Recently, I was able to check out the new urban horror film Parasites, but I had a few questions after I was done watching. Who better to get answers from than the creative genius behind the madness? Chad Ferrin, writer and director of Parasites, was more than happy to answer …

When you’re getting ready to watch a movie called Killer Piñata, you expect certain things. First of all, the movie has to have sex – or at least a set or two of naked, jiggly boobs. Second, you anticipate a pretty high level of tongue-in-cheekness. There has to be over the …

Black Mirror, a British series of sci-fi anthologies centered on social satire and technology, dips into the horror genre with suspenseful, dark plots and heavy themes. Depending on your definition of horror, you may find this to be a stretch. It is true that some episodes are more horror themed …

Special effects are a tough business to get into. Not only do you need the talent to create believable, realistic looking wounds, appendages and prosthetics, but you also need to build a portfolio, and that takes both time and money. You also need a pretty strong stomach. Effects artist Cassandra Baker …

Sometimes you’ve heard about a movie for what seems like forever and you can’t get your hands on it. This is what happened to me with the movie The Girl. You can imagine how excited I was when I was looking at the upcoming new releases brochure – yes, I …

It’s always such an honor to get to sit down and interview someone who had a major impact on your cinematic experience. Lucky for me, I recently got the chance to chat with director Carles Torrens, the man behind Pet, my favorite horror film of 2016, where we cover his …

Ah, the Final Girl: the last woman alive in a horror film left to face the killer. The Friday the 13th franchise has some good ones! To celebrate Friday the 13th, Jason Voorhees’s birthday, we rank Jason’s Final Girls from the venerable Friday franchise. Before we begin, there are a few …

In the horror world, it seems more often than not, a movie will receive extremely mixed reviews. Either people will love it with the utmost passion or completely loathe it. Rarely is there a middle man. You see this with such movies as Babadook, It Follows, and The Witch. It can …

Opening scenes are crucial to any film hoping to capture the audience’s attention. It sets the tone for what’s to come and what can be expected. Stalking Miss Barlow, a 24-minute short comedic horror, does exactly this as a busty female flees from a machete-wielding killer through the woods. With …

As the old adage says, “What’s understood doesn’t have to be explained.” Basically, the product should speak for itself otherwise the repercussions could be fatal. Parasites doesn’t just speak for itself; it yells proudly and for good reason. This is a film that has it all – the main reason …