A truly intense experience all horror nerds should seek out! What: the 11th Annual Shock Around the Clock Marathon Where: The Drexel Theatre, Columbus Ohio When Saturday October 12th 12pm- 12pmSunday October 13th Survival – a Matter of Planning Traveling out … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 – Surviving a 24 Hour Horror Movie Marathon

Before there was the Blair Witch, there was The Last Broadcast The Last Broadcast (1998) Found footage is hit or miss because there’s a fine line between “holy crap these amateurs are in over their heads “ and “wow this … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Day 10 The Last Broadcast

Did you know Werner Herzhog produced a found footage horror movie that stars director Zak Penn? Well if not, you’re welcome.  Incident at Loch Ness (2004) A Tale of Two Movies This movie is bit tricky to untangle because it … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Day 9 Incident at Loch Ness

Today continues a series on found footage horror for the week. So much of life is filled with little mysteries. About a year ago when leaving work there was a red apple on the roof my car. Surely someone left … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Day 8 Lake Mungo

Horror is a genre where a lot of diehards have seen the majority of “the classics” and finding new features worth checking out can be a task that often leads to looking for a diamond in the rough (and boy … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Days 6-7 Gives you an international double feature

Going to try and get these up for each Saturday of the month as part of a theme of specifically gonzo, weird/fun/different horror entries I consider more to be “midnight movies”. Let’s Get Right to the Point Watch this movie. … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Day 5 Saturday Midnight Feature: Hausu

Horror movies like all genres go through phases. Sometimes this yields results where a beloved subgenre is encased in amber for future generations to revisit (your screwball comedies for instance). Other times, movies just seem to get forgotten along the … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 Day 4 Targets

  Writer’s note: I love horror movies both from a geeky fanboy stance and also as someone whose spent a fair amount of time in film academia. While the genre definitely has more lows than highs, I find it fascinating … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019: Days 1-3 Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise

10/31/2018 – Grand Finale: A Bay of Blood (1971) Directed by Mario Bava Well it’s finally that time of the year, Halloween.  I’ve been celebrating with horror movies all month, but it’s finally time to treat myself for all the writing … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Grand Finale: A Bay of Blood

10/30/2018 – Vietnam: The Housemaid (2016) Directed by Derek Nguyen Our final country and fifty-fifth overall is Vietnam, a country that for most Americans continues to be defined by the Vietnam War.  The country itself has long been dominated by censorship … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Vietnam: The Housemaid

10/29/2018 – Coralie Fargeat: Revenge (2017) Directed by Coralie Fargeat We’ve finally reached the end of our look at female directors in horror.  This year we’ve looked at twelve female horror directors (or in one case, a directing duo) with five more to … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Coralie Fargeat: Revenge

10/28/2018 – 2010s: Unsane (2018) Directed by Steven Soderbergh It’s impossible to seriously look back at a decade with any clarity when we haven’t even finished it, so now I’m going to do just that.  While some trends may seem apparent thus far, … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – 2010s: Unsane

10/27/2018 – United Arab Emirates: Djinn (2013) Directed by Tobe Hooper Our second Middle Eastern country of the year is one with a far less extensive history.  The first film, Aber Sabeel, wasn’t made until 1988 and it was never released in … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – United Arab Emirates: Djinn

10/26/2018 – Anna Biller: The Love Witch (2016) Directed by Anna Biller For once I do not need to update what has happened with female directed films since I already covered 2016 last time.  Today’s director, Anna Biller, would receive a bachelor’s … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Anna Biller: The Love Witch

10/25/2018 – 2000s: Three… Extremes (Saam gaang yi) (2004) Directed by Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, and Takashi Miike Last decade, we witnessed the horror industry in a downturn quality wise after a stellar one before that.  Towards the end of the ’90s, the genre at … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – 2000s: Three… Extremes (Saam gaang yi)

10/24/2018 – Romania: Domnisoara Christina (1992) Directed by Viorel Sergovici Romania represents the twenty fourth European nation we’ve looked at (and final one this year) which means that nearly half the continent has been covered.  There’s been a distinct Euro-centric focus to this … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Romania: Domnisoara Christina

10/23/2018 – Sophia Takal: Always Shine (2016) Directed by Sophia Takal We again move one year closer to the present from our last installment in this section and even more so this year, we have a number of very well received titles.  Besides … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Sophia Takal: Always Shine

10/22/2018 – 1990s: eXistenZ (1999) Directed by David Cronenberg If the 1980s were marked by horror being at a peak while the rest of the film industry sunk around it, the 1990s saw the reverse trend.  There were numerous factors at … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – 1990s: eXistenZ

10/21/2018 – Philippines: ‘Wag Kang Lilingon (2006) Directed by Quark Henares and Jerry Lopez Sineneng The cinema of the Philippines is far more extensive than that of the others we’ve looked at this year.  Dating back to the silent era, the … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Philippines: ‘Wag Kang Lilingon

10/20/2018 – Karyn Kusama: The Invitation (2015) Directed by Karyn Kusama We are only advancing a year since our last female directed horror film and yet we still have a number of efforts to highlight.  Positive reviews were a common theme this … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Karyn Kusama: The Invitation

10/19/2018 – 1980s: The Lost Boys (1987) Directed by Joel Schumacher As the 1970s came to a close, the film industry as a whole was about to suffer a death in the family.  The beloved New Hollywood movement which had brought filmmaking … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – 1980s: The Lost Boys