“If it gets too real, you can always turn it off.” It has taken me an entire week to even think about writing a review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: a film that has been crawlin’ around in my brain and filling it with colorful candy wrappers, gigantic blood fountains, fiery sapphic chemistry,
The 2026 Fantastic Fest 21st edition will present 35 World Premieres, 21 International and North American Premieres, and 14 U.S. Premieres featuring the very best in genre from across the globe, alongside famous events and surprise guests. Celebrate all things spooky at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX, from September 17th-24th, 2026. The
In The Serpent’s Skin, we follow Anna (Alexandra McVicker) who leaves her small, transphobic hometown to start a new life in the city with her sister. When Anna is able to repel a would-be attacker with witchy abilities, her powers reach out across the veil to Gen (Avalon Fast – the writer/director of Camp, one
Y’all know I’m a physical media girlie, so when I saw WOLF MAN was coming out on 4K, I was pretty stoked. The better to see all of the incredible practical F/X in the latest film by Leigh Whannell, whose 2020 feature, THE INVISIBLE MAN, is one of my favorite films of all time. WOLF
Wrapping up my 2024 challenge of watching a new-to-me horror movie every single day for 100 days! This list includes features AND shorts — check out the first 50 here, and read on below for the final choices: Day 51: The Power (2021)Directed by Corinna Faith In 1970s London, a trainee nurse spends her first
The list of short films at Fantastic Fest this year is vast – but I managed to watch quite a few of them in the press room, and here are some that I really, really, REALLY enjoyed. First up, FACES (2024), Directed by Blake Simon.FACES follows a shapeshifting entity as it encounters a group of
Having worked at a Pop Culture museum (MoPOP) with a collection of amazing movie props, I was curious about the new documentary MAD PROPS, directed by Juan Pablo Reinoso. This documentary follows Tom Biolchini, an avid movie prop collector, as he journeys across the globe in search of other collectors to find out why these
It’s my belief that truly frightening horror is able to tap into several levels of consciousness, and Kate Dolan’s YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER goes DEEP. The week before Samhain, shy and bullied teen Char (Hazel Doupe) finds her mother, Angela (Carolyn Bracken), acting more erratically than usual. Angela disappears without a trace overnight, then
I Love Splatter! 