Hallmark and Netflix Christmas movies may be unimaginative and predictable, but at least they only come out once a year. On the other hand, Tubi seems intent on unloading a steady stream of ‘original’ thrillers on what feels like an almost weekly basis. However, with titles like Requiem for a Scream, Sinister Assistant, and The […]
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Eli Roth occupies something of a precarious position among horror fans. Like Quentin Tarantino and Rob Zombie, Roth finds much of his inspiration from a specific time period and style of filmmaking – 70s Grindhouse thrillers. Most of Roth’s filmography recalls the Grindhouse visual and narrative styles. Eventually Roth directly indulged his filmmaking tastes when […]
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Right now, free streaming platform Tubi is taking a page from the Hallmark Christmas movie machine model. On what feels like a weekly basis, Tubi is churning out one original project after another that all look vaguely similar. If Hallmark has a cookie-cutter template for its Christmas movies, Tubi seems to have one for psychological […]
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Yes, at nearly the halfway point of 2023, the horror genre delivers another social media thriller. If horror mirrors societal anxieties, we’re clearly handwringing over our TikTok, Twitch, and OnlyFans accounts. Just two weeks ago, Shudder platformed another social media horror movie, the very effective Influencer. Now director Sylia Caminer and writer Dani Barker’s Follow […]
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Another month, another new entry to the rapidly growing social media horror subgenre. Just over the last year or so, we’ve seen Deadstream, Sissy, Shook, Followers, and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair pop and click ‘Unlike’ on influencers and other aspects of our social media culture. Now as May comes to a close, […]
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French director Pascal Laugier is about as polarizing as it gets in the horror genre. His sophomore effort, Martyrs, remains one of the most controversial horror movies of all time. Though it didn’t have the same far-reaching impact, Ghostland – or Incident in a Ghostland -was no less divisive upon its release. Somewhere in between […]
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Few things are quite as scary as the past. Maybe we don’t all have a dark past waiting to peak its head up at some inopportune moment. Yet in all likelihood, at the very least, everyone has a handful of embarrassing moments they’d rather forget. With his latest effort, They Wait in the Dark, veteran […]
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Three years have no passed since COVID-19 plunged the world into unprecedented lockdowns and isolation. While the pandemic persists, more movies are releasing that either directly work the events into their narrative or implicitly explore themes of isolation, paranoia, and infection. The latest indie horror movie to hit VOD platforms this week, Snow Falls, lands […]
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