Tag: horror

MĀRAMA: Release Date And Trailer/Poster Premiere for Maori Gothic-Horror

Marama, the Maori gothic-horror from writer-director Taratoa Stappard, will arrive in theaters on April 17th. Distributed by Dark Sky FIlms and Watermelon Pictures, Marama is wrapping up its festival run in the coming weeks at festivals across the U.S. The...

FACES OF DEATH Red Band Trailer: Plus The Theatrical And Character Posters

For the first time we get a sense of how director Daniel Goldhaber and their co-writer, Isa Mazzei, mixed the mondo horror of the original flick into a narrative structure.

STORM WARNING: Canadian Duo The Butler Brothers to Direct Nazi Vampire Horror Flick

The only thing worse than Nazis or Vampires, is the two combined.

VAMPIRES OF THE VELVET LOUNGE Review: Swipe Left on This Overstuffed Noir

Mena Suvari and Dichen Lachman star in writer/director Adam Sherman's noir horror comedy

Friday One Sheet: FACES OF DEATH

Exploiting on the one of the odder alleys of nostalgia, a modern remake of the American Mondo cult classic Faces of Death gets its turn in the meat grinder of capitalism.

SATURNALIA: Giallo Thriller Homage Arrives on VOD This April

Miriam Basconi is shipped off to the prestigious Alstroemerias Academy after the mysterious death of her parents. Confronted with a cruel headmistress and disappearing students, Miriam must discover the truth of what's happening and uncovers a surreal world living inside the walls.

UP ALL NIGHT- BETWEEN THE SHEETS: BloodstreamTV Announces Video Podcast With Host Rhonda Shear

Our friends over at BloodstreamTV have announced a new podcast, Up All Night - Between the Sheets, hosted by a late-night icon from the 90s, Rhonda Shear.

SXSW 2026 Review: DRAG, Lizzy Caplan Shines As A Would-Be Thief Felled By A Bad Back

Sometimes it feels good to fuck over someone who has wronged you, but sometimes it turns out to be a terrible mistake. In the case of first-time feature writer/directors Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer’s Drag, Lizzy Caplan and her movie...

SXSW 2026 Review: THEY WILL KILL YOU, Zazie Beetz Slashes Her Way Through A Killer Cult In This Blast Of Bloody Energy

A woman seeking to rescue her little sister takes a job at an ultra-exclusive hotel only to find that the residents have a nasty, violent, murderous secret in director Kirill Sokolov’s Hollywood debut, They Will Kill You. Asia Reaves (Zazie...

I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU DIE: Horror Comedy Debuts on Streaming This April

When his slasher fiction novel manifests in real life, hack writer Rian Burman has to finish his story without getting his protagonist murdered by a seriously sadistic Stalker who will stop at nothing to have her.

Panic Fest 2026: Final Wave Announced, Incl. a Maori Gothic Revenge Horror And a Survival Horror Starring Randy Couture

The folks at Panic Fest in Kansas City, MO, have shared the final handful of films for this year's fourteenth edition of the festival.

SXSW 2026 Review: IMPOSTERS, A Missing Baby Brings Out A Powerful Performance From Jessica Rothe

What a year it has been for first time feature filmmakers at SXSW. Back in 2019, Caleb J. Phillips took home the Midnight Shorts Jury Award for his horror film “Other Side of the Box”, he returns to the fest...

SXSW 2026 Review: AMERICAN DOLLHOUSE, Grief Does Strange Things To Two Women With Mommy Issues

Down on her luck Sarah (Hailley Laurén) has returned to her hometown to take possession of the decrepit family home left behind by her deceased mother. Meanwhile, her nosy, unstable neighbor Sandy (Kelsey Pribilski) is insistent that Sarah continue her...

SXSW 2026 Review: HOKUM, Be Very Afraid Of Damian McCarthy's Latest

In 2024 Damian McCarthy lit up the horror world with his quietly terrifying Oddity, a film I reviewed for its SXSW world premiere, and while it was topping year end horror lists left and right, I was a bit less...

SXSW 2026 Review: NEVER AFTER DARK, A Ravishingly Horrific Ghost Story With A Twist

A traveling psychic medium who specializes in clearing unwanted spirits arrives at a remote Japanese hotel to take on her most unexpected and dangerous challenge yet in Dave Boyle’s ravishingly dark ghost story, Never After Dark. Airi (Moeka Hoshi) makes...

SXSW 2026 Review: AND HER BODY WAS NEVER FOUND, What's Love Got to Do With It

Mor Cohen and Polaris Banks scripted and star; Polaris Banks directed.

SXSW 2026 Review: GRIND, The Gig Economy Is Killing Gen Z. Literally.

The gig economy is killing Gen Z, and Grind has something to say about it. This anthology film from directors Brea Grant (12 Hour Shift), Chelsea Stardust (Satanic Panic), and Ed Dougherty explores the unique and exquisite pains of making...

Friday One Sheet: OBSESSION

We posted the trailer and poster for Curry Barker's darkly whimsical horror comedy, Obsession, earlier this week. However, the key art, from design house grandson, bears a bit more discussion in today's column. Sometimes, simply an iconic still from the...

THE SERPENT'S SKIN: Watch The Red Band Trailer For Supernatural Queer Romance Thriller

After escaping her transphobic hometown, Anna meets goth tattoo artist Gen. They bond over shared supernatural abilities, but Gen's tattoo work accidentally conjures a demon before their romance can bloom.

SXSW 2026 Review: Aussie Horror DEAD EYES Is A First Person Nightmare

A weekend couples’ excursion the Australian woods goes hellishly awry in director Richard E. Williams’s experimental POV horror, Dead Eyes, premiering this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Sean (Rijen Laine) and his fiancée Grace (Ana Thu Nguyen) are meeting...