Onward with the second half of 2023 and Shudder unveils Colombian survival horror, Quicksand. Shudder announced this one earlier in the year, so it comes with a bit of buzz. Regardless this one’s working with a tricky plot device – maintaining dread and audience investment while characters are trapped in a single location. Some movies, […]
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While horror fans wait for Renfield and Evil Dead Rise to make their way into theaters this April, You’re Killing Me just arrived on select VOD platforms. Aside from it being one of Anne Heche’s final roles, there’s not much known about this thriller. It sounds like it mixes bits of survival horror with a […]
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Tight, enclosed spaces generally make for fertile ground for claustrophobic scares in horror. The Descent, Devil, As Above, So Below, and 10 Cloverfield Lane all work, in part, because their characters have nowhere to go. Given its history and purpose, the Catacombs of Paris – a burial site for reportedly more than six million people […]
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A lot of movies saw their release schedule delayed in 2020 at the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Other movies were shuffled off to streaming platforms. One of those movies, Spell, looked like it had the production budget and potential for an October release. Instead, Paramount quietly dropped this story of Appalachian Hoodoo onto […]
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Earlier in 2022, supernatural thriller Those Who Walk Away premiered simultaneously in select theaters and on VOD platforms. It’s the latest movie to shoot its story in a single continuous take (or at least edited to look like one). From director Robert Rippberger and starring Twilight-alum Booboo Stewart, Those Who Walk Away mixes a familiar […]
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Do you know your neighbours? Your friends? Family? Good horror movies tap into basic fears that transcend time periods. From Invasion of the Body Snatchers to The Thing to The Invitation, paranoia has made for fertile ground in the horror genre. One of the strengths of the premise is its malleability. That is, good filmmakers […]
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This week’s latest offering on Shudder feels like it may have missed the boat by a few years. For the uninitiated, LARPing, or Live Action Role-Playing, is something like playing Dungeons & Dragons. Except you’re outside and actually playing in costume. Maybe you remember that Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott comedy, Role Models? From […]
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On paper, 2007 horror thriller P2 had a lot going for it. Both its premise and setting promised a nail-biting game of cat-and-mouse. Director Franck Kahlfoun came into the movie – his feature length debut – with lots of promise, And Kahlfoun would go on to direct the very disturbing Maniac remake. Writer and producer […]
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