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Gather your fellow members, put out a tray of deviled eggs and prepare to be busted by CULT HERO!
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The Scariest Things is heading down to Austin for SXSW and The Overlook Film Festival, two of the most influential festivals in America and we are previewing them for you in Episode 7 of Spooky Time!
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At the edge of the Arctic Circle, in an isolated and remote Inuit community under the unending daylight of the arctic summer, a group of teenage girls fights off boredom... and an alien invasion of Earth. This is the simple premise, executed earnestly, of the feature Slash/Back which had its world premiere at SXSW 2022.
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Frogman injects some fresh air into the somewhat stale shaky cam horror sub-genre. A trio of friends go in search of the elusive cryptid, the Frogman of Loveland Colorado, and manage to uncover something sinister. Well drawn characters and properly edited shaky cam standards combine for one of the best found footage films in years.
The 28th Fantasia International Film Festival will be running from July 18 through August 4, 2024 in Montreal, and with the amount of amazing films on offer, you’re going to need every one of those days!
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The sequel to the Indonesian horror hit May the Devil Take You is a more than worthy successor to the storyline. Alfie, the survivor of the first film is drafted by a group of orphans to assist with the exorcism of their demon spirit of their wicked caretaker. Strong Sam Raimi and Wes Craven influences are in abundance in this bloody and fun showcase of what Indonesian Horror has in store.
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UFO abductees and true believers gather together in a secretive communal cult, hoping to reconnect with their alien encounter. Cosmic Dawn is more about the cult and its actions than the actual alien encounters, and threads enough menace and strangeness to keep you conflicted about whether
Oddity is the scariest horror movie of 2024. It crushed the film festival circuit, drawing acclaim at SXSW, Overlook, BiFan, and Fantasia Fest. The director, Damian McCarthy, took some time to talk with The Scariest Things to tell us about how he crafted the surprise horror hit of the year.
Rural horror and social issues meld in director Craig Oullette’s gruesome fear-fare feature Straight on Till Morning.
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Skinamarink with real scares! Found footage follies! The year of Australian horror! Puzzle Box is the complete horror spook show!
If you haven’t been paying attention 2023 really is the year of Australian horror.
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Cecilia has become a successful influencer, using self-help meditation rituals of her own creation. Unfortunately, she has yet to truly conquer her own insecurities, and when she gets invited to spend some quality time with a long-lost childhood bestie, her childhood bully is there too, bringing up long-dormant fears and is forced to take a more aggressive approach to deal with her problems. At times admirable, at others frustrating, the movie is a bit of a mixed bag of bullying tropes.
★★★★ If you have a stomach for extreme violence
★★1/2 If you can't handle it
Nati Morti will kick your ass, rip out your guts, and rub them all over your face. It is not, however, a non-stop gore festival. It has a big story to tell, and it has some moments of real poignancy. But, yes, you will need to be able to handle getting your guts ripped out.
Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness reviews:
WORKING CLASS GOES TO HELL (2023)
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Riddle of Fire (2023)
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Kratt, and Ultrasound screen as part of Montreal’s Fantasia 2021, which runs online from August 5–25, 2021.
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Nature versus nurture...when you're the descendants of a serial killer, it's both.
Joseph reviews three fine short films from MidWest WeirdFest.
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In the latest installment to the cringe-inducing horror sub-genre, Home Invasion Horror, we get a fair-to-midland entry with a little heart. Think Funny Games, but less terror, suspense, and sadism. Just some light torture and some fun cameos.
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A grieving widower performs a dark ritual with consequences that lead to An Unquiet Grave
A Night of Horror International Film Festival's 2026 first wave lineup blends the supernatural with the surreal.
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The family that slays together...will have you laughing right until the screaming starts.
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A crumbling relationship leads a couple to take their frustrations out on a jog around a nearby pond, but they get trapped in a mysterious Mobius loop that becomes a private hell for the two of them. A smart,, if repetitive (of course) time paradox tale that explores the truly destructive nature of a breakup in some very clever ways.
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#Manhole is a tense thriller that will keep your guessing until the very end.
Screamfest presents it full 2024 lineup.
MICK GARRIS, WORLD PREMIERES, AND MONSTERS APLENTY AT PORTLAND HORROR FILM FESTIVAL™ JUNE 5th-8th
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Swedish puzzler The House at the End of the Forest serves up more head scratching than it does hand wringing.
★★★★.5 out of ★★★★★ Don’t. Turn. This. Movie. Off. Seriously, it’s a slow burn in grand tradition of slow burn horror films, but the payoff off is so deliciously evil and filling. If you stop after the aspic and the salad course you’ll miss a rather grisly desert.
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Fear the Pythagorean Theorem! Wait... what? The latest film from trendsetting actor/directors Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson explores the fear of pattern languages. Math can be a frustratingly daunting experience at best and mind-bogglingly cryptic at the extremes. Think of it. Irrational numbers. ∞. Triskadecaphobia. π. Abstract numbers. Dividing by zero. What does it all mean? The laws and rules of mathematics that govern our lives can be twisted. Oh, the Horror!
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Curiosity is a dangerous thing. In cosmic horror, the exploration of truths can lead to fates worse than death, and yet, people will still seek to know things they really should leave alone. In Tribe, a man lost in the remote badlands in the southern Sierras is going through a horrible physical transformation. His hope is that some media drives he found in his Airstream trailer will tell him why he is in the predicament he is in. His salvation may come in the form of his own found footage material, but it also may foretell his own doom.
Highlights include the World Premiere of BEEZEL as well as STRANGE DARLING starring Kyle Gallner on Opening Night; 11 feature film World Premieres including SCARED TO DEATH starring Lin Shaye; a 35th Anniversary Presentation of SOCIETY and the First Showing of the “Lost First Cut” of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 with director Brian Yuzna; a Right “2” Remain Silent Double-Bill of MANIAC COP 2 and PSYCHO COP RETURNS with William Lustig and Adam Rifkin; a 25th Anniversary Presentation of Martin Scorsese’s BRINGING OUT THE DEAD; and a Special Presentation of IFC Films’ SKINCARE starring Elizabeth Banks.