Interviews

Would you rather deal with a shady landlord or the supernatural? For Sam Rudykoff, director and co-writer of the short film Halfway Haunted, it’s a no-brainer…he’ll take some floating furniture and self-closing doors any day over the nightmares that often coincide with renting. Halfway Haunted, which celebrated its premiere in …

Composer Barry J. Neely has never been afraid to bend sound into unexpected shapes. From building rhythms out of soda cans in the offbeat comedy Dick Bunny, to drilling through a dulcimer to capture the unease of Slapface, to weaving delicate piano with complex rhythms in Somewhere Slow, his scores …

Holy shit, The Cramps: A Period Piece so fucking good! Premiering at this year’s Fantastic Fest, The Cramps: A Period Piece is a dark horror comedy – and literally a piece about periods – about a young woman who’s dealing with debilitating menstrual cramps while trying to fit in at …

Written and directed by Racheal Cain, Somnium is led by Chloë Levine (The Sacrifice Game, The OA). She’s joined by Peter Vack (Mozart in the Jungle), Will Peltz (Unfriended), Johnathon Schaech (Suitable Flesh, Blue Ridge: The Series), and Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things, Redux Redux). You can now rent or …

The Demoness is a new horror film from director Adrew de Burgh that is coming in 2026. Synopsis In Los Angeles, struggling couple Sarah Lallana (Bella Glanville, “After the Hunt“) and Jack Gerrard (Xander Bailey, “Misfortune“) are visited by a demonic succubus (Sydney Culbertson, “American Underdog“) who deviously manipulates them …

I think a lot of us would love the opportunity to live and work with our favorite rock star, especially one we’ve crushed on and worshipped since childhood. House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson (Bloom; Guillotine – read our interview with her HERE) is the perfect example of “be …

The forthcoming album of DED isn’t just a release. It’s a rebirth. RESENT, set to drop on Sept. 19, was crafted over the past three years — a time that saw much trial and tribulation for this Arizona-based nu metal band. Comprised of Joe Cotela (vocals), Alex Adamcik (guitar), Kyle Koelsch …

Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award nominated, and Splatterpunk Award-winning author Eric LaRocca (The Trees Grew Because I Bled There) is a master at writing vile, violent, visceral horror and that’s what initially drew me to his work. What made me crave more of his stories was the queer …

Brian McAuley’s new book, Breathe In, Bleed Out, hits so many of my favorite marks – isolation horror, a familiar location, both likable and unlikable characters, plus gore, horror, violence… the list goes on and on. After reading Brian’s first two books, Curse of the Reaper, and Candy Cain Kills, …

With stalkers and secret experiments running rampant, the halls of Nevermore Academy are more dangerous than ever. Luckily, there’s a new sheriff in Jericho who is keeping the peace between the outcasts and normies…well, at least trying to. Luyanda Lewis-Nyawo (Devs 2020) returns to Netflix’s Wednesday Season 2 as Sheriff Rita …