by Michael Gingold | Aug 14, 2023 | Fantasia International Film Festival, Interviews
Fantasia ’23: “EMPIRE V” writer/director Victor Ginzburg on making his confrontational vampire epic By MICHAEL GINGOLD One of the highlights of the international programming at this summer’s Fantasia International Film Festival was the world premiere of Russian...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 11, 2023 | News
Karen Lam’s “THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG” gets a release date and trailer By MICHAEL GINGOLD The nightmarish chiller from the director of EVANGELINE and BRING IT ON: CHEER OR DIE arrives next month. Uncork’d Entertainment has announced its acquisition of THE CURSE OF...
by Scott Feinblatt | Aug 11, 2023 | Events
We All Scream For Midsummer Scream! By SCOTT FEINBLATT At last, the Halloween season has returned! “It’s the middle of summer,” you say? Pish posh! Party City and the local discount stores have already started displaying their Halloween merchandise, and if that ain’t...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 11, 2023 | Events, News
Grindhouse Releasing and Vinegar Syndrome host horror/cult-film marathons in LA this weekend By MICHAEL GINGOLD Italian and American favorites will be showcased in this pair of 12-hour events, including several 35mm showings. Tomorrow, August 12, Grindhouse Releasing...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Aug 11, 2023 | Reviews
FANTASIA ’23 MOVIE REVIEW: “PETT KATA SHAW” is a transgressive folk horror anthology By KATHERINE CONNELL Starring Chanchal Chowdhury, Pritom Hasan and Afzal HossainWritten and directed by Nuhash HumayunChorki Some of the most shocking events in Nuhash...
by Jillian Kristina | Aug 11, 2023 | News
Piercing the Veil: 2018’s “SUSPIRIA” Breathes Life into Ritual for the New Moon in Leo By JILLIAN KRISTINA The darkest phase of the moon, the New Moon, is approaching. On August 16th, this transit will occur in the astrological sign of Leo – the sign...
by Deirdre Crimmins | Aug 11, 2023 | Reviews
Fantasia ’23 Movie Review: Players Gonna Play in “THE SACRIFICE GAME” By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Starring Madison Baines, Georgia Acken and Chloë LevineWritten by Sean Redlitz and Jenn WexlerDirected by Jenn WexlerShudder Bumbling criminals have a deep,...
by Julian Arwen | Aug 11, 2023 | News
A WEB WRITER’S SLEEP PARALYSIS TURNS SPOOKY IN “DEAR DAVID” BY JULIAN ARWEN Sleep paralysis can be a horrifying experience for many. For Buzzfeed writer Adam Ellis, the experience was enough for him to create a Twitter thread about the ordeal. It is on these events...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 11, 2023 | News
Free Rooftop Films screening of “BIRTH/REBIRTH” in NYC tomorrow! By MICHAEL GINGOLD New Yorkers can get the jump on the Frankensteinian chiller that releases next week. Rooftop Films is hosting a free showing of Laura Moss’ BIRTH/REBIRTH tomorrow, August 12 at...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Aug 11, 2023 | Interviews
Interview: “The Last Voyage Of The Demeter” Director André Øvredal On Bringing Dracula Back To The Big Screen By RICK HIPSON Andre Øvredal is a Norwegian screenwriter and director known for scaring the hell out of us with such creations as TROLLHUNTER, THE...
