Hypothetically, the terror of a beach that rapidly ages you is a scary concept. It plays with fears of mortality and the rapid passage of time that every human being, deep down, is absolutely terrified about. And on paper, the ridiculousness of...
While I am not a horror fan by nature, I am, in fact, a Halloween fan. I consider John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s 1978 masterpiece to be one of the finest horror films ever crafted, a carefully crafted roller coaster of thrills and emotions that...
In 2018, John Krasinski dazzled the world with a concept that is, in this day and age, seemingly unheard of: a midbudget original blockbuster unattached to IP that placed the emphasis on filmmaking and acting instead of special effects and brand...
It hurts when you watch a movie with so much potential and talent whiff on what could and should be an easy home run. And yet, like “Casey At The Bat” himself, thus is the case with Knocking, Frida Kempff’s recent entry in the horror canon...
Happy Sacred Walloween, everyone! Something I’ve always wanted to do this time of year is write up a breakdown of my #31DaysOfHorror! A personal mini-marathon, every year I try to watch one horror film I’ve never seen before a day, to properly...
True so-bad-they’re-good movies cannot be forged or willed into being. They are usually birthed by an insane auteur, possessing few talents but way too much money, and are earnestly nurtured into a ridiculous existence. Such was the case with...
Let the acting ability of Nicolas Cage never again be called into question! Despite a run from 1983 to 2002 that almost any other actor would envy, Cage’s career became a punchline due to an extended period where he began taking almost any role...
Writer/director Fran Kranz has done his homework when it comes to chamber pieces. His directorial debut Mass is a powerful coming-out party, a weighty text of complicated themes and emotions that offers towering performances while acknowledging...
In 1999, David Chase changed television forever with The Sopranos. Equal parts a mobster epic, a satire, a sitcom, a morality tale, and a statement on America at the end of the millennium, The Sopranos won dozens of awards, ushered in a new era...
I can’t tell if I’d want to spend more than two hours inside of Julia Ducournau’s brain. Her 2016 film Raw was a seismic shock within the industry, telling a fascinating fable surrounded by graphic bouts of cannibalism (a good friend of mine is...
In 2018, Venom released in theaters, to a shockingly divided reaction. Critics lambasted it for being tonally and wildly uneven. Audiences loved it (to the tune of $800 million) for this very reason. And it’s hard to argue with either group on...
More than any other genre, horror has always raised the question of art’s reflection of the real world. Due to the terrifying, graphic depictions of life often depicted on the big screen, audiences, critics, and scholars have grappled with the...
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