12 Days of Christmas Horror
New recommendations December 22 – January 2
I’ve no idea how literally to take Wetiko’s claim, displayed in multiple languages during its ominous title sequence, that the film is based on true events. But the thematic elements that constitute the core of its lurid drama ring true enough: centuries after the conquest of the Americas, the colonizers have ceased to violently impose their religion upon…
Trying to write about the 28 movies—that most blitzed-out and body-baggy horror franchise measured in days, weeks, years—I turned, like a good hauntologist, to half-remembered popular music.
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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
BY LAURA KERN | February 12, 2026
A formative horror-watching experience from the horror medium’s own formative years, 1932’s The Most Dangerous Game is the kind of film that resonates in a viewer’s mind...
BY COLIN FLEMING | February 10, 2026
The aging antiques dealer discovers the device in the hollow of an archangel statue. The device was forged over 400 years previous by an alchemist who used this intricate creation to filter his blood and grant him eternal life...
BY JOSÉ TEODORO | December 28, 2025
Bryan Bertino scares the daylights out of me. It’s axiomatic that horror movies are the stuff of nightmares, but I can’t think of another…
BY PAUL FELTEN | December 2, 2025
Before Thanksgiving became a speed bump on the capitalist road between Halloween…
BY COLIN FLEMING | November 26, 2025
With his towering frame, regal bearing, and cruel blue eyes, Vincent Price stands tall in the pantheon of horror icons. But the prevalence of ham in his acting might suggest that...
BY STEVEN MEARS | November 11, 2025
Timothy Leary taught us that set and setting are critical to determining the shape of any mind-altering experience. Mindset: sleep-deprived after an unfortunate all-nighter at work.
BY TOM PHELAN | November 5, 2025
Producer Brian Yuzna, known for his work with the Lovecraftian filmmaker Stuart Gordon, tried his hand at solo directing in 1989, when he leveraged the Re-Animator (1985) sequel rights...
BY MARGARET BARTON-FUMO | October 30, 2025
When he was casting the lead in Rabid in 1976, writer/director David Cronenberg wanted...
BY LAURA WYNNE | August 27, 2025
RAVENOUS
The Boxer’s Omen, Kuei Chih-hung’s second-to-last film, is absolutely unlike anything you’ve seen before. The director’s Shaw Brothers career is only recently enjoying renewed appreciation...
BY RUFUS DE RHAM | August 15, 2025
While Carmilla is the primary historical source for 90 percent of the lesbian vampire movie...
BY LAURA WYNNE | July 28, 2025
Everything is either fractured or in the process of splitting apart. It is the final decade of the Cold War, and Mark (Sam Neill), a spy, returns to West Berlin, the more prosperous, though eerily...
BY JOSÉ TEODORO | July 8, 2025
With only three brisk features over 16 long years, Sean Byrne has become perhaps the most fervently anticipated horror filmmaker, to the frustration of impatient fans.
BY LAURA KERN | June 6, 2025
“This phrase ‘point of view’ has to be taken seriously,” said Serge Daney, referencing...
BY FRANK FALISI | January 13, 2025
The Substance opens with its simplest, most natural image: a raw chicken’s egg, the yolk yellow and dewy, lying flat on a white background. A long needle full of an unnaturally green fluid enters the frame and is injected...
BY VIOLET LUCCA | September 21, 2024
