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The Production Design of Shudder’s The Boy Behind the Door, Interview with Ryan Brett Puckett

Straight off the success of The Djinn, directors Justin Powell and David Charbonier are at it again, with The Boy Behind the Door. The horror/thriller will be premiering on Shudder July 29th. The syno...

Slaxx Boasts One Seriously Killer Pair of Pants [Review]

Oftentimes, with horror movies, a goofy premise works better on paper than it does in practice. You only have to look to the recent Aquaslash – a film about a killer waterslide – for evidence that a g...

The Queen of Black Magic is Not for the Fainthearted [Review]

“Remake” is a dirty word in horror, to the extent the recent re-imagining of Eli Roth’s execrable Cabin Fever led to much pearl clutching throughout the community (as though the original was any good ...

The Cleansing Hour

The Cleansing Hour Takes Familiar Tropes and Offers A Fresh Approach (DVD Review)

At this point in history, the demonic possession sub-genre has covered all bases. For every The Exorcist, there are a dozen films that try but ultimately fall short of leaving a lasting impression. Th...

A Creepshow Holiday Special Shapeshifts In Many Directions [Review]

Shudder’s Creepshow series has done an excellent job thus far giving viewers an anthology to latch onto. Capturing the spirit of what made the original George A. Romero & Stephen King collab...

Director Kurtis David Harder

Kurtis David Harder Hopes Spiral Won’t Still Be Topical 10 Years From Now [Interview]

Canadian filmmaker Kurtis David Harder has had a hand in some of the most well-received horror movies of the last few years, producing the likes of Harpoon, What Keeps You Alive, and Z. Harder is also...

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...

Scare Package scream

Scare Package is a Near Perfect Horror Anthology [Review]

Scare Package, Shudder’s latest must-watch, is an anthology so, even without knowing anything else about it, one’s guard is up. Anthologies are tough to get right chiefly because they’re only as good ...

Cursed Films

Shudder’s Cursed Films Series Finishes Strong [Review]

Cursed Films opened its season with explorations of the superstitions surrounding The Exorcist, Poltergeist, and The Omen. The religious and spiritual nature of the themes these films touch on seeming...