horror
Video Essay: On the Importance of Exploding Heads [NSFW]
Benjamin Shearn kicks off his new video essay series, Driftless Significance, by pondering an enduring obsession that started with Scanners.
The Uplifting Grace of Horror
Swallow’s writer-director Carlo Mirabella-Davis charts his journey from perpetually terrified child to maker of psychological horror movies.
The Mythos Meme or, How Great Cthulhu Ate My Brain and Made Me Like It!
Horror director Richard Stanley on the legacy of H. P. Lovecraft, the emergence of a post-truth religion, and his new film, Color Out of Space.
Am I The Only One Who Loves … House of Wax?
Anna Roisman goes out on a (Halloween-themed) limb for the much-maligned Paris Hilton horror, which actually has pretty great production values ...
Dry Rot: The Hidden Secrets Within Girl on the Third Floor
Producer-turned-director Travis Stevens on how a real haunted house inspired his new horror movie about toxic masculinity.
Dear John(s)
The director of Satanic Panic on the directing Johns – Carpenter, Hughes, Cameron Mitchell and Waters – who have influenced her work.
Bring on the Next Wave of Female Auteurs
As she develops new feature projects, writer-director Vashti Anderson wonders, are female filmmakers being given the chance to take risks too?
Alone in the Wilderness
Director Emma Tammi delves into the theme of isolation at the heart of her new film, The Wind, and her documentary about the 2016 Election.
How Fatherhood Changed Me as a Horror Director
Darren Lynn Bousman, whose new film St. Agatha is in theaters now, on how his son Henry altered his perspective on life and art.
Underrated/Overlooked: Christopher Radcliff on The Terror
The Strange Ones director Radcliff singles out AMC's period drama-horror, a show that managed to both surprise and inspire him.
Reclaiming Horror Movie Monsters as Queer Icons
Pariselli delves into what 2017's #Babawise meme truly means, and suggests the villain of a forgotten horror gem as a prime candidate for reclamation.
They Fuck You Up: Parents in Horror Films
Steven Sheil on the new movie Mom & Dad, his own film of the same name, and why horror movies about parents are so effective.











