
Happy Friday the 13th! Give Some Love To These Underappreciated Sequels As We Dive Into the “Worst” of the Franchise
As a horror series, Friday the 13th stands out with its iconic imagery. Those too young to see horror or too freaked out to jump into the genre already know
As a horror series, Friday the 13th stands out with its iconic imagery. Those too young to see horror or too freaked out to jump into the genre already know who Jason Voorhees is and can link his trusty hockey mask to his image, fueling early word-of-mouth urban legends about

‘Hell Hole’ Review – This Monster Movie Needs To Dig Deeper
The Adams family films have been on the up and up lately, catching the eye of horror enthusiasts ever since The Deeper You Dig in 2019. Their tendencies for lingering,
The Adams family films have been on the up and up lately, catching the eye of horror enthusiasts ever since The Deeper You Dig in 2019. Their tendencies for lingering, dread-infused horrors present in their recent filmography grew in Hellbender to play with something more overt and in your face.

‘Frankie Freako’ Review – Throwback Creature Feature Is Pretty Good Pizza
Writer/director Steven Kostanski is doubling down on more of the humor that made Psycho Goreman an outlier for horror comedies within the past few years. This time around it comes
Writer/director Steven Kostanski is doubling down on more of the humor that made Psycho Goreman an outlier for horror comedies within the past few years. This time around it comes in a pint-sized form (give or take a few ounces). Frankie Freako is, largely, a puppet-centric original creature feature that

Dream Team
Minh T Mia as Dr. Veronica Beef in Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn's DREAM TEAM. Photo by Whitney Horn. Courtesy of Yellow Veil Pictures. Writers and directors Lev Kalman &
Minh T Mia as Dr. Veronica Beef in Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn's DREAM TEAM. Photo by Whitney Horn. Courtesy of Yellow Veil Pictures. Writers and directors Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn have carved out a specific cavern of cinema out for themselves. It’s completely autonomous of the conventions filmic

‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’, ‘Halloween’ & The Season of Giving And Taking
There’s a chill in the air. Frost is accumulating in the sky and on car windshields; people’s faces are leaking fluids while they try politely hiding their illnesses; dealerships are
There’s a chill in the air. Frost is accumulating in the sky and on car windshields; people’s faces are leaking fluids while they try politely hiding their illnesses; dealerships are dusting off their house brand market-devised strategically named year-end sales events. In other words, the holidays are here. But the

‘Rats!’ Review – Welcome To The Weird World Of 2007
It’s hard to describe what it was really like to be going through adolescence during the first decade of the 2000s. A multitude of cultural journeys in America intricately overlapped
It’s hard to describe what it was really like to be going through adolescence during the first decade of the 2000s. A multitude of cultural journeys in America intricately overlapped during a time that felt simple to those of us too young to parse the reality of the USA’s foretold

“Pop” Culture Horror — The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
A feature-length, fully animated Looney Tunes movie seems like something we would have gotten a lot more of in this world. But this is the first and only original film
A feature-length, fully animated Looney Tunes movie seems like something we would have gotten a lot more of in this world. But this is the first and only original film in the history of the studio. Though there is a certain apprehension towards how different Looney Tunes feels nowadays, seeing

‘Blades Of The Guardians’ Review – Yuen Woo-Ping’s 60-Year Convergence Of Martial Arts Film History
Yuen Woo-Ping has had a chokehold on audiences since his first film credit. He started his career on Ng See-Yuen’s The Bloody Fists blocking fight choreography in 1972. Woo-Ping’s work
Yuen Woo-Ping has had a chokehold on audiences since his first film credit. He started his career on Ng See-Yuen’s The Bloody Fists blocking fight choreography in 1972. Woo-Ping’s work stood out against an otherwise ordinary period martial arts from the 2nd unit director of The Chinese Boxer, See-Yuen himself

Shudder’s Second Helping of Bite-Sized Horror History
If you’re browsing Shudder right at the end of the year, chances are you might be looking to experience one more shock or scare before 2024 comes to a close.
If you’re browsing Shudder right at the end of the year, chances are you might be looking to experience one more shock or scare before 2024 comes to a close. Maybe you’re looking for some fresh recommendations to follow through on in the new year. The site’s previous programmatic offerings

‘Endless Cookie’ Review – Boundless Delights And The Eternal Story
Endless Cookie, a family documentary 9 years in the making by filmmaker and animator Seth Scriver. It’s rooted in Toronto culture from the 80s and 90s, but pays special attention
Endless Cookie, a family documentary 9 years in the making by filmmaker and animator Seth Scriver. It’s rooted in Toronto culture from the 80s and 90s, but pays special attention to Seth’s half-brother Pete and his life in Shamattawa, a First Nations community in Manitoba. As Seth says himself in

‘Don’t You Let Me Go’ Review – The Tender Beauty Of Unvoiced Sorrow
Leticia Jorge and Ana Guevara’s meditation on mortality and legacy creates something beyond revisiting the twilight slice of love, recaptured to experience one last time. Don’t You Let Me Go
Leticia Jorge and Ana Guevara’s meditation on mortality and legacy creates something beyond revisiting the twilight slice of love, recaptured to experience one last time. Don’t You Let Me Go illustrates what feminine love feels like without the need for things to be expressed aloud simply because a film audience