Lisa Frankenstein
The Frankenstein retellings are still in full swing following 2023's The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster and Birth/Rebirth. This time, with Lisa Frankenstein, acclaimed indie filmmaker Diablo Cody lends [...]
Orion and the Dark
What do Werner Herzog, Tame Impala, and Dreamworks have in common? Netflix's newest animated feature film, Orion and the Dark, adapted from the book of the same name by Emma [...]
Destroy All Neighbors
The first significant Shudder original release of 2024 could be the year's most off-the-wall horror movie. Destroy All Neighbors hits the streamer today from director Josh Forbes, an experienced music [...]
A Holiday I Do
Christmas may be over, but the holiday season is still in full effect, and its undeniable magic lingers in the form of the Michigan-made LGBTQ+ rom-com A Holiday I Do. [...]
Night Swim
Expectations for the first release under any big media merger are always high, and all eyes are currently on Bryce McGuire's theatrical feature debut, Night Swim. The high-concept suburban chiller [...]
The Best Horror Films of 2023
The horror genre continues to impress in terms of quality and financial performance at the box office. In 2023, fans of the dark and twisted savored many high-concept original pictures, [...]
Leave the World Behind
Director Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot) has shuffled back to feature filmmaking with the begrudgingly-paced but captivating apocalyptic thriller Leave the World Behind, based on Rumaan Alam's 2020 novel. The Netflix [...]
Godzilla Minus One
After 2016's critically acclaimed Shin Godzilla, another soft reboot of the 1954 kaiju classic Godzilla may seem redundant. However, Toho's latest resurrection of the beloved property, Godzilla Minus One, proves [...]
Thanksgiving
Over a decade ago, Grindhouse teased horror fans with the delightfully messy and nostalgic mock trailer for what is now Eli Roth's 2023 holiday slasher, Thanksgiving. The full-length feature is [...]
It’s a Wonderful Knife
The emerging trend of "classic family movie gets a campy slasher adaptation" continues with its first blatantly Christmas-themed entry, It's a Wonderful Knife, a spin on Frank Capra's 1946 holiday [...]