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5 More Minutes // Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2026 Review

Like any good genre nerd, I love a time-loop tale. I’m not talking about your Groundhog Day and Until Dawn (R.I.P. to the movie we could’ve had). I lean more towards movies like Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, Palm Springs, and Happy Death Day. Something about them speaks to me. More importantly, the main characters

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Erie

Erie // Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2026 Review

Alison-Eve Hammersely’s feature debut, Erie, just had its East Coast premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival on October 20th. Hammersely is an award-winning shorts filmmaker who is bringing her voice to the found-footage horror subgenre with Erie. Found footage has found another resurgence in the past few years, so it is nice to see new

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Split Rock

Split Rock // 59th Sitges Film Festival Review

Split Rock is a new cosmic horror feature from director Ryan Glover (Strings) that premiered at the 59th Sitges Film Festival on October 9, 2026, ahead of its North American premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival on October 21, 2026. Split Rock is an atmospheric slow-burn, but does it go beyond surface-level cosmic horror?

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Species Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2026

Species // Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2026 Review

We had the opportunity to see Species (Sanguine) by Marion Le Coroller at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and it did not disappoint. On the surface, it looks like other French body horrors of its ilk, like Titaine or The Substance. Species sets itself apart by focusing on Gen-Z (and let’s be honest, Millennial) burnout.

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Wounds // Screamfest LA 2026 Review

Special effects makeup artists are the unsung heroes of the genre. Our favorite horror movies wouldn’t be what they are without Rick Baker, Jennifer Aspinall, and Ve Neill. We also have this new class opening rib cages and putting characters through household appliances (looks right at Kyasia Fields, Black Spot FX, and Jessie Seitz). So, we

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Drag // Imagine Fantastic Film Festival 2026

Home invasion movies are effective because they leave the viewer in a state of vulnerability. We are supposed to feel safe in our own homes, and home invasion films disrupt that safe feeling. You know what I did not know I needed in my home invasion movies? Comedy. While covering Imagine Fantastic Film Festival, that

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