Tim Burton’s classic 1994 biopic Ed Wood, about the wonderfully weird and inept Edward D. Wood Jr. (played to perfection by Johnny Depp in a very charismatic performance), is a love letter to probably the most infamous 1950s B-movie director of all time, and one of my all-time favorites. Despite the movie being incredibly sanitized, …
Sometimes a movie reaches into your chest when you least expect it. Horror films earn their scares with your consent. You bought the ticket, you knew what you were walking into. But every now and then a comedy, a kids’ movie, or an action film drops something genuinely horrifying into the middle of your afternoon …
I have spent an embarrassing amount of my life defending Hellraiser to people who only know the later sequels, and honestly, I get it. If your first encounter with the “Hell Priest” was him murdering a nightclub full of people while making puns, or getting crammed into some unrelated straight-to-video thriller because a studio needed …
There are two types of people when back-to-school season hits: the ones who view it as a fresh start and the ones who view it as the beginning of the end. This list of back-to-school horror is for the latter. The only proper way to celebrate this time of year is to revisit some of …
Update, here it is… Zombies have made a massive comeback over the past 15 years, and while I like all kinds of zombies, the slow-moving zombies of Romero’s films will always be the most interesting to me. The Stillness is a short film, written and directed by Jackson Monks and Hunter Hieatt, and also stars …
Summer isn’t just a time for s’mores and sunshine, you know? It also happens to be the perfect time for flesh-hungry sharks and machete-wielding maniacs. Welcome to Summerween, the perfect halfway point to your favourite season! And while there are a few obvious picks for your summer horror movie marathon, finding the right vibe for …
“Wood’s art is a cultural mutation. He defies comparison — there is no one remotely like him. Dispatched from time, his legend and reputation grows.“ — Rudolph Grey, author of Nightmare of Ecstasy — The Life & Art of Edward D. Wood Jr., 1991. In the world of cinema when you really think about it, …
The short answer is of course “No,” physical media will never go away entirely. However, as with most things, the truth is more nuanced and it’s definitely naive to ignore the way things have been trending over the past decade. You can’t stop progress. New technology always has and always will change the landscape of …
Gerard Johnstone’s dancing M3GAN took over social media this winter. As a horror movie, it’s not exceptional in the jump scares category, but as a dark comedy mashup of RoboCop, Terminator, The Twilight Zone‘s Talking Tina, and Child’s Play, it pretty much rules. Central to the movie’s charm is an emotional story that also serves …
Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye is really trying as a self-serious mix of thriller, murder mystery, and period piece drama. Following in the blood trail left by Christopher Hatton’s artful, but mediocre Raven’s Hollow, Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye follows a shadowy story of mutilation and murder at the famous military academy Westpoint where …
