Introducing A New Masked Movie Monster With Bill Posley
In filmmaker Bill Posley’s words, “Black people have been the first ones dying in horror films for long enough.” And so he raised the money […]
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Spend Time With Boys From County Hell
If you’re going to say Bram Stoker got it wrong, then you’d better have a good vampire variant to be right. Writer/director Chris Baugh gives […]
California Dreaming With H.P. Lovecraft’s The Deep Ones
Though once frightening, the works of H.P. Lovecraft have become pop culture fodder. It’s pretty easy to find a plush toy version of Ctulhu that’s […]
Carlos And Jill-Michele And Mobsters And Zombies
Multi-talented comedians Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Meleán love working together, so they collaborated on the new horror comedy Witness Infection. When two mob families are put […]
Cinequest 2021: Slapface
Is there a relationship more special than that of a boy and his monster? Certainly the Virago doesn’t think so. After Lucas (August Maturo) and […]
All The World Fears A Clown: Black Mask’s Pirouette
“The clowns do what they want, when they want.” Deep down, you probably suspected that. A grizzled malevolent clown calling himself The Duke hisses that […]
A Giant From The Unknown Returns
It wasn’t every Friday night I could sneak out to the family room at 11:30 and watch Creature Features. By middle school, though, it had […]
Mumblypeg: Truth Or Dare
It’s the week before Halloween, so time to post this 1995 sketch about the scariest people on the planet: tween girls! Gale Brennan, John Mannion, […]
Cain And Abel And Sebastian And Vincent
On a Vincent Price kick this month — ’tis the season, after all — and I stumbled across a UA film “adaptation” of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Twice-Told […]
The Empty Man Coming To (Not) Empty Theaters
You may have heard of Slenderman, and what happened when just three tweenagers believed in that urban myth. But what if a creepypasta creature inspired […]
Candyman Shadows Shameful History
“Candyman, at the intersection of white violence and black pain, is about unwilling martyrs,” writes director Nia DaCosta about her upcoming “spiritual sequel” to the […]
The Next Door Horror Sketch Competition: Quarantine Dinner With The Family
To keep creative juices flowing during Shelter in Place, the guys from The Next Door Horror sponsored a sketch competition. Asking creators to use isolation […]
Light And Game Design: Blair Witch
Adam Frank returns with a breakdown of Blair Witch, the videogame spin-off of the uneven horror franchise. From his analysis here, it looks like the […]
The Next Door Horror Sketch Competition: Airborne
To keep creative juices flowing during Shelter in Place, the guys from The Next Door Horror sponsored a sketch competition. Asking creators to use isolation […]
The Next Door Horror: Things Not To Do In Isolation
The Next Door Horror shot this sketch a while ago, and yet it feels timely today. Take this video as a warning — no matter […]
First Teaser For Zombie Thriller Peninsula
One of the best zombie films of the last decade was Sang-ho Yeon’s Train to Busan. Currently available for streaming, this South Korean classic mixed an […]
Review: M.O.M. Mothers Of Monsters
In the 1950s, the novel, play, and movie The Bad Seed shocked audiences with the notion that children could be evil — and that it […]
Cinequest 2020: Nina Of The Woods
Charlie Griak’s Nina of the Woods accomplishes many interesting things, but two in particular stand out. As co-writer/co-producer/director, it really is a Charlie Griak film. And […]
Cinequest 2020: A Bad Place
If you think you know where A Bad Place will take you, you may be right but you may be wrong. Three women find themselves in a […]
The Next Door Horror Visits A Pet Sematary
The cat came back… it’s just been a few weeks. The Next Door Horror sketch series ventures outside the apartment and heads to Pet Sematary […]