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This article follows three fundamental questions: What makes special effects in media good? What makes them bad? Also, what makes some effects so bad that they’re good? To help answer the questions, I’m going to analyze two scenes from two very different movies: (1) Birdemic: Shock and Terror (usually considered …

If someone were to ask me who my female inspirations are, Vanessa Ionta Wright would be on the top of my list. She’s a fucking rockstar, and I don’t know how she manages to do IT ALL, but she does. I’m so thankful for the kindness and support she has …

Deborah Voorhees is best known for her role as Tina in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, but she has also been murdered in a few other horror films. She is producing and directing a horror thriller and a horror comedy with her production partner, Joel Reisig. Deborah attends horror …

Being a parent is hard enough but add a supernatural twist and you get the Uncork’d Entertainment’s The Lullaby. The film follows the story of new mom Chloe (Reine Swart) sa she brings home her newborn son, Liam. She soon discovers that there might be something more to motherhood, something quite …

I’m a huge fan of slacker comedies (mainly Kevin Smith’s films) as well as horror comedies. Butcher The Bakers, the latest indie horror film from Tyler Amm, is one that combines the two to frequently hilarious and gory results. Butcher the Bakers is the latest film from Tyler Amm (Grace’s …

I’ve met a lot of talented women in the horror industry because of my writing and I’ll be forever grateful for that. One of them is the Artist/Writer/Director Abigail Braman. I got a chance to sit down with Abigail, as she discusses her new stop-motion animated horror short film titled …

Based on Caleb Carr’s amazing bestseller, The Alienist is a new TV series on TNT that deftly combines period drama, murder mysteries, and psychological thrills. The title refers to a term used to describe how the mentally ill were seen as alienated from their normal selves, so those who worked with …

I’m not a cat person. I don’t hate them, mind you. I just happen to be more of a dog guy. So, with that said, if I run the gamut of evil and/or possessed animals, I’d say Nicholas Tana’s horror/comedy flick, Hell’s Kitty, nails it on how it would go down. …

We’ve now reached week 3 of my 365 Horror Movie Challenge! To catch up on last week’s films, click here. In the meantime, this week was so close to being a week full of winners. I’ve been waiting a long time to see most of these films. Time to find …

Whenever the subject of Women In Horror comes to mind, Jennifer Hills is usually one of the first badasses I think about. She is a perfect example of a strong female protagonist in horror. The I Spit On Your Grave films provide a lot of controversy, even in the horror …