The Interactive Horrors of ‘Return to House on Haunted Hill’
December 7th, 2021 • Chris McMullen
Chris McMullen explores the short-lived interactive cinema trend with ‘Return to House on Haunted Hill,’ one of its best-known entries.
‘Kolobos’: The Reality TV Horror Ahead of Its Time
December 1st, 2021 • Sab Astley
Sab Astley explains why Daniel Liatowitsch & David Todd Ocvirk’s ‘Kolobos’ is an important link to James Wan’s ‘Saw’ franchise.
In Defense of 2018’s ‘Countdown’
November 29th, 2021 • Christine Makepeace
Christine Makepeace finds a lot to love in Justin Dec’s ‘Countdown,’ a 2018 horror film about a killer smartphone app.
Revisiting ‘The Girl in the Photographs’ Five Years On
November 10th, 2021 • Kevin Sparrow
Kevin Sparrow pleads for more exposure for ‘The Girl in the Photographs,’ Nick Simon’s underrated 2000s slasher.
‘Angel Heart’ and the Twisted Allure of X-Rated Horror
October 29th, 2021 • Roxana Hadadi
Film critic Roxana Hadadi explains how Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet find x-rated horror in Alan Parker’s ‘Angel Heart.’
Hagazussa and The Historical Horrorshow of Being Branded a Witch
October 25th, 2021 • Meg Shields
Film critic Meg Shields digs into Lukas Feigelfeld’s ‘Hagazussa,’ one of the most unsettling cinematic explorations of witchcraft ever made
More Than Human: The Monstrous Women of ‘Alien’ and ‘Annihilation’
October 20th, 2021 • Gem Seddon
Film critic Gem Seddon explains how motherhood and loss transform the place of women in ‘Annihilation’ and the ‘Alien’ franchise.
Monstrous Mammaries: The Relationship Between Breasts and Horror
October 13th, 2021 • BJ Colangelo
Film critic BJ Colangelo delves into the sordid history of breasts in horror to find the subversive heart of the genre beating just beneath.
Stuart Gordon’s ‘Dagon’ Offers Sublime Damnation
October 1st, 2021 • C.M. Crockford
C.M. Crockford explains why Stuart Gordon’s ‘Dagon’ remains both the most alluring and terrifying adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s work.
Removing The Male Fantasy From Rape-Revenge In ‘Handgun’
September 24th, 2021 • Gabriela Almeida
Gabriela Almeida explains how ‘Handgun’ shifts rape-revenge away from “male fantasies” and strips America’s fetishism around guns.