by Michael Gingold | Jul 17, 2023 | News
Have you “HERD”? The FrightFest-premiering horror/action film has a trailer and new poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD It’s zombies vs. warring militia groups with two women caught in the middle. HERD, directed by Steven Pierce from a script he wrote with James Allerdyce and...
by Grace Detwiler | Jul 16, 2023 | News
Black Mandala Drops Trailer For Folk Horror “THE SACRIFICE” Black Mandala presents the folk horror movie, THE SACRIFICE, directed by Alberto Serra. A fearsome family story that was part of SITGES COMING SOON and won the BLOOD WINDOW Sofía Award at VENTANA...
by Julian Arwen | Jul 16, 2023 | News
ARTISTRY TURNS DEADLY IN INDIE HORROR FILM “BURNT PORTRAITS” BY JULIAN ARWEN In Norway, terror becomes artisanal in this independent horror flick that was made on the slimmest crew one could possibly acquire. The independently produced horror film in...
by Julian Arwen | Jul 16, 2023 | News
GIANT APE RUNS AMOK IN HOLLYWOOD IN KAIJU MOCKBUSTER “MEGA APE” BY JULIAN ARWEN In the time-honoured tradition of kaiju movies, an ape causes chaos across a large American coastal city, creating pandemonium in the densely populated metropolis that the film has chosen...
by Shawn Macomber | Jul 16, 2023 | Interviews
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DIRECTOR SLAGLE TALKS LOCKING CASPER VAN DIEN IN A JAILHOUSE WITH A HORDE OF ALLIGATORS IN “THE FLOOD” By SHAWN MACOMBER The origin story of the gonzo nature horror/action flick The Flood—think Assault on Precinct 13 by way of Alligator and you’ll...
by Ricky J. Duarte | Jul 16, 2023 | Reviews
Movie Review: “Bad Girl Boogey” is Exactly How It Sounds By RICKY J. DUARTE At just 18 years old, noted low-budget filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay has already released two features and announced two more. At just 16 years old, the trans South Australian...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Jul 15, 2023 | Reviews
MOVIE REVIEW: “OUIJA SHARK VS. TAROT GATOR” – ALL SHARK, ALL BITE! By GABE THOMAS Starring John Migliore, Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith and Kylie GoughWritten and directed by John MiglioreWild Eye Releasing OUIJA SHARK 2, more epically known as OUIJA SHARK...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Jul 15, 2023 | Deep Dives
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU: Father Figures and Finding Connection Through “WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR” By EMILY GAGNE I’ll never forget the day that my dad told me he didn’t like horror movies. We were settled in to watch Evil Dead II in...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Jul 14, 2023 | Interviews
Filmmaker Anubys Lopez Breaks Down His Latest Feature “AGED” By JORDAN VON NETZER Writer-director Anubys Lopez’s Those Who Call thrives on the adage “fear flourishes in darkness.” A year later, Lopez is back with his follow-up feature AGED, and this...
by James Burrell | Jul 14, 2023 | Cryptic Collectibles, News
SUPER7 RELEASES CLASSIC ’60s-STYLED COLLECTIBLES WITH NEW UNIVERSAL MONSTERS “SUPER SOAPIES” By JAMES BURRELL In the early 1960s, North America saw its first “Monster Boom,” thanks to the phenomenal success of debut television broadcasts of classic Universal...