Remember American McGee’s Alice?
Before Tim Burton Burton-ized Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and left it deep in Depp, the gaming world planted its flag in the rabbit hole. Designer American […]
horror
Booboo Stewart And Robert Rippberger Will Not Walk Away
Can you walk away from someone else’s horror and pain? That’s the central question behind Robert Rippberger’s new film Those Who Walk Away, debuting February 11. […]
Foo Fighters Fight Demons, Not Foo
Not every rock band can play fictional versions of themselves the way the Beatles could. But if any band can do it and make us […]
The Legend Of La Llorona Needs A Little Less
When playing in the sandbox of a famous ghost story, a filmmaking team has to put their own spin on it. If anything trips up […]
‘Antlers’ Mostly Makes Its Points
The damage we do, the scars we leave, were once said to be invisible. More likely now, they’re so constant and present that they just […]
Dark Shadows And Beyond: No Dark Shadows Here
He idolized Olivier. He could have become the next Karloff. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, he was almost bigger than the Beatles.
Creeped Out By TKO Studios’ Graveneye
We’ve known that those who walk in Hill House walk alone. But you’ll never walk alone when the house is alive and hungry. Hungry to […]
Rich Correll, Icon Of Darkness
Aliens. Dinosaurs. Misunderstood monsters. And, oh, those dinosaurs. Icons of Darkness in Hollywood has them all — and some superheroes, too. Rich Correll has spent […]
Let The Dead Stay Dead, Not Animated
Warner Bros. reanimates Night of the Living Dead, but… why?
Mister Macabre’s Macabre Mansion: Dave Reda Is As Good As Dead
Filmmaker Dave Reda aka “Zombie Dave” joins Mister Macabre to talk about his frightening new horror short “As Good As Dead,” making its world premiere at Dances […]
Introducing A New Masked Movie Monster With Bill Posley
Bill Posley made the new thriller Bitch Ass because, “Black people have been the first ones dying in horror films for long enough.” So he […]
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
The dark Cult of Dagon may even be more frightening when they’re able to disguise themselves as snobby (almost) Santa Barbarans.
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. In Black Mask’s Piroutte, you’re proved right.
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 […]
