by Rue Morgue Manor | Mar 16, 2022 | Reviews
SXSW 2022 Movie Review: Less is More with “Jethica” By RACHEL REEVES Every so often, a film comes along that quietly splashes cool refreshing water on the weathered face of genre cinema. Whether it’s an original storyline, a subversion of tired tropes, an...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Mar 16, 2022 | Reviews
SXSW 2022 Movie Review: “Deadstream” Will Have Horror-Comedy Fans Smashing That Like Button By RACHEL REEVES In the new splatstick film DEADSTREAM, things get spicy when a formerly canceled vlog host encounters a vengeful ghost. Hot on the heels of its...
by Michael Gingold | Mar 15, 2022 | News
Who watches the “WATCHER” teaser? You should! By MICHAEL GINGOLD The Sundance/SXSW psychochiller is now dated for general release. IFC Midnight has released a teaser trailer for WATCHER, which arrives in theaters June 3 and will make its streaming premiere on Shudder....
by Grace Detwiler | Mar 15, 2022 | News
Black Fawn Distribution to Release Killer New “Vicious Fun” Blu-ray & Limited Edition Blacklist Package Toronto, Canada – Black Fawn Distribution is thrilled to announce that they will be releasing the retro horror-comedy hit Vicious Fun on Blu-ray across Canada...
by Grace Detwiler | Mar 14, 2022 | News
First Clip Released For Buzzed-About SXSW Supernatural Dark Comedy “JETHICA” A supernatural dark comedy like you’ve never seen, JETHICA was shot in New Mexico in January 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, and world premieres at SXSW in the Visions...
by Michael Gingold | Mar 14, 2022 | Reviews
SXSW ’22 Movie Review: Ti West’s Texas porno massacre “X”-cels By MICHAEL GINGOLD Starring Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega and Brittany SnowWritten and directed by Ti WestA24 From its opening scene, of a lawman entering a rundown Texas house in which the only illumination is...
by Grace Detwiler | Mar 10, 2022 | News
Inuit Horror Film-makers Panel “Arctic Chills and Horror” Streaming Soon Filmmakers Nyla Innuksuk and Jennie Williams come together to discuss their work in the North at the “Arctic Chills and Horror” panel, produced by St. John’s International Women’s...
by Justin McDevitt | Mar 10, 2022 | Stab Me Gently
Random Acts Of Violence In Michael Haneke’s “FUNNY GAMES” (1997) By JUSTIN MCDEVITT “Everything happens for a reason” is an expression said to you almost exclusively at times when you do not want to hear it. Delivered by a soap-box toting, essential...
by William J. Wright | Mar 10, 2022 | Interviews
SPECIAL EFFECTS MASTER TREY LINDSAY REVEALS THE SECRETS OF “HELLBENDER” By WILLIAM J. WRIGHTAlready one of the best-reviewed horror films of 2022, the supernatural coming-of-age thriller HELLBENDER represents a revolution in DIY filmmaking. Toby Proser,...
by Michael Gingold | Mar 10, 2022 | News
SXSW Midnighter “DEADSTREAM” finds a home at Shudder By MICHAEL GINGOLD The livestreaming horror/comedy is the latest acquisition for the genre streamer. Shudder has announced that it has picked up DEADSTREAM ahead of its world premiere as part of the Midnighter...
