Movies &amp; TV

September 7, 2017

Horror movies are many things. Creepy? Hopefully. Gory? Often. Anxiety-inducing? Certainly. But there’s one descriptor I have rarely found to be linked to a horrifying film: inspirational. Yes, and even more surprising, is that such an empowering emotion...

The Slasher Lives On In Iceland’s ‘Child Eater’

August 28, 2017

The '80s horror movie slasher never seems to die. From all over the globe, filmmakers continue to pay homage to those masked and bloody murderers who inspired them. Child Eater is an Icelandic horror film that came out in 2016. Written and directed by Er...

‘Killing Ground’ Plays to Old Fears in a Refreshingly New Way

August 7, 2017

If the cold, the damp, the dirt, the bugs – and other assorted wildlife – didn’t keep you away from camping, never forget that you could become the unwitting victims of a pair of gun-toting rednecks. Deliverance taught us this lesson back in 1972, and now, Dam...

The World Wide Web of Horror in ‘The Cleansing Hour’

June 30, 2017

Technology corrupts. Worldwide technology corrupts absolutely. Never is this truer than in The Cleansing Hour, a recently released horror short film that’s touring the film festival circuit. In the film, actor Lance (Sam Jaeger) and director Drew (Neil Gray...

From Inspiration to Culmination with ‘The Voodoo You Do’

June 20, 2017

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Artists know that the muse can strike at any time, sometimes expectedly, often unexpectedly. Sometimes, the bug of inspiration bites everyone in the room at once – such is the case with The Voodoo You Do, an upcoming short film from Force of Nature Producti...

‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’ Is a Horror Story Wrapped in Mystery

April 19, 2017

The Blackcoat’s Daughter isn’t your typical horror film. There are many horrifying elements, but not in the way we’re often programmed to expect them. The film excels at defying expectations – both in storyline and characters. “Structurally the script...

‘Lavender’ Highlights the Horror of the Mind

March 3, 2017

Not all monsters are big, gory and foaming at the mouth. Sometimes the most horrifying villain is lying in wait in a person’s mind. Such is the thematic strategy of Lavender, a psychological horror thriller starring Abbie Cornish, Diego Klattenhoff, Justin ...

‘XX’ Female-Led Horror Anthology Has Something for All Horror Tastes

March 2, 2017

We all have our own set of fears. For some of us, it’s spiders. For others, it’s clowns. Others of us have more intangible fears like the fear of losing a loved one. The female-directed horror anthology XX uses this diversity of fears to weave together a fo...

Sci-Fi Film ‘Domain’ Ponders Big Ideas

December 16, 2016

If there’s one thing most science fiction has in common, it’s the exploration of big ideas – typically set in an technically advanced, alternative, futuristic-type reality. “I feel like all the best sci-fi is asking a big question,” says Nathaniel Atcheson,...

‘The Eyes of My Mother’ Will Definitely Leave a Mark

December 2, 2016