Eco-horror has grown into a new sub genre in horror and we’re loving it. It’s the belief of modern society that we, the humans, have subdued nature and become the masters of our planet. However, from time to time, “our planet” reminds us that it doesn’t belong to humans at all. Humans belong to the
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A man jacked off next to me at a SXSW premiere and all I got was a lousy t-shirt. Okay, so that’s slightly misleading. I actually got the t-shirt at a different premiere, and it wasn’t a lousy shirt. I really like it. But other than that, it’s a pretty true statement. I’m being serious,
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that, even if horror has always been historically queer, trans horror is sure having a moment right now. Since the 2024 release of Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw The TV Glow, many a trans cinephile has newly gotten into horror, a genre previously reserved (in the popular imagination, at least)
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I always knew film festivals seemed like something I would like to get involved with. I was a pretentious child who probably loved movies even more than I do now. So, I watched a lot of IFC and The Sundance Channel whenever we had premium cable as a kid. I watched indie movies that I
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For decades, the portrayal of non-white practices and religions in Hollywood has been subpar to offensive. Whether Hollywood has attempted to tackle Indigenous American practices, Hoodoo, Santeria, or Vodun, these spiritualities are almost always portrayed in an extremely harmful, negative way. The utilization of marginalized religions in media often comes at the expense of demonizing
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Bright lights, cotton candy, and joyful music aren’t supposed to feel threatening. Instead, carnivals and circuses are purposefully designed to overwhelm you with color and noise as they turn a local parking lot or a fairground into a temporary, childhood-inspired dream. And that’s precisely why carnivals and circuses make such a perfect horror setting. The
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I was one of the people who fell head over heels for Heart Eyes last year. I’m a slasher girl, but it had been a hot minute since a new killer landed on the big screen that was cool enough for me to lean in. However, this was cool, funny, bloody, and just unique enough
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Scream VI is one of the best sequels in this beloved franchise. It’s dangerous the entire runtime in a way the series hasn’t truly been since Scream 2 (it also shares a few other parallels with that sequel). It also continues to build upon the foundation laid down by Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson almost 30 years ago. However, it
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While humans aren’t born afraid of the dark, the vast majority of us tend to feel uneasy when we can’t see well. The darkness is the easiest way to remove vision. The reason behind this is simply evolutionary math. Less information means more uncertainty. For most of human history, nighttime meant greater vulnerability to predators,
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Every few months, a prompt along the lines of “what song instantly makes you time-travel,” or “name a song that came out when you were sixteen,” or “what song do you most associate with a specific event” goes around social media. We all can answer at least one of those. This exercise in nostalgia even
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