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 […]
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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 […]
The Next Door Horror: Banned Superbowl Commercial
It’s the biggest day of the year for commercials (oh, and football)! For some reason, Mastercard rejected this commercial touting how great they are. Don’t […]