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I Was So Excited to See the New Final Destination Movie, I Didn’t Even Wash My Hands After Peeing

For writer and filmmaker Lily Lady, going to see the latest installment in the horror franchise was an experience that did not disappoint.

May 28, 2025

My Renfield Rabbit Hole

Inspired by a deleted scene from the new horror comedy, Julia Marchese dives deep into Dracula and dance sequences.

May 12, 2023

How Horror Helped Me See Myself

Writer-director-actor Dawn Storey on the pivotal role her new short, Dooley Does Murder!, played in her becoming herself.

April 11, 2023

“Not Great!” Or, How I Fought COVID Claustrophobia While Writing My Apartment-Bound Jewish Folk-Horror Romance Attachment

Gabriel Bier Gislason talks about the script struggles he went through with his new movie, streaming from February 10 on Shudder.

February 9, 2023

“What Am I Doing Here?”

Director Sonny Mallhi ponders a moment on his new horror movie, Hurt, and how it connects to his long history working in film.

January 4, 2022

On Fear and Femininity

Horror director Elle Callahan, whose new film Witch Hunt is out now, on her complex and longstanding relationship with fear, her extra sense.

October 13, 2021

How I Rediscovered Spontaneous Creativity Making My Quarantine Zoom Horror Movie

For writer-director Rob Savage, lockdown led to him having fun making movies again with his latest film Host, now streaming on Shudder.

August 3, 2020

I’ve Been a Clown and I’m Terrified of Scary Movies, So Of Course I Saw It

Shannon Plumb braves her first horror movie in two decades, and ponders how a beloved comic figure became an icon of evil.

September 19, 2017

Stewart Thorndike (Lyle) Talks Leaky, Bleedy Lady Horror

A female director ponders why there aren't more women making horror movies — especially when what they have to offer is exactly what the genre needs.

August 30, 2014

Calvin Lee Reeder (The Rambler) Talks James DeMonaco’s The Purge: Anarchy

Maybe I don’t respect cinema enough, maybe I have a primitive mind or maybe I’m just a bad guy; but I love movie violence.

Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip) Talks Scott Derrickson’s Deliver Us From Evil

“From the director of Sinister.” Sold. Scott Derrickson’s Sinister was not only one of my favorite films...

July 8, 2014

Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter) Talks Marvin Kren’s Blood Glacier

Not too long ago, The Talkhouse invited me to write about a new horror film that was being released into theaters...

May 5, 2014