Chattanooga Film Festival serves up another scintillating cinematic stew of genre films for its 2023 edition, running June 23rd through […]
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The Scariest Things Episode 166: Getting Weird with TUBI!
Your hosts are diving into the depths of the streaming horror to find you the weirdest, watchable horror on TUBI. Tune into podcast episode 166: TUBI…or not TUBI!
Liz’s Review: The Blackening
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★ 🩸 out of 🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸 🩸 Directed by Tim Story The horror trope of that the Black character dies […]
Liz’s Review: The Pope’s Exorcist
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Russell Crowe is riding his Vespa all the way to the box office with The Pope’s Exorcist
A Push to Nominate The Thing for the National Historic Preservation Registry
Help preserve The Thing for eternity, at the National Film Preservation Board, by nominating it for the registry! It’ll be like encasing it in the Antarctic Ice! There are plenty of other great films to nominate, but let’s see if we can convince the Board to give The Thing its due respect.
Joseph’s Panic Fest Review: TRADER
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
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Tense chiller TRADER boasts energetic direction and editing along with a jaw-dropping performance by Kimberly-Sue Murray as the only character seen on screen, a sociopath bent on making money from day trading, no matter the cost to others.
Liz’s Review: Beaten to Death (Panic Fest 2023)
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Beaten to Death is a bloody and beautiful nightmare from down under!
Liz’s Review: Blue Hour: The Disappearance of Nick Brandreth: (Panic Fest 2023)
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Liz’s Review: Invoking Yell (Panic Fest 2023)
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Put on your corpse paint and listen for the Invoking Yell!
Panic Fest 2023 Preview
Panic Fest is back at the Screenland Armour theater in Kansas City, MO and virtually from your couch! The in […]
Eric’s Review: The Wrath of Becky (2023)
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Want to see a teenage girl completely wreck a cell of right wing domestic terrorists? If you do, the Wrath of Becky will satisfy your soul. You just don’t go stealing a girl’s mastiff. Light on logic but full of bloodshed, The Wrath of Becky has been featured at both SXSW and Overlook.
Liz’s Review: Accused (Overlook Film Festival 2023)
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Accused is a white-knuckle, home invasion thrill ride that grabs you early and never lets you go.
Liz’s Review: Malum
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The Last Shift gets the reboot treatment with and expanded cult universe and more gore.
Liz’s Review: Monolith (SXSW 2023)
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Mike’s Review: Satan Wants You (SXSW 2023)
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If you know horror you know Satan. You might even say horror and Satan are best pals. They’ve been hanging around for a long time always pushing boundaries and always trying something cheeky and new.
Sometimes this friendship is on the down-low and sometimes Satan gets a pinch uppity and decides to out the entire relationship. Or at least his (or her) relationship to the general public. When that happens it’s a messy and ugly affair.
Liz’s Review: Shatter Belt (SXSW 2023)
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Surreal sci-fi in bite sized pieces, Shatter Belt will shatter your expectations!
Liz’s Review: Raging Grace (SXSW 2023)
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Raging Grace breathes new life into classic gothic horror.
Liz’s Review: Appendage (SXSW 2023)
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What happens when the voices inside you head start to show on the outside? You grow an Appendage!
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode 162: The Sloooowww Burners
Behold, the Horror Movie Mullet: Slow-Burn Horror!
It’s business (plot building) in the front, and a party (big third-act finish). You can thank Liz Williams for that analogy! The concept of the slow-burn horror movie is not new, but it is a prominent description for many contemporary horror movies. Break out the coffee, and try not to spill it in the shocking third act of Episode 162: Slow-Burn Horror!
Liz’s Review: Infinity Pool
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Put on your bathing suit and jump into the Infinity Pool with Brandon Cronenberg.
Liz’s Review: M3GAN
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M3GAN brings fun, scares and great dance moves from the uncanny valley to the big screen.