Body Horror
The Brood is Cronenberg’s Most Autobiographical Movie: Here’s Why
David Cronenberg’s The Brood is not only one of his best movies, it’s one of his most personal. It might not seem like it at first. But the film is about a woman who subconsciously creates monsters in...
Four Horror Film Transformations That are Incredibly Uncomfortable to Watch
Transformations have been an incredibly relevant part of horror films, dating back to the very beginning. Stories of humans transforming into animals and otherworldly beings go back as far as there ar...
A Banquet Sets Its Table With An Overstuffed Array Of Female Focused Horror [Review]
A Banquet ‘s Holly (Sienna Guillory) is a woman on the brink. Still reeling from the suicide of her terminally ill husband, she’s grief ridden and shellshocked. She valiantly struggles wit...
The Stuff is Food Horror at its Finest [Retrospective]
Larry Cohen is a filmmaker who just does not get the credit he deserves. His pictures are all too often labeled as B-Movies. But while they may be campy, it’s a very intentional camp. He has a unique ...
Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete Collection is the Groovy and Spectacular Swan Song of an Icon [Blu-Ray Review]
When prophecies spoke of a timeless hero, they were probably alluding to someone with a tad more integrity and someone less fond of dick jokes than Ash Williams. In a war against ancient evil, however...
Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ is a Striking Experiment
The notion of following up Alex Garland’s landmark of sci-fi cinema, Ex Machina, is unquestionably daunting. Though his directorial meddle wasn’t tested until 2015, Garland’s screenwriting career soli...
Four of the Strangest Non-Cronenberg Body Horror Films
David Cronenberg is undeniably the master of body horror, so much that the sub-genre has become synonymous with his name, even if he hasn’t directed a movie of this type in years. He will always be th...
Body Art: Seven of the Best Body Modification Horror Movies
Body horror is as endlessly fascinating as it is uncomfortable. When we think of body horror, we tend to think of movies about the body breaking down and becoming something else, being transformed by ...
One Man’s Trash: The Sleazy Majesty of Street Trash
We all know the old saying. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” It bears repeating because Street Trash is certainly not a treasure for everyone. In some ways it doesn’t really feel like it’s...
