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When Chad Crawford Kinkle’s sleeper hit, Jug Face, was released in 2013, it was met by the indie horror community with quiet appreciation. The tale of a pregnant teen, her pagan village, and the entity that keeps them all alive is full of rage, desperation, and mud. And it’s 10 …

Dementer (read our review here), the latest film from Jug Face filmmaker Chad Crawford Kinkle (read our interview with him here), really took me by surprise. I went into it mostly blind as the only thing I knew was that he had cast his sister, who has Down Syndrome, in it. …

When I first stumbled upon the 2013 folklore film, Jug Face, I had no idea what to expect. I had never heard of the filmmaker behind the project, Chad Crawford Kinkle, so I had to go on the synopsis alone: When she learns the supernatural pit worshipped by her remote …

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Lauren Ashley Carter is one of the top actresses in the current horror genre. Starring in films such as Darling, Jug Face, and the upcoming sci-fi drama, Imitation Girl, Lauren has proven herself to be a versatile and extremely talented actress. I had the opportunity …

Cults are scary! Even the word “cult” has nefarious connotation, eluding not only to secrecy, but ritualistic violence and brainwashing. The Mason Family made the existence of cults utterly terrifying in the 1960’s, a sentiment that continued through the 1970’s. The paranoid “Satanic Panic” of the 1980’s and 1990’s had …

Backwoods horror films are easily some of the most terrifying types of movies. Unlike supernatural films or creature features, the stories are based in reality and often inspired from true crime stories and serial killers. At the same time, the topic can easily spawn dark comedy as they feature hillbillies and …