Category: Film

Repressed Rural Women and The Horrifying Effects of Medieval Misogyny in HAGAZUSSA

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Aleksandra Cwen, Film, Folk Horror, Folklore, Lukas Feigelfeld, Psychological horror, Witchcraft1 Comment

Lukas Feigelfeld's new folk horror film HAGAZUSSA explores one woman's struggle against paranoia, superstition, and religious repression in 15th-century rural Austria.

[List] Father Gore’s Favourite Horror Directed by Women

On By C.H. NewellIn Ana Lily Amirpour, Body Horror, Claire Denis, Directed by Women, Film, Gothic Horror, Horror, Jackie Kong, Lucile HadžihalilovićLeave a comment

Horror's not even close to being a man's world. Long live the power of WOMEN!

[Short Film] THE DOLLMAKER Has Come to Ruin Your Sleep

On By C.H. NewellIn Al Lougher, Dark Fantasy, Film, Horror, Matias Caruso, Short FilmLeave a comment

Al Lougher's THE DOLLMAKER is a terrifying Faustian short film about the horror of parental grief.

[Trailer] SCARY STORIES: Documentary Takes Inside Look at Horror Books SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Alvin Schwartz, Documentary, Film, Horror, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Stephen GammellLeave a comment

We're not only getting a movie this year, we're getting a documentary about SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, too.

[Essay] “Waking up, is it?”: Childhood Trauma, Repression, and Freud’s Uncanny in POSSUM

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Alun Armstrong, Film, Freudian, Horror, Matthew Holness, Psychological horror, Sean Harris, Surrealism, Trauma3 Comments

The debut feature from Matthew Holness is a terrifying trip into the trauma of a wounded man.

[Trailer] Nia DaCosta’s LITTLE WOODS

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Drama, Film, James Badge Dale, Lance Reddick, Lily James, Nia DaCosta, Tessa Thompson, WesternLeave a comment

Before CANDYMAN returns, Nia DaCosta's feature debut LITTLE WOODS arrives in theatres April 19th, 2019.

[Trailer] Josh Lobo’s I TRAPPED THE DEVIL

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, AJ Bowen, Chris Sullivan, Christmas Horror, Film, Horror, Jocelin Donahue, Josh Lobo, Scott WeinbergLeave a comment

Josh Lobo's I TRAPPED THE DEVIL looks like twisted, horrific fun.