevitability of the events of this film were not surprising, it is the characters and actions taken by them that propelled this film; displaying a gory good thrill-ride, while staying cognizant of its heraldry - as well as making it one of the most enjoyable films of the desiccated zombie genre in the past several years.
Read MoreI had no idea of what to expect watching this film, I had no preconceptions, and honestly had no clue of the story, other than it was called Limbo, and this has been one of the most enjoyable films I have watched this year. Entertaining throughout, and presented with a competence, Limbo is as compelling as it is charming.
Read Morehe Room forces the couple, and the viewer, to look into the mirror and ask yourself what is truly important? The danger of being gifted everything you want is losing sight of what you need.
Read MoreIf you want to be thrilled and delighted from the opening screen to the end of the credits, you need to run- nay, FLY to your nearest On-Demand provider and watch Two Heads Creek.
Read MoreThe Dinner Party setup is a fun call back to the murder mystery trope, harkening to motifs immortalized by the likes of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, while at the same time providing mystique and a (sometimes painfully) slow unfurling that keeps the viewer engaged. There is a reason this trope has been used repeatedly for centuries by playwrights, novelists, and screenwriters - the "mystery dinner" works.
Read MoreThere are certain assurances in horror films, certain elements that are guaranteed to incite chills in the viewer: creepy children, glowing eyes, graveyards - and among them, spooky nuns. Perhaps it is the twist of the narrative, placing a person whose station has long been held in high esteem into the role of malefactor?
The actual answer may never honestly be reached, but one thing for certain, creepy nuns do make for compelling horror films.
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