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The Passenger – Video Essay | JoBlo
If you need something to add to your watchlist, let it be the criminally underrated thriller, The Passenger, starring Kyle Gallner (my horror king) and Johnny Berchtold! “Directed by Carter Smith, who horror fans might recognize from films like The Ruins, Jamie Marks is Dead, and Swallowed, The Passenger is a neat little character driven…
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The Dead Thing – Review | Offscreen Central
As Valentine’s Day approaches, the horrific prospect of diving into digital murky waters to make matches in hopes of not being alone on this revered Hallmark holiday is being tapped into by Elric Kane’s late night crawl through LA in The Dead Thing.
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Interview with Grafted director Sasha Rainbow – Offscreen Central
Sasha Rainbow’s narrative feature debut tells a poignant story of beauty, blood, and a search for belonging. Unafraid of showing the reality of the world we live in, Rainbow’s creative and trailblazing approach to documentary filmmaking lends itself beautifully to the world of horror. Offscreen Central had the opportunity to talk with director Sasha Rainbow…
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Bystanders – Review
Directed by Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central’s fearless editor-in-chief, Bystanders certainly brings a fresh perspective to the rape-revenge genre. The premise is par for the course when it comes to what audiences expect from this genre: Abby and her friends are drugged and assaulted by boys at a party, then left in the woods while…
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Possession (1981) – Video Essay | JoBlo
A body horror film that’s not really horror, the most depressing break-up movie, a socio-political drama that ends in apocalyptic hysteria. The most bizarre psychological thriller you can lay your eyes on is a horrifying and captivating film that oozes chaos and defies categorization: Andrzej Zulawski’s 1981 cult film, Possession.
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Grafted – Review | MovieJawn
Beauty is a bloody endeavor in the New Zealand coming-of-age horror story Grafted, because there is no better way to explore the extent someone will go to feel comfortable in their own skin than through the lens of body-horror.
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The Damned – Review | Offscreen Central
Now streaming is Thordur Palsson’s The Damned, an icy film for us to cuddle up while we hang on to these last couple months of winter. Hiding in the darkness of these long chilly nights are the ghosts of our past, haunting us with the guilt we harbor.
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Why Lily-Rose Depp Deserves Her Flowers | Offscreen Central
Beginning her acting career in the world of horror with 2014’s Tusk, Lily-Rose Depp has thrust herself back into the genre and into the throws of a gothic nightmare. Nominated in 2017 and 2019 for multiple Most Promising Actress awards, that promise is coming to fruition with her revelatory performance as Ellen Hutter in Robert…
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‘The Calls for Equality are Coming from Inside the House’ – Editorial | FANGORIA Magazine Vol. 2 Issue 26
Who amongst us does not feel the Christmas cheer until we watch along as Jess hears the dreaded words, “The calls are coming from the house!” This latest holiday season marked the 50th anniversary of Black Christmas, a beloved slasher that has endured over the years. In the latest issue of FANGORIA magazine, I take…
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Session 9 – Video Essay | JoBlo
What better setting for a horror film than a haunted insane asylum? Whether it’s the patients in a film like The Ward, or the ghost hunting crews of films like Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum or Grave Encounters, it’s always thrilling to watch characters navigate these chilling halls, unsure of what might be lurking. One such film…
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The Creep Tapes – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
First premiering ten years ago, Creep (2014) has become a cult classic, especially for fans of found footage. Known by various names like Josef and Wolfy, Mark Duplass’s character has become everyone’s favorite fictional serial killer. His charm lures you in and it is not until it is too late that you notice the strangeness…
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Interview with Your Monster cast members Edmund Donovan and Kayla Foster – Offscreen Central
Offscreen Central had the honors of talking with two of the film’s biggest supporting talents, Kayla Foster (‘Mazie Silverberg’, and one of the film’s producers) and Edmund Donovan (‘Jacob Sullivan’) about getting this quirky film set in the world of theater made, and the motivations that drive their characters.
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‘9 New Horror Movies to Put on Your Radar’ – Screamfest LA 2024 Recap | FANGORIA
The 24th annual Screamfest LA has come to an end! Featuring a unique selection of iconic anniversary screenings, hidden gems, and anticipated titles that are blazing their way through the festival circuit, this festival covered all the bases of our favorite genre fare. From stories of murderous priests to vengeful witches, here is everything we watched at…
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Drive Back – Screamfest Review | MovieJawn
One little sub-genre, or you could even say micro-genre, that I enjoy is “vacations gone wrong.” Sometimes this means films of the “torture porn” variety like Hostel, or killer plants like The Ruins, and everyone’s favorite backwoods murderous cannibal families like in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, House of 1000 Corpses, or Wrong Turn. With…
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Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
It is no surprise that one of my favorite films of Fantastic Fest 2024 is by Stuart Ortiz, better known as half of the directing team The Vicious Brothers. Both as a fan of found footage and a life-long resident of the Inland Empire, I was primed to be the target audience for Strange Harvest,…
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Interview with Screamfest Founder and Director Rachel Belofsky – FANGORIA
To celebrate the commencement of the 24th Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival, we sat down with Festival Director and Founder Rachel Belofsky to talk about the horror community, her experience as a woman in the film industry, and the inspirations behind Screamfest.
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Driller Killers: The Power Drill and Emasculation in the Slasher Genre – MovieJawn Zine Fall 2024
Halloween is never over for me! If you are still in the mood to celebrate all things spooky, make sure you pick up MovieJawn’s Fall 2024 Issue! I cannot overstate how excited I was to open up my first contributor’s copy of MovieJawn, not to mention to see my article listed right there on the…
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Halloween Horror Nights 2024 Mazes Ranked
Happy Halloween! I have always been a lover of haunted houses and themed attractions, even as a child walking through homemade mazes in the yards of neighbors’ houses. As I grew older, it was be no surprise that I graduated to regularly attending the seasonal haunts at the amusement parks that scatter southern California. Now,…
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Your Monster – Review | Offscreen Central
My new comfort film just dropped! We are in a renaissance of quirky little romantic comedies about girls and their monsters (see also: Lisa Frankenstein). This heart-warming film starring Melissa Barrera is about living life as your authentic self and not letting others take your voice. “Surrounded by people who are so willing to throw…
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DRAINED – Screamfest Review | MovieJawn
Stylish and humorous, yet dark and twisted, Drained will take a bite out of the hearts of those who have had their share of unhealthy coping mechanisms–but it will have you coming back for more.
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