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How Horror Movies Help Me Cope With Difficult Emotions

Most people watch horror movies to scare themselves silly. For comedian Anita Flores, it’s a little more complicated.

February 3, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: Nick Simon on Crawl

Horror director Simon addresses the alligator in the room: how Alexandre Aja's movie is a creature feature for the ages.

January 31, 2020

In a Bubble

The Sonata's writer-director examines the roots of how fascination with deviating wildly from portrayals of everyday life in his films.

January 10, 2020

“The Seed is Planted, The Terror Grows”

Patrick Lussier on his thematic preoccupation with paranoia, both in his new movie Trick and in two longstanding favorites.

October 15, 2019

Musings of a Filmworker

As his latest opus, Depraved hits theaters, indie horror maestro Larry Fessenden takes a moment to remind himself exactly why he makes movies.

September 12, 2019

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

Death, Grief and Why Horror Films Truly Matter

Steven Sheil looks at why people watch and make horror films, and the profound emotions and questions that are inherently rooted in the genre.

October 27, 2016