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Bee Delores
Apr 24, 2023
[Review] KIDS VS ALIENS is Gateway Horror with Enough Gore to Entice Everyone
While it’s certainly aimed at teens as a captivating, edge-of-your-seat gateway horror, there’s plenty of bite and gore to entice everyone.
Death
Apr 6, 2023
DARK GLASSES Review – Dario Argento's Interplay Between Good and Evil
Dark Glasses is low on scares, high on quality direction, and marks another small step forward for the portrayal of women in horror.
Death
Jan 8, 2023
DEADSTREAM Review – Content is King and It Can Be Deadly
Deadstream is a hilarious look at the lengths content creators will go to for fame and one of the best horror films of the past year.
Death
Dec 22, 2022
SCARE PACKAGE II: RAD CHAD'S REVENGE Review – A Satirical Critique and Love Letter to Horror
Death says Scare Package II is an effective satirical critique of the horror genre that audiences are unlikely to have seen in a very...
Tessa Kaur
Nov 18, 2022
THE MEDIUM Review – Bone-Chilling and Female-Led Thai Folk Horror
Tessa Kaur says The Medium is a chilling tale about the horror lurking in Southeast Asian folklore. To a Southeast Asian, The Medium is...
Julia Straub
Nov 10, 2022
SLAXX Review – Denim Justice Runs Wild
Julia Straub says Slaxx is a delightfully amusing story of humanitarianism and revenge. Co-writer and director Elza Kephart, with...
Death
Oct 21, 2022
[BHFF] V/H/S/99 Review – It's the End of the 90s Zeitgeist as We Know It
Death says V/H/S/99 loses the 90s zeitgeist in translation in some places, but the shorts make up a fun collection of scary stories in...
Breanna Lucci
Oct 17, 2022
[Interview] A Conversation with WHAT JOSIAH SAW Director Vincent Grashaw
Breanna Lucci chats with Los Angeles native Vincent Grashaw about his latest directorial feature and Shudder Original, What Josiah Saw....
E. L. King
Oct 17, 2022
[BHFF] INFLUENCER Review – Kurtis David Harder's Venomous Thriller Knocks Influencers Down a Peg
We can expect the unexpected from writer, producer, editor, and director Kurtis David Harder in his latest thriller, Influencer....
Brant Lewis
Sep 13, 2022
FLUX GOURMET Review – A Gorgeous Feast of Aesthetic and Sound
Brant Lewis calls Flux Gourmet a hypnotic dark comedy drawing us in with its sharp sound design, luxurious production, and costumes....
Savannah Chess
Aug 22, 2022
OFFSEASON Review – Aquatic Demons, Sinister Townies, and an Island to Remove From Travel Itineraries
Savannah Chess says Off Season is the journey of a grieving daughter facing the demons of her late-mothers past in this atmospheric...
Savannah Chess
Aug 8, 2022
SUPERHOST Review – A Host Will Do Anything For A Killer Review
Savannah Chess says Superhost boasts a wicked female antagonist facing off against a travel blogging duo in a bizarre popularity contest....
Megan Borns
Aug 4, 2022
A BANQUET Review – Exploring Intergenerational Matriarchal Trauma Through Mild Body Horror
Megan Borns says A Banquet is a beautifully shot thriller with powerful messages about familial ties that juggles too many themes. Ruth...
Breanna Lucci
Aug 4, 2022
WHAT JOSIAH SAW Review – Familial Trauma, Long-Kept Secrets, and a Hint of Farmhouse Horror
Breanna Lucci says What Josiah Saw depicts a haunting world where the only thing scarier than the dead is the living. [THIS REVIEW...
Sarah Kirk
Aug 1, 2022
MOLOCH Review – Nico van den Brink Intimately Weaves Together Fear and Dutch Folklore
Sarah Kirk calls Moloch psychologically disturbing and an exposition of Dutch culture, filled with death and tragedy. In Moloch, family...
Slay Away
Aug 1, 2022
Lovecraftian Horror GLORIOUS, Starring Ryan Kwanten Premieres Exclusively on Shudder This Month
Lovecraftian horror film GLORIOUS from director Rebekah McKendry is an all-out gore fest, premiering exclusively on Shudder.
Slay Away
Jul 28, 2022
Shudder Slates Sundance Midnight Official Selection SPEAK NO EVIL
Christian Tafdrup's Speak No Evil is coming to theaters and Shudder in September. Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for...
Savannah Chess
Jul 25, 2022
GOOD MADAM Review – Reclaiming and a Character Driven Exploration of Post-Apartheid South Africa
Savannah Chess says Good Madam is a socially conscious horror film illustrating colonialism's problematic past and present. Jenna Cato...
Ten Backe
Jul 22, 2022
TENEBRAE Review - Dario Argento's Giallo classic is Grisly and Darkly Humorous
Ten Backe celebrates Dario Argento's stylish Giallo masterpiece Tenebrae's 40 years of thrilling terror. Giallo master Dario Argento...
Breanna Lucci
Jul 18, 2022
SHE WILL Review – You Can Only Bury Your Trauma for So Long
Breanna Lucci says She Will is an artfully crafted story about patriarchal abuse and female empowerment. Charlotte Colbert should be...
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