The spooky side of pop culture
Ari Aster is fast becoming the king of metaphor-laden horror movies involving cults and massive head injuries, but another, overarching theme has emerged from his first two features – that of unattended-to emotional trauma and the real-life everyday horrors it leaves in its wake. Continue reading ‘Midsommar’, ‘Hereditary’, and the Everyday Horrors of Unaddressed Trauma
The writer/director of The Witch (2015), Robert Eggers, is back with his second film and it seems we have yet another deeply unsettling old-timey folk-tale on our hands. Continue reading Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe go mad in the trailer for ‘The Lighthouse’
Time to light the candles and gather your summoning squad, the Light as a Feather gang is back for more cursed teenaged body-horror high school drama. Continue reading ‘Light as a Feather’ Season 2 Premieres on Hulu
The road to emotional healing is fraught with monsters in this meditative cosmic sci-fi-horror. Continue reading ‘Starfish’ Review
It’s the 30th anniversary of Pet Sematary (1989), the original film adaptation of Stephen King’s terrifying novel about death, grief … Continue reading 10 Reasons Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary (1989) Still Slaps
Life, uh, finds a way. Continue reading “Jurassic World—The Ride,” Opens this Summer at Universal Studios Hollywood
The writer/director of Hereditary is back with a cult-centric new horror film. Continue reading Watch the cultish first trailer for ‘MidSommar,’ Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’ follow-up
The Hole in the Ground doesn’t break a ton of new ground, but it’s creepy and atmospheric enough to make … Continue reading Review: ‘The Hole in the Ground’
Netflix announces new The Haunting of___, this time based on a *different* classic ghost story. Listen to the whispers… A … Continue reading Netflix’ ‘Haunting of Hill House’ will return… with all new source material
Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe. Continue reading An unhinged Octavia Spencer terrifies teens in Blumhouse’s ‘MA’ Trailer
