Trace explains why queer representation matters in the horror genre by looking at Happy Death Day.
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Trace explains why queer representation matters in the horror genre by looking at Happy Death Day.
In our first Pride 2019 article, Alejandra Gonzalez praises Clive Barker’s Hellraiser for its representation of the spectrum of sexuality.
Premiering at the Fantaspoa Film Festival, True Fiction is a messy little thriller where the lines between author and character and truth and fiction begin to blend.
It’s Pride and I need your help. All of the details are here: Writers, new art, a 30 day code for Shudder and a very important fundraiser.
Deodato Holocaust charts the career of Ruggero Deodato, from learning under the tutelage of Roberto Rossellini to his infamous Cannibal Holocaust and beyond.
Very dark, thematically, Wade in the Water surprises with a second act that changes the entire feeling of the movie. It’s premiering at Dances with Films on June 19th.
The Nightshifter (Morto Não Fala) is a fantastic story of a man who gets mixed up with a local gang before twisting into a supernatural nightmare.
The Overlook Film Festival has announced its Centerpiece Film, Travis Stevens’ Girl on the Third Floor and a VR experience by Alexandre Aja!
Lin Shaye’s perfectly campy performance can’t save a movie that doesn’t know what it wants to be. She’s a star, though.
Strawberry Flavored Plastic is an interesting mix of found footage and mockumentaries, centered around a serial killer and the filmmakers who want to film him in the act.
Punk rock meets nature in Jenn Wexler’s The Ranger, a movie I wish had a better script and more interesting characters but rocks some fantastic practical effects and great queer representation.
Something Else just had its world premiere at Tribeca. It is Jeremy Gardner’s latest mashup of horror and drama and it is probably his best.
Another world premiere debuting at Tribeca Film Festival, Aamis/Ravening is a genre-adjacent dark romance that goes in some unsettling and taboo directions.
The Gasoline Thieves is world premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. It’s an intense combination of crime fiction disguised as a coming-of-age story and it is as brutal as it is good.
Now Apocalypse is getting “Stranger than Paradise” in the fifth episode, that starts to bring everything all together. It’s all connected.
The gang’s relationships and professional lives starts to spiral out of control and Terry discovers the meaning of biogenetic samples. Come with me on this Downward Spiral, won’t you?
Who else wants to lick frosting off of Ford’s hairy chest?
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