Taking over six years to complete, Johnny is the deeply personal psychological thriller conceptualized and crafted by John Charles Gerald. Brave enough to share the trauma he endured during his formative years, Gerald created a low-budgeted artistic equivalent to a high-dollar therapist’s couch with Johnny and tackles themes of abandonment, …

After numerous television roles and earning a stack of accolades while on stage, including a Tony Award for her Broadway performance in Jelly’s Last Jam, Tonya Pinkins set her sights on making her own film… a horror movie. Timely and terrifying, Red Pill (available on Amazon here) is Tonya Pinkins …

Back in 1987, stunning Spanish actress Christina Marsillach made an impression upon horror fans within Dario Argento’s giallo, Opera. Despite coming from an acting pedigree and establishing her own career with other notable performances such as Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986) co-starring Tom Hanks, and Marrakesh Express (1989), Christina …

Deep in the heart of Texas back in the late 1990s, an independent theater focusing on arthouse, horror, and exploitation cinema was established. Intent on bringing audiences unparalleled viewing experiences complete with beer and renegade programming, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema solidified its residency in Austin. Proudly engaging with its early …

Extreme horror is a divisive subgenre usually suited for more seasoned horror audiences and delivers fans buckets of blood and violence. With FUKT, a new anthology that premiered at Nightmares Film Festival this year, the bloodshed is brought on by a new set of storytellers focusing on extreme horrors seen through …

Now available on VOD is the survivalist thriller, Weekend Warriors, written by Ritchie Greer and co-directed by Greer and Brett Bortle, co-starring Jason London (Dazed and Confused, The Rage: Carrie 2) and The Dentist’s Corbin Bernsen (our interview here). Deep in the woods, young siblings witness a cold-blooded murder and …

Extreme horror is a divisive subgenre usually suited for more seasoned horror audiences and delivers fans buckets of blood and violence. With FUKT, a new anthology that premiered at Nightmares Film Festival this year, the bloodshed is brought on by a new set of storytellers focusing on extreme horrors seen …

This year’s Nightmares Film Festival continues in its tradition of bringing together exceptional examples of genre filmmaking, but one film in particular, Masking Threshold, stood out from the crowd, ultimately winning the prestigious Film From Hell honor. The latest from Austrian filmmaker Johannes Grenzfurthner, founder of monochrom—an art and theory …

Now available to stream on Amazon, YouTube, and more via Midnight Releasing, is filmmaker Erica Summer’s, Obsidian (our review). When combining a psychological thriller with elements of body horror, Summers didn’t have to look far for inspiration; personal experiences provided a deep well to draw from. Erica was kind enough to …

Forgiveness is the title of the movie, but it is not the name of the game for filmmaker Alex Kahuam’s latest endeavor. After premiering at Arrow FrightFest 2021 this past August, Forgiveness continues to beguile audiences along its festival run, and the most recent to experience Alex’s work were those …