Cosmic Horror descends on the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon for the 2018 HP Lovecraft Film Festival!
Audio Update: Podcast Episode XXXIX has been re-recorded.
Whoops! We had a bad recording, and now we’ve got to make it up for you. Start the Rocky training montage!
Mike’s Review: Terrifier (2017)
★out of ★★★★★ It’s rather rare that I, or for that matter, any reviewer starts a review with “…don’t watch this […]
Horror Movie News: ‘Train to Busan’ remake in the works
Another day, another pointless remake.
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XXXIX: The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time #40-31
Dramatic psychological horror builds a home in this grouping. And, probably the biggest surprise of the whole survey shows up here! You won’t believe what’s at #36! (How’s that for click bait?)
Amy’s Review: Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel
★★★ of ★★★★★
A disappointing sequel to a randomly fun haunted house movie.
Liz’s Book Report: Experimental Film
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Written by Gemma Files
“It is always midday somewhere in the world…both day and night.”
Horror Movie News: The Wind Trailer
One of The Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness offerings is a double genre collision mashup on the high prairie. […]
Horror Shorts: Meow (2016)
Here kitty, kitty, kitty! AAAAAIIEEEEE!!!!
Eric’s Review: Dave Made a Maze (2017)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Dave made a Maze is surreal pop performance art that uses confetti for blood and silly string for guts. Completely unique and very odd.
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XXXVIII: The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time #50-41
We have now crossed over the #50 threshold! Listen to Mike and Eric eat some serious crow on air, as the jury has spoken. (And Mike and Eric are apparently wrong.)
Mike’s Review: Unsane (2018)
★★★★out of ★★★★★
Pure brilliance. Elegant simplicity. Well if Regency pictures came to me and asked me for a pull-quote blurb, that’s what I’d say. Because it’s true.
Mike’s Review: The Nun (2018)
★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Lay. Off. The. Fog. Machine.
Eric’s Review: The Predator (2018)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
An entertaining and showy movie with a great cast and great dialogue, but an all too familiar been-there-done-that plot.
Scariest Interview: A Chat with Writer/Director Joe Clarke
Chattin’ with Joe Clarke about Iowa, indie filmmaking, and his latest… Spiral.
Horror Movie News: Jordan Peele in discussions to produce Candyman Reboot!
Candyman! Candyman! Candyman! Say it three times and Jordan Peele will produce your movie!
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XXXVII: The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time #60-51
You want gross movies? Here we go! This section of our top 100 features blood and guts to spare!
Horror Movie News: ‘Goodnight Mommy’ getting English language remake
Because sometimes they just can’t leave well enough alone.
Horror Book News: Fangoria’s New Horror Publishing Imprint
It’s back to school time and your favorite horror magazine is hitting the books!
Robert’s Review: Spiral (2018)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
This ain’t your granddaddy’s bachelor party.
Liz’s Book Report: We Sold Our Souls
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Written by Grady Hendrix
Throw up your horns, turn your speakers to 11, and get ready to rock with Grady Hendrix’s newest novel, We Sold Our Souls!
The Scariest Things Podcast: Episode XXXVI: The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time #70-61
Who wants bonus horror? Well, we’ve got it for you… a little extra has been put into our Top 100 list between 70-61. It stretches the entirety of the genre, from the very beginning to the very recent. Black and white, goofy, and somber. Drink in the next batch of our Top 100 list!
Horror Book News: NPR’s Top 100 Horror Stories
Prepare for thrills, chills, tales of terror and a growing “to be read” list with “Click if you Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories” written by Petra Mayer
Horror Movie News: Tumbbad Trailer
It’s Bollywood horror! I think I’ve found my elusive great Indian spooky movie. Rahi Anil Bahrvi’s film Tumbbad is going to be premiering at the Venice Film Festival, and then later on at Austin’s Fantastic Fest.
Liz’s Book Report: Come Closer
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
“We could devote our lives to making sense of the odd, the inexplicable, the coincidental, but most of us don’t. And neither did I.”
Amy’s Review: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
★★★★★ of ★★★★★
When slasher fans create their own movie.
The Scariest Things Podcast: Episode XXXV: The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time #80-71
The breadth of the genre really shows up in this episode! Gateway kid horror shows up, for the first time (and not the last), plus the movie that launched “torture-porn”, a couple of stellar Korean films, and a feathered gift from the Master of Suspense.
Horror Movie News: Overlord Trailer
Paramount and J.J. Abrams are bringing a big budget WWII zombie film to the screen this November! It sounds a bit like Castle Wolfenstein, and that’s a good thing.
Horror TV News: ‘Kill Creek’ series coming to Showtime
What is it with people always spending the night in haunted houses?
Horror Movie News: Suspiria Trailer 2
Another trailer has dropped for the highly anticipated remake of Suspiria. This time with more exposition!