Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All opens with a Black father who locks the outside of his daughter, Maren’s, bedroom door. His sole purpose being to protect her from herself. She escapes on a windy night to the house of a friend she made at school, only to end up almost biting off her finger. A […]
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Body horror meets the supernatural in the latest from the Adams Family (John Adams, Toby Poser, and daughters, Zelda and Lulu Adams). It’s no secret that this family is passionate about horror stories and filmmaking, and Mother of Flies is proof of that. Horror You Can Feel After her cancer returns, Mickey (Zelda Adams) has
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There’s a certain moment that happens in a horror film when you know, this is it. This is the moment that we came for. In Osgood Perkins’ Keeper, that moment doesn’t come. Instead, we sit through writer Nick Lepard’s tangled examination of a male dominated society where women are the inevitable sacrifice for it all
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There have been more than a handful of films that depict survival in snow-covered environments. Someone has to fight against the elements in order to make it back to civilization. If they are able to make it at all. Hugo Keijzer’s The Occupant quickly becomes a survival thriller that fixates so heavily on the act
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A Gothic horror exploration set in 1850s England, Taratoa Stappard’s debut feature film, Mārama, binds exquisitely crafted dread with intentional storytelling. Gothic horror stories are often rooted in the fear of something (or someone) and about revealing a dark past. These haunting stories became popular around the mid to late 1800s with books such as
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Found footage fans can rejoice. V/H/S Halloween made its debut at Fantastic Fest 2025 and proved itself worthy of the hype. This year’s installment leans fully into the spirit of the season, with every short tied to the theme of Halloween. And the result? A wild, unpredictable ride that is as chaotic as it is
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Scott Derrickson returns with Black Phone 2, a sequel that delves deeply into both the trauma from the first film and the terror that remains in its wake. Four years after Finn’s disturbing experience with The Grabber, he’s struggling to find his place in the world. Mason Thames’ Finn silently struggles, trying to numb his pain
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Chris Stuckmann is no stranger to film, but stepping behind the camera as a feature director is a whole new arena. However, with Shelby Oaks, he makes a pretty strong first impression. Premiering at Fantastic Fest 2025, the film finds Stuckmann experimenting with style and structure, blending found footage with traditional cinematic techniques to create
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Weapons has one of the most unique premises in recent horror. At 2:17 a.m., seventeen children from the same third-grade class mysteriously vanish. All except one. Sending a suburban town into panic and paranoia at the expense of the teacher, Ms. Justine Gandy, whose students have disappeared. The community is desperate for answers. Cregger’s Fans
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If you were a kid in the late 90s and early 2000s, the opening scene of 28 Years Later will spark some memories for you. I’m sure I’m not the only one who debated with their friends which Teletubby was the best one in the group (it was Tinky Winky). Danny Boyle and Alex Garland
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