Meta-Horror in BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON

One of the best intertextual horror films out there: a deconstructionist look at the slasher sub-genre.

Domestic Violence, Dogs, & Determined Women in HOUNDS OF LOVE

A story of love, obsession, loyalty, domestic violence, dogs, resilient women, and the ugliness of men.

SEPTIC MAN: Good Social Commentary, Shit Action

A movie that has a lot going for it, that gets wasted. Like a shitty pipe dream.

ABSENTIA; Or, the Three Billy Ghosts Gruff

Flanagan's 2011 indie ghost story is a modern Gothic, destined to be a classic of the genre in years to come.

American Anxieties & Paranoia in THE ‘BURBS

Dante's film, for all its laughs, is an important satire about suburban living in America during the 1980s.

PUPPETMASTER: Killer Toys Run Amok

Behold! Creepy puppets. Nazi spies. Suicide, murder, psychics. And so much more.

LEATHERFACE: An Iconic Killer’s New Awakening

The prequel to Tobe Hooper's classic, by French duo Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, turns up new themes in the iconic killer.

HELLRAISER: Come to Daddy

Clive Barker's 1987 horror classic touches on Freud, subverts Christian iconography, & gets naaaasty.