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Calgary Underground Film Festival Unveils Its Terrific 2024 Lineup
Horror buffs and genre-film fans of all stripes: The Calgary Underground Film Festival has just released its lineup...
Spoiler-Free Film Review: “Infested” (Boston Underground Film Festival 2024)
Arachnophobes, unless you are approved for serious exposure therapy from your medical or psychological professional,...
Spoiler-Free Film Review: “Handling the Undead” (Sundance Film Festival)
I’m a very hard sell on new zombie movies. In a subgenre of horror films that I personally feel is growing ever weaker...
Spoiler-Free Film Review: “The Moogai” (Sundance Film Festival)
Writer/director Jon Bell combines post-pregnancy horror with social commentary in his Australian feature The Moogai,...
16th A Night of Horror International Film Festival Announces First Programming Wave
For its 16th edition, A Night of Horror International Film Festival moves from Australia to the United States — Eau...
Spoiler-Free Film Review: “The Complex Forms” (Slamdance Film Festival)
It is January 22, 2024 as I write this review, and I have my first strong candidate for my list of best films of 2024:...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “The Looming” and “Dream Creep” (Sundance Film Festival)
THE LOOMING So often in horror films the elderly are portrayed as scary or creepy subjects, something to fear, run...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “Legend of El Cucuy,” “PU EKAW TNOD,” “Blockbuster,” and “Welcome to the Enclave” (Slamdance Film Festival)
Legend of El Cucuy Folklore horror meets problems of modern parenting in writer/director Cynthia Garcia Williams’...
Presence: A Film So Unnerving Viewers Walked Out at Sundance
After premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, one movie, Steven Soderbergh's film Presence, left viewers shook....
Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Announces 2024 Glasgow Film Festival Line-up
FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror fantasy event, returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for its 19th year, from...
Wisconsin’s MidWest WeirdFest Lives Up to Its Name Once Again
Aficionados of high strangeness and offbeat films, make your plans now to attend this year's edition of MidWest...