‘Sex, drugs, rock and roll – Dracula, and then you die.’ Dracula in Love is a 2018 Canadian supernatural horror feature film written and directed by Izidore K. Musallam (second assistant director on David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers) The Hand ‘n’ Hand… Read More ›
Boogeyman Pop is a 2018 horror feature film written and directed by Brad Michael Elmore. The movie stars M.C. Gainey, James Paxton and José Julián. “An examination of adolescence through the lens of horror and trash culture. Set over the course of one… Read More ›
Scream – and Die! – promoted as Scream and Die – is a 1973 British horror thriller feature film directed by Spanish filmmaker José Ramón Larraz [as Joseph Larraz] (Symptoms; Vampyres; Deadly Manor) from a screenplay by Derek Ford (Corruption; Don’t Open Till Christmas, The… Read More ›
The art of selling a movie, particularly a horror movie, is often based on a distinctive and memorable ad campaign. An intriguing, horrific or even repellent image – aligned with a few keywords that aim to draw an audience in – are… Read More ›
Lace Crater is a 2015 American comedy horror film written and directed by Harrison Atkins, his first feature full-length film. It stars Lindsay Burdge, Peter Vack, Chase Williamson, Joe Swanberg, Jennifer Kim, Keith Poulson and Andrew Ryder. The film had its… Read More ›
‘No more clowning around’ Cleaver: Rise of the Killer Clown is a 2015 British horror film directed by MJ Dixon (Slasher House and sequel; Hollower; Grindsploitation) from a screenplay co-written with producer Jason Harlow (Another Evil Night). The film was part financed… Read More ›
She Wolf – original title: Mujer lobo – is a 2013 Argentinian erotic horror film directed by Tamae Garateguy from a screenplay by Diego Fleischer based on her storyline. It stars Luján Ariza, César Bordón, Hernán Bustos, Edgardo Castro, Germán Da Silva, Miguel Forza de Paul. Plot teaser: She… Read More ›
Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953 – 1968 is an academic book written by Kevin Hefferman and published by Duke University Press in 2004. In the first economic history of the horror film, Kevin… Read More ›
‘She lured them with her beauty and destroyed them with her sex’ Scream of the Butterfly is a 1965 American exploitation film directed by Argentinian Eber Lobato from a screenplay by Alan J. Smith (who also appears as Christian)… Read More ›
Zombie TV is a 2013 Japanese action/horror/comedy film co-written and co-directed by Maelie Makuno, Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police; Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl; Helldriver) and Naoya Tashiro (splatter shorts: Naked Sister; Hell of the College Girls; Cannibal Maid and Killer Nurse). The film… Read More ›
Devil Fetus – original title Mo Tai or 魔胎 – is a 1983 Hong Kong film directed by Lau Hung Chuen (cinematographer on We’re Going to Eat You) from a screenplay by Wen-hua Cheng (Haunted Jail House; Exorcist Master) and Ging-Jiu Lo. It stars Eddie… Read More ›
It Follows is a 2014 American supernatural horror film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. It stars Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi (Feral) and Lili Sepe. The distinctive synthesizer soundtrack was created by Richard… Read More ›
The Mad Genius (1931) is an all-talking pre-code horror drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, and in small roles, Boris Karloff and Frankie Darro. The film is based on the play The Idol (1929) by Martin Brown, which… Read More ›
‘You’ll all be dammed!’ Zombeavers is a 2013 American sex comedy horror film co-written (with Al and Jon Kaplan) and directed by Jordan Rubin. Main cast: Bill Burr, Cortney Palm, Rachel Melvin, Hutch Dano, Jake Weary, Rex Linn, Brent Briscoe, Robert R. Shafer (The Shadowman; Helen Keller vs…. Read More ›
‘The new teacher is smart, sexy and out for blood’ Chastity Bites is a 2013 American horror comedy feature film directed by John V. Knowles from a screenplay by Lotti Pharriss Knowles. The movie stars Allison Scagliotti, Francia Raisa, Louise Griffiths, Eduardo Rioseco, Chloë Crampton, Amy Okuda, Sarah Stouffer, Lindsey… Read More ›
‘Digging in the cemetery can have grave consequences.’ Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI is a 1986 American supernatural slasher horror film written and directed by Tom McLoughlin (One Dark Night). It is the sixth entry in the Friday the 13th film series. Although the original… Read More ›
Dracula is a 2013 British/American NBC series television drama produced by London based shingle Carnival Films. The show was created by Cole Haddon, and is a loose re-imagining of the classic Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Dan Knauf, creator of the HBO series Carnivàle, is showrunner/head writer, working with Haddon. Principal filming took place… Read More ›
Rubberneck is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Alex Karpovsky (who also stars) from a screenplay co-written with Garth Donovan. Main cast: Alex Karpovsky, Jaime Ray Newman, Dennis Staroselsky Review: As downbeat a movie as you are likely to see… Read More ›
Embryo – aka Created to Kill – is a 1976 science fiction horror film produced by Sandy Howard (The Devil’s Rain) and directed by Ralph Nelson from a screenplay by Anita Doohan and Jack W. Thomas. It stars Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Roddy McDowall and Anne Schedeen. Embryo is now in the public… Read More ›
‘Sexual activity in this bedroom is PARAnormal’ Paranormal Whacktivity is a 2013 American comedy horror directed by Roger Roth from a screenplay by Chris Pentzell and Geoffrey Plitt. Aneliese Roettger, Stephanie Danielson and Chanel Ryan star. The film is a horror spoof in the… Read More ›
Gothkill – The Soul Collector is a 2009 American comedy horror film written and directed by James Connelly [as JJ Connelly]. Its stars Anastacia Andino, Eve Blackwater and Juliya Chernetsky. Review: This is the sort of film I approach with some trepidation –… Read More ›
Don’t Look Now – aka A Venezia… un dicembre rosso shocking – is a 1973 British/Italian horror film directed by Nicolas Roeg (The Man Who Fell to Earth). It was adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier. It stars Julie Christie (Demon Seed) and Donald Sutherland (Frankenstein, 2004). While Don’t Look Now observes… Read More ›
‘It’s what’s inside that counts’ Teeth is a 2007 American comedy horror feature film written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, about a teenage girl who has teeth in her vagina. Dawn O’Keefe (Jess Weixler) is a teenage spokesperson for a Christian abstinence group called… Read More ›