by Michael Gingold | Sep 18, 2023 | News
First teaser trailer for Sitges/Beyond Fest home-invasion horror “LAST STRAW” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Actually, it’s a diner invasion, but no less horrifying. LAST STRAW, which will have its world premiere at the Sitges Film Festival followed by its North American debut at...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 15, 2023 | Exclusives, News
Exclusive “SATANIC HISPANICS” clip: Jonah Ray Rodrigues wields “The Hammer of Zanzibar” against evil By MICHAEL GINGOLD It’s part of the wildest segment in the new fright anthology. “The Hammer of Zanzibar,” exclusively excerpted below, is Alejandro Brugués’ (JUAN OF...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Sep 15, 2023 | Exclusives, News
Exclusive advance review and photos: Federico Zampaglione’s “THE WELL” By ROBERTO E. D’ONOFRIO Since the announcement this past February that musician and director Federico Zampaglione (SHADOW, TULPA: DEMON OF DESIRE) had started production on a new film, expectations...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 15, 2023 | Interviews
Exclusive Interview: “MY ANIMAL” director Jacqueline Castel on casting, connecting and running with the wolves By MICHAEL GINGOLD After a decade as an award-winning creator of short films, including a collaboration with David Lynch, Jacqueline Castel has made her...
by Scott Feinblatt | Sep 14, 2023 | Reviews, Theatre
Theatre Review: Nothing’s Sacred In “EXORCISTIC: THE ROCK MUSICAL,” A Triumphantly Bawdy Tribute To A Horror Classic By SCOTT FEINBLATT Starring Emma Hunton, Frankie Grande and Brian Logan DalesDirected by Chadd McMillan and Alli Miller-FisherBook,...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 14, 2023 | Exclusives, News
Exclusive trailer reveals the weirdness of “THE FIFTH THORACIC VERTEBRA,” coming next month By MICHAEL GINGOLD It’s an award-winning plunge into strange cinema from South Korea. IndiePix Films will give THE FIFTH THORACIC VERTEBRA its debut North American release on...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 14, 2023 | News
“JOHN CARPENTER’S SUBURBAN SCREAMS” coming to Peacock in October; trailer and poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD The creator of HALLOWEEN is now exploring real terrors invading suburbia. Peacock has announced that its six-episode unscripted anthology show JOHN CARPENTER’S...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 14, 2023 | News
Shudder pulls the strings of “THE PUPPETMAN,” releases trailer and poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD It’s the latest from the director of STILL/BORN and SUPERHOST. Shudder will give THE PUPPETMAN its exclusive streaming debut Friday, October 13 as part of its “FearFest”...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 14, 2023 | News
An “APPENDAGE” comes to life in this body-horror trailer and poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD The movie is coming next month as part of “Huluween.” Hulu will begin exclusively streaming its Original Movie APPENDAGE on October 2. The feature directorial debut of Anna...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 14, 2023 | Reviews
Movie Review: “A HAUNTING IN VENICE” is an eerie and engaging boo!-dunit By MICHAEL GINGOLD Starring Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey and Michelle YeohDirected by Kenneth BranaghWritten by Michael Green20th Century Studios Horror isn’t the first type of movie that comes to...