Dui Shaw, courtesy of Bangladeshi writer-director Nuhash Humayun – who made history as the first filmmaker from Bangladesh to cop an Oscar nomination for the post-apocalyptic short film Moshari (2022), executive produced by horror master Jordan Peele and Sound of Metal star Riz Ahmed – locates grimy, cyclic folklores in …
Touch Me is the sophomore effort by Addison Heimann. The director premiered with Hypochondriac, a 2022 release. His new film is another addition to the tendency of contemporary horror films to use genre conventions to tackle trauma and abuse. In his latest film, Joey (Olivia Taylor Dudley) is a traumatized …
Brock Bodell’s feature directorial debut, Hellcat, which made its world premiere at the 2025 Fantasia International Film Festival, is a chamber survival horror-thriller that manages to be effectively tense and visceral despite a premise that we’ve come across a few too many times before. Produced and shot entirely in Nashville, …
A horror-comedy that perfectly evokes the schlocky charm and madness of B-movies has been a rare sight since the last decade, save of course for Shin’ichirō Ueda’s 2017 low-budget film-within-a-film comedy, One Cut of the Dead, the last ingenious and delightfully funny effort I could name and recommend. Something you …
There are movies, and there are movies, and then there are the wild and experimental films that use the cinematic form to tell a story in a way that only filmmaking can. Buffet Infinity is one of this third type. Set in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Buffet Infinity …
The line between a relationship where you rely on your partner in healthy ways and a codependent one, where you are unable to function without the other person, is shockingly thin. In the new film Together, writer and director Michael Shanks examines enmeshment in a much more literal way, to varying degrees …
In the new psychological horror film Saint Clare, actress Joy Rovaris takes on a role that strikes a deeply personal chord. While audiences may recognize her from portraying Bobbi Kristina opposite Vivica A. Fox, her latest project places her alongside Bella Thorne, Ryan Phillippe, and Rebecca De Mornay in a chilling …
Final Destination was never a franchise that interested me as a viewer. The bloody and gratuitous violence proved an immediate turn-off. The concept of the series alone was enough to make it something that I simply never found interesting. That is what made Final Destination Bloodlines a mystery. Released back …
I’ve never truly connected with the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise. Even when the 1997 original tried riding the success of Scream, it always felt like a lesser echo. The iconic image of the hook-wielding fisherman, the soaked streets of Southport, and that unforgettable scream – “What …
28 Days Later helped revive the zombie subgenre. Not only did it provide audiences with an effective horror feature, but it also delivered something more substantial. It delved into asking emotionally taxing questions without clear answers. Considered more of a human drama by director Danny Boyle, it made the finished …
In both film and television, Zombies have become an iconic part of the entertainment culture. Ever since 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, zombies have carved a niche for themselves. The tension, gore, and general terror of those stories have resonated with audiences. Recent examples, such as The Walking Dead …
Based on the novella of the same title and featured in the anthology Dark Forces by Stephen King, The Mist narrates the story of Bridgton, Maine. A city that suffered a thunderstorm and its citizens were affected by it, having their houses destroyed, energy cut, and no cellphone signal available. …
In recent years, few shows took the world by storm like 2023’s The Last of Us. Add in one of the hottest stars, Pedro Pascal, and the results provide a winning formula. Now, in 2025, the hit television show is back with season two. Expectations were at an all-time high, …
Animation and sci-fi are two of the most eye-popping genres in the history of cinema. However, in the recent couple of decades, these two genres have become quite popular on television as well. From Stranger Things and The Legend of Vox Machina to Westworld and Arcane, streaming platforms and traditional networks are not shying away from …
In 2022, M3GAN became a phenomenon that took the world by storm. This summer, director Gerard Johnstone is back with writers Akela Cooper and James Wan with M3GAN 2.0, the follow-up to the original. And while it doesn’t quite hit as hard as the original, this sequel has enough going for it that …
The 1980s were perhaps the best decade for high-concept, low-budget, effects-driven horror films. There are many examples, but one that has stood the test of time and become a cult classic for horror fans is Stuart Gordon’s 1984 feature Re-Animator. Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, it tells …
I made the mistake of ignoring the release of the Fear Street trilogy in 2021… a blunder I corrected this past week in preparation for the saga’s fourth installment, Prom Queen. It’s essential to highlight just how underrated and overlooked Leigh Janiak’s original three films remain – remarkable examples of …
Directed by Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) and written by Craig himself alongside Carter Blanchard (Good vs Evil), Clown in a Cornfield is an adaptation of Adam Cesare’s book of the same name, bringing to the big screen a well-balanced mix of horror and comedy, with a macabre …
Edgar Wright, acclaimed cult director of Baby Driver and Hot Fuzz fame, directs Last Night In Soho with a breezy smoothness, but this vibrant, pulpy horror is disappointingly toothless. In contemporary Cornwall, naive and fresh faced 18 year old Eloise ‘Ellie’ Turner (Thomasin McKenzie) is standing in her room. Fashion …
Ryan Coogler knew just what audiences were missing and delivered a euphoric cinematic experience as he has answered our prayer for original filmmaking with the spectacular whirlwind known as Sinners. Taking us on a dance with one or more devils and a journey through 1930s Southern US history with a …