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Consider the Dies Irae. Eight dire notes to remind you that you are going to die.
In spite of its title, Irish director Damian McCarthy’s latest film Oddity is more familiar than strange—a classic whodunit couched in a haunted-house story with a touch of Gothic—steeped in generic conventions that are tailor-made to scare.
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BY VIOLET LUCCA | October 31, 2021
One of the earliest memories I have is of my father pointing over to an abandoned rowboat in Dublin’s River Tolka and quite matter-of-factly stating that “a monster lives in there.”
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BY GLENN McQUAID | October 31, 2021
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BY MARGARET BARTON-FUMO | October 31, 2021
The TV is always on in Fatal Pulse. Set in 1991, the underground horror legend Damon Packard’s latest film is drenched in pinkish-bluish gel lighting, a movie-world glow enveloping all in its path—especially antihero Trent Dupont...
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BY CHLOE LIZOTTE | October 31, 2021
About a decade ago, an intriguing new contender stepped into the horror arena. It wasn’t so much a grandstanding moment as a quiet entrance from out of the blue...
BY LAURA KERN | July 12, 2024
Set in the mist-shrouded woods of Upper Austria in the 18th century, the latest film from writer/director duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala opens with a prelude depicting a crime...
BY JOSÉ TEODORO | June 28, 2024
A place where no actual blood was spilled—at least to my knowledge—my grandmother’s house proved strangely—even sagely—sanguinary...
BY COLIN FLEMING | June 19, 2024
Every so often, an actual reputable film materializes from Troma’s output of zero-budget shlock. Despite its nonsensical title, 1990’s Def by Temptation is one such example. While its too-orange blood looks beyond fake...
BY LAURA KERN | June 19, 2024
“Because you were home.” That’s it. The best home-invasion movie ever made is built on a foundation of senselessness. There are people in your house trying to kill you and you don’t know why.
BY LAURA WYNNE | May 22, 2024
Though she’s not generally counted among the canon of horror’s distinguished performers...
BY KELLI WESTON | May 9, 2024
Just about everyone loves Halloween—and if someone tells you they don’t, you might wish to keep your distance—but few people are aware of the spring’s variant on All Hallow’s Eve.
BY COLIN FLEMING | April 30, 2024
The premise, like the ambient air of fatalism, owes as much to film noir as it does horror. A man wakes in a place he can’t remember arriving at, his body bearing the ravages of some...
BY JOSÉ TEODORO | April 15, 2024
Done right, a movie can conjure feelings you typically wouldn’t have—or, in the case of many dark genre works, ones you absolutely don’t want. The powerhouse Femme...
BY LAURA KERN | March 29, 2024
RAVENOUS
Seen from the vantage point of the present, any film with the barest hint of a quarantine narrative can only remind its audience of the COVID pandemic.
BY NICHOLAS RUSSELL | March 22, 2024
Drawing inspiration from the special bleary-eyed ambiance of vintage witching-hour television, this found-footage curio from Australia’s fraternal writing/directing duo…
BY JOSÉ TEODORO | March 22, 2024
There is nothing quite so destabilizing as being told again and again that you are someone you are not.
BY LAURA WYNNE | March 8, 2024
Clocking in at a swift 87 minutes, Andrew Cumming’s feature debut is a slick, beautiful genre piece best suited for the big screen. Partially reminiscent of Jean-Jacques Annauds Quest for Fire (1981)—another prehistoric...
BY MARGARET BARTON-FUMO | February 9, 2024
Sometimes all it takes is one sentence to demolish everything you thought you knew about a person.
BY STEVEN MEARS | February 7, 2024
At this crazy moment, when film history is caught in the grip of multiple clichés that grind on and on and on—puerile revenge...
BY KENT JONES | September 10, 2023
