Written and directed by Matthew Festle (Hacked, Flick Fanatics) and Alexys Paonessa (Bring Her to Me, AIMEE: The Visitor), Isleen Pines is a fun little horror/comedy flick that makes you really long for Halloween and all the parties that take place during that special time of the year. The whole …

Sam Zimmerman has one of the coolest jobs ever. As VP of Programming for Shudder, Sam gets to decide what’s going to be available on the horror streaming service. And he gets paid to do it! I may be just a little jealous. To celebrate Shudder’s Halfway to Halloween for …

Suicide Puppets are quickly climbing the ranks of their music featured in movies and more. With a strong industrial sound, they create something different for every album and most songs. The sound is hard to explain, but appealing. Suicide Puppets are a flashback to acts like Bile And KMFDM. I …

Easter isn’t exactly one of the first holidays that comes to mind when thinking about holiday horror. Which is surprising because… well, Zombie Jesus. Holiday horror-comedy is one of my favorite sub-sub-genre’s of horror. I love the creativity it takes to create a story based around a holiday. I had …

As an LGBTQIAx2 advocate, Donia Kash made television history as the first openly nonbinary actor to star in a Hallmark film, playing Suzette in 2022’s The Secrets of Bella Vista. In May 2023, Donia attended the 34th Annual GLAAD Awards in New York with The Holiday Sitter, which was nominated …

I recently had the honor of screening Blackout, directed by Larry Fessenden (House of the Devil 2009). This new werewolf film is the latest release from Dark Sky Films. Did it have me howling at the moon? Read on for my thoughts! Synopsis Painter Charley (Alex Hurt, Minyan, TV’s New Amsterdam) wakes up in …

Black Christmas, also known as Black X-Mas, is the 2006 remake of the beloved 1974 Canadian proto-slasher of the same name. Apart from a few similarities, the two films don’t have much in common. While the original relied heavily on suspense and imagination, the remake relies heavily on shocking the …

Another chip off the old “Castle Rock,” Children of the Corn is a horror film released in 1984, based on a short story of the same name by Stephen King, which was first published in 1977 in the March issue of Penthouse (a publication I never heard of before) and …

Women horror film directors offer new, fresh perspectives that are unique to women alone. They explore experiences like rape, motherhood, puberty, menstruation, aging, and the constant struggle women face to simply be heard. Rarely will you see women in these films used as shallow sex objects: they are fully formed …

Tory Jones is a director I have followed closely since The Wicked One. He’s one of my favorite indie horror filmmakers and has never failed to impress me, especially with his most recent effort Phantom Fun-World. Tory is currently working on the reimagining of The Wicked One, entitled The Boy …