DIY Art-Punk Video Tape Transgression
The Ugly, Inspiring Shot-On-Video Horror of Charles Pinion by Josh Lewis One of the major drivers of the undying affection for low-budget and independent genre/exploitation cinema is its historical value as a space for artists on the margins of
REVIEW: Suitable Flesh Pays Demonic Tribute to a Grandmaster of Goop
Joe Lynch channels the late, great Stuart Gordon for a bout of Lovecraftian psychosexual horror by Cian Tsang It’s felt for a while now as if there’s been a blight metastasizing through the horror genre, threatening to destroy so much
Dream Demon: Between Fantasy and Nightmare
Harley Cokeliss's 1988 horror-fantasia straddles the line between art and exploitation, with profound results by Cian Tsang When Spencer, Pablo Larraín’s opulent imagining of the existential crisis of Princess Diana, floated onto the big screen back in 2021, much of the
REVIEW: ‘The Beast’ Weds Arthouse Aesthetics to Epic Sci-fi Horror
Director Bertrand Bonello brings stylistic flare and formal experimentation to an ambitious, genre-defying melodrama by Josh Lewis Part of Blood Knife's TIFF 2023 coverage (Note: Spoilers in the last 2 paragraphs. You've been warned!) In a letter to fellow writer Morton
REVIEW: ‘When Evil Lurks’ Is A Gruesome Shot in the Arm for Possession Horror
Argentine filmmaker Demián Rugna's combines gruesome, Fulci-esque visuals and fine-tuned bleakness by Josh Lewis Part of Blood Knife's TIFF 2023 coverage (NOTE: Spoilers at the end. You've been warned!) The churches have long been dead and there’s a rotten infestation at
Santa Sangre: Finding Salvation in Sacrilege
The surreal horror masterpiece finds religious ecstasy in the profane by Cian Tsang When we first lay our eyes on Fenix (Axel Jodorowsky), he almost seems more bestial than human, as if he’s some organism that’s only just managed to drag himself
Review: “Bad Things” Queers the Classics With Claustrophobic Gay Horror
Stewart Thorndike’s sophomore feature draws on horror classics for a slow-burn queer thriller by Jayne O'Dwyer “Where are all the female Travis Bickles and Jack Torrances?” asked writer-director Stewart Thorndike when her sophomore feature was acquired by Shudder this past spring. It’s
REVIEW: Huesera: The Bone Woman
Director Michelle Garza Cervera's feature debut expertly mines horror from the pains of motherhood and the travails of gender expectations by Michael Zendejas There’s a lot that makes Huesera: The Bone Woman, Michelle Garza Cervera’s 2022 feature directorial debut, truly impressive. There's
We Accept Her: 90 Years of Freaks
Though it ought to be a snapshot of a bygone era, Tod Browning's classic film still feels like a reflection by Kathryn Finch In 2008, Richard Butchins’ documentary The Last American Freakshow was summarily rejected from the London Disability Film Festival. Butchins’
Beyond the Bloodbath: The Abyssal Depths of Xtro
There's more than just blood and guts at the core of this nauseating cult horror classic by Cian Tsang Roger Ebert called Xtro “an ugly, mean-spirited and despairing thriller” in his scathing review of Harry Bromley Davenport’s goopy sci-fi horror film,