2020 horror
We Need to Talk About The Vast of Night [Editorial]
Plenty of movies are set in the olden times to paper over the cracks in their otherwise thin stories. Maybe, the filmmakers seem to be thinking, if there’s a TV set with a massive antenna pokin...
His House is the Most Underrated Horror Movie of the Year [Editorial]
Amid a global pandemic, no genre has survived – nay, thrived – like horror has. The misfit of the film world has always existed in the shadows, of course, covertly shared through VHS tap...
Freaky Winningly Turns Murder Into Female Empowerment [Review]
The original working title for Freaky, Christopher Landon’s highly-anticipated follow-up to his fan favorite Happy Death Day movies, was Freaky Friday the 13th. Because of rights issues, they o...
Koko-di, Koko-da is Defiantly Strange and Surprisingly Emotional [Review]
Koko-di, Koko-da is the latest proudly bizarro offering from acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Johannes Nyholm (Jätten). And, in the grand tradition of weird Scandinavian fare, it takes some getting us...
Sleep (AKA Schlaf) Will Definitely Keep You Up At Night [Fantasia Review]
As scary as sleep paralysis, intense nightmares, etc. are there are very few horror movies that actually deal with these conditions effectively; Sleep (or Schlaf, auf Deutsch) looks set to cha...
The Pale Door Marks Aaron B. Koontz Out as One to Watch [Review]
The Pale Door is the latest offering from Aaron B. Koontz, a filmmaker who’s quickly becoming one of the most interesting voices working in horror right now. In keeping with how different Scare ...
Shudder’s Host is Truly Terrifying [Review]
Host is the kind of movie that could only have been made now. Taking place entirely on a Zoom conference call, with the COVID-19 quarantine in full effect (one character even puts a mask on for a brie...
She Dies Tomorrow is a Perplexingly Involving Offering from Amy Seimetz [Review]
She Dies Tomorrow is the sophomore feature from prolific actress Amy Seimetz. And, as befitting someone whose eclectic career has encompassed the likes of You’re Next, Lean on Pete, and the ghas...
Blood Vessel Sails Along Interminably [Review]
The IMDb summary for Blood Vessel offers considerably more scene-setting information than the entire movie, which is really saying something, particularly considering the amount of references to ̶...