Established in 2009, Horrible Imaginings Film Festival has become a genre fave. According to their website, HIFF “showcases the newest voices in horror, sci-fi and fantasy genre cinema.” From September 2 – 5, 2021, the festival is not only going virtual for those of us not in the Santa Ana …
Read More »Interview With The Creators Of ‘Chapelwaite,’ Peter Filardi, Jason Filardi and Donald De Line
‘Salem’s Lot is one of my favorite books by Stephen King, and the movie is just as equally as terrifying. It wasn’t until just recently that I found out there’s a prequel. The prequel, Jerusalem’s Lot, is a short story that first appeared in the 1975 illustrated edition of ‘Salem’s …
Read More »Interview With Emily Hampshire For ‘Chapelwaite’
‘Salem’s Lot is one of my favorite books by Stephen King, and the movie is just as equally terrifying. It wasn’t until just recently that I found out there’s a prequel called Jerusalem’s Lot, a short story that first appeared in the 1975 illustrated edition of ‘Salem’s Lot, and then …
Read More »Fantasia Fest 2021: Interview With Kier-La Janisse For ‘Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched’
Sometimes a documentary comes along that is so much fun to watch and even teaches you something new. I have to embrace those moments because usually, I would rather watch anything else. But Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, a new film chronicling the very best—and history of—folk horror is one …
Read More »Fantasia 2021: Interview With Filmmaker Richard Bates Jr For ‘King Knight’
King Knight is one of the best, if not THE best, movies I have seen in 2021 thus far. I’m not surprised though, because it was written and directed by Richard Bates Jr., the brilliant filmmaker behind one of my all time favorite films, Excision. So when Fantasia Fest 2021 …
Read More »Interview With Filmmaker Brea Grant For ‘Lucky’
Brea Grant is everywhere these days. She truly embodies the statement, “The future of film is female.” From directing the stellar 12 Hour Shift (2020 – read our review of the film here) to starring in three films in the last two years all the way to a cameo in …
Read More »Interview With Horror Icon Dee Wallace
I feel like Dee Wallace needs no introduction. If you don’t know who she is by now… I don’t even know what to say to that. From secretly giving refuge to a displaced extraterrestrial in E.T., to saving her family from aliens again in Critters, to protecting her child from …
Read More »Interview With Director Martin Wilson For His Debut Film, ‘Great White’
It’s summer, so that means it’s really fucking hot here in Phoenix. All I want to do is go swimming, but it’s even too hot for that, unless you like swimming in bath water. To make up for how disgusting it is outside, I thought it would be lovely to …
Read More »Interview With Aleks Paunovic, Star Of ‘Chained’
To celebrate the release of the new crime-suspense film, Chained (2021 – read our review here), I chatted with star Aleks Paunovic about what intrigued him about the film, why he loves horror, and working with Anthony Hopkins. Be sure to check out Chained, a thriller about a young, bullied …
Read More »Interview With Prano Bailey-Bond And Niamh Algar For ‘Censor’
One of the best films I’ve seen this year is Censor (2021 – read our review here). Written and directed by the up-and-coming filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond—you definitely want to keep her on your radar!—Censor weaves a thrilling and suspenseful tale of a Video Nasty censor, played by Niamh Algar, who is …
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