We Are Indie Horror Film Festival- The Event We've Been Waiting For
Do you love independent film? What about short form horror? Would you like to attend twelve different film festivals over the course of ten days all in one location? Well, fright fans, we’ve got some exciting news to share with you. ProCo Production Company and We Are Indie Horror have teamed up with Action on Film to bring us the first ever We Are Independent Horror Film Festival. A part of the week and a half long celebration at MEGAfest, this indie horror film festival pro
New On Shudder: November 2017
Genre fans can be thankful for the myriad of fresh gory titles coming to Shudder in November. Halloween has come and gone, but the chills come 24/7 with Shudder’s monthly streaming service. Everything from classic staples like Carpenter’s The Fog to more recent hard-hitting viscera like Ritual is coming your way starting next week. Check out the list of upcoming exclusives! 11/9: WOLF CREEK - Based on the hit Ozploitation horror series, psycho killer Mick Taylor (John Jarratt
New On Shudder: October 2017
For horror fans, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the time when everyone else catches up and starts playing up the macabre aesthetic that we rep all year ‘round. In October, we’re all weirdos and we all wear black. The month of October brings forth some stellar additions to Shudder, including these exclusives: 10/5: Seoul Station - Director Yeon Sang-ho’s animated prequel to his zombie sleeper hit Train to Busan tells the story of how it all began. As several gr
New On Shudder: August 2017
Summer’s almost over and the kids are getting ready to head back to school. Those of you who wish to get into the spirit of education would do well to head over to Shudder this month, where a Battle Royale double feature is waiting just for you. Directed by Kinja Fukasu and starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, and Tarô Yamamoto, Battle Royale follows a class of Japanese ninth-grade students who are forced to fight to the death under the requirements of a sacrificial governem
Thank you, Mister Romero.
Horror has seen a renaissance in the last century that has pushed it from an obscure, almost taboo lust shared by a small group of fringe fetishists to a truly vibrant and thriving subculture around the globe. No one has done more to shape this terrifying landscape than legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. I was eight when I saw his seminal classic, Night of the Living Dead for the first time. I'm hard pressed to think of any intangible thing that ever frightened me more. An
Bring Out Your Dead: Resurrecting the Nashville Zombie Walk. Part Two: Insuring the Dead
Dawn of the Dead is one of my favorite zombie movies. The original, not the 2004 remake with Ving Rhames. I love the cheesy, campy, blue painted zombies, the phenomenal quotables that lend some insight into the chaos of the apocalypse, and that late 70’s charm as survivors make a new life for themselves in the heart of a shopping mall. Romero’s zombies became the perfect analogy for the overbearing consumerism and materialism swallowing an entire nation. If you haven’t watche
Exclusive: Interviewing the Creators of 'Never Hike Alone'
If you’re a kid who grew up hiking through the woods and camping out in the darkness under the stars, Friday the 13th is one of those films that just messes with you. Being alone in the raw, undisturbed depths of nature is a powerful experience but, with a vivid imagination and one of the greatest campfire tales ever told to play out in the back of your mind as you hike along those overgrown trails and wooded slopes can quickly turn a relaxing hike into a primal exercise in f
A Killer Cut: Interviewing the Producers of Friday the 13th Part 3: The Memoriam Documentary
The 70’s and 80’s saw a Renaissance in horror cinema as writers and directors ushered in a new era of schlock and awe. Violence, graphic practical effects, and buckets of blood that would have all been left to our imagination during the B Movie “Golden Age” the 50’s and early 60’s was suddenly fair game as zombies and crazed killers cut a swath across the silver screen. Some of the most endearing and iconic horror movie figures were born along this blood soaked new trail and
'The Autopsy of Jane Doe' Takes on a Gruesome Perspective
I’m not one to issue warnings about the things I write, especially on websites dealing in horror fiction aimed at an audience that craves gore and fright as much as the oxygen they breathe. Still, I’m about to share not only spoilers but, at times, my own semi-graphic recollection of my experiences with the dead. It’s the sort of stuff that changes the way your perceive life not to mention horror. For people outside of a military or emergency service background, you may find
What’s New On Shudder: December 2016
Horror fans have plenty to be joyful about this holiday season, especially if Shudder is streaming in the household. While other streaming services are playing lighthearted family films throughout the month, Shudder plays horror, and only horror, all year long. This month, however, they’ve got some special treats to add to our stockings. From a sinister Christmastime classic to Rob Zombie’s latest effort, the genre service has plenty of cheer to spread for every horror fan fo
