It’s a tale as old as time: friends going away on a camping trip, motivated by alcohol and the opposite sex, messing around in woods that are haunted by a masked killer. This formula almost always finds a home with horror hounds, especially when it’s peppered with characters and a …

Femme fetales that are a bit out of touch with reality often make the best horror antagonists. Such is the case in Trivial, a 2024 independent horror release that asks the question: “What if a game show had no prizes, only deadly consequences?” Trivial is written and directed by James …

Independent films allow for crossovers in the horror subgenres that we don’t often get with studio releases. For instance, what would you get if you crossed the cozy slasher Slumber Party Massacre with the paranormal vibes of Ouija: Origin Of Evil (read our review here)? We find out in Astronomic …

Slashers are among the most popular subgenre in horror and have been for decades. Even when a particular franchise gets long in the tooth, there’s always some fun to be had in the formula of blood, babes, and a psychotic killer. Axegrinder is an independent slasher franchise that started in …

Codependency in relationships has been a really underexplored avenue in horror until recently. Popularized by Together, the metaphor of demons inside of toxic relationships is a fascinating and relatable idea. But two years before Together, we saw the release of Kill Your Lover. Let’s look at this hidden gem and see …

By and large, the zombie subgenre has bitten off more than it can chew in modern times. Between George Romero survival films and camp comedies, the well has become pretty infected. But once in a while, along comes a movie like This Is Not A Test. Let’s sink our teeth …

There’s something really fascinating about watching the dim mind of a deranged serial killer work in real time. Whether it’s an entire clan of backwoods hillbillies or a singularly scarred menace, it triggers the survival instinct in its viewers. Such is the case in The Showffeur, the newest independent short …

Ouija boards have been at the center of chaos in horror movies for decades. Often seen as the connecting point between the current world and the bridge to the afterlife, ghosts often enter the human realm through these boards with revenge on their minds. Such is the case in Spirit …

Often when the word of mouth begins to spread and hype the newest “best movie ever”, the viewer has to take these opinions with a mound of salt. But as the week two financial gate for Obsession jumped over twice as high as its debut, people started paying attention. With …

The early 1990s are often looked at as a dumping ground for the most bland and regurgitated horror movies in the genre in decades. But if you look closely enough, there were some diamonds in the rough that knew how to have fun. Such is the case in one of …