Havenfall: New Post-Apocalyptic Horror Thriller Lands from Indie Trio of Directors Three people. One cottage. No good choices. The end of the world does not announce itself. It arrives with a knock on a cottage door. After civilization collapses under a relentless outbreak, a hardened survivalist (Jack) and a grieving … Havenfall: New Post-Apocalyptic Horror Thriller Lands from Indie Trio of DirectorsRead more
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Florian Frerichs Interview: Dream Story, Kubrick’s Shadow, and “They Will Claim That I Was Dead” – The Fright Club Podcast
Florian Frerichs Interview: Dream Story, Kubrick’s Shadow, and “They Will Claim That I Was Dead” – The Fright Club Podcast The camera holds on a doorway steeped in history, not just of German cinema, but of world cinema itself. The walls here have absorbed the echoes of Fritz Lang’s expressionist … Florian Frerichs Interview: Dream Story, Kubrick’s Shadow, and “They Will Claim That I Was Dead” – The Fright Club PodcastRead more
Exit 8 Review: Genki Kawamura’s Liminal Horror Finds Dread in Repetition
Spot the anomaly. Turn back. Repeat. Welcome to the underground. Genki Kawamura made his name producing anime blockbusters. Your Name. Weathering With You. Massive hits. But horror? That felt unlikely. Then came Exit 8. Kawamura’s first directorial effort in the genre arrives quietly. No jump scares. No gore. Just white tiles, fluorescent lights, and … Exit 8 Review: Genki Kawamura’s Liminal Horror Finds Dread in RepetitionRead more
Hunting Matthew Nichols Review: Found Footage That Knows Its Prey
“A clever hybrid of true crime and found footage. Hunting Matthew Nichols earns its Blair Witch influences and delivers a satisfying payoff.” Found footage horror borrows from true crime. True crime borrows from documentary. And documentary wants to borrow your trust. Hunting Matthew Nichols sits at the messy, exciting intersection of all three. Director … Hunting Matthew Nichols Review: Found Footage That Knows Its PreyRead more
Faces of Death 2024 Review: A Smarter, Nastier Remake for the Attention Economy
You wanted real death. The internet gave you something worse. Goldhaber turns a fake snuff legend into a sharp, nasty critique of our numb, scrolling eyes. Trashy finger-wagging fun. The original Faces of Death arrived in 1978 with a dirty secret. It pretended to show real death. Audiences believed it anyway. That … Faces of Death 2024 Review: A Smarter, Nastier Remake for the Attention EconomyRead more
5 Best Teen Vampire Movies That Capture High School Horror and Alienation: A Fright Club Special
Growing pains with fangs. The teenage years feel like a horror movie already. The alienation, the hormones, the constant sense that something inside you is changing into something else. Vampire movies understand this better than most genres. They take that beastly transition and make it literal. The best teen vampire … 5 Best Teen Vampire Movies That Capture High School Horror and Alienation: A Fright Club SpecialRead more
Influencers Movie Review: A Bad Horror Sequel That Forgets What Made the First Film Interesting Because you bastards made me watch it!
This horror sequel fails at character, suspense, and basic storytelling. Read the full Influencers movie review. What do you do when you have the chance to create a sequel to your success? Let me tell you how we got here. This is the story of a sequel to a successful … Influencers Movie Review: A Bad Horror Sequel That Forgets What Made the First Film Interesting Because you bastards made me watch it!Read more
The Serpent’s Skin Review: Alice Maio Mackay’s Trans Horror Has Heart but Lacks Bite
A fast-paced supernatural thriller that wants to be The Craft for a new generation, but gets lost in its own metaphor. Director Alice Maio Mackay operates with a specific urgency. At only 20 years old, she has already built a filmography that refuses to wait for permission. Her previous works, Bad Girl Boogey and T … The Serpent’s Skin Review: Alice Maio Mackay’s Trans Horror Has Heart but Lacks BiteRead more
Forbidden Fruits Review: Mall Culture Meets Coven Chaos
Witchcraft, retail, and the chaos of staying true to yourself. Meredith Alloway has a clear fascination with constructed realities. Her previous short work often examined the facades people build, the performance of identity in spaces designed to contain them. She looks for the tension where a character’s inner world grinds … Forbidden Fruits Review: Mall Culture Meets Coven ChaosRead more
They Will Kill You Review: Kirill Sokolov’s Action Horror Is a Bloody Blast
They Will Kill You Review: Kirill Sokolov’s Action Horror Is a Bloody Blast A woman answers a cryptic ad for a housekeeping job at a luxurious yet foreboding New York City high-rise. Upon arrival, she discovers residents have vanished without a trace for decades, fuelling whispers of a satanic cult … They Will Kill You Review: Kirill Sokolov’s Action Horror Is a Bloody BlastRead more
The Viral Snuff Movie Review That Was Never Meant to Be
The Viral Snuff Movie Review That Was Never Meant to Be by David L. Tamarin Joe X’s “Richard Speck Murders Re-Enacted” is the Citizen Kane of snuff films, so I had high expectations for his newest feature, “IRS Agent in Basement.” He did not let me down, and “IRS Agent” is a … The Viral Snuff Movie Review That Was Never Meant to BeRead more
The Well (2024) Review: A Familiar Apocalypse That Plays It Too Safe
Survival instincts, scarce water, and a world you’ve seen before. Water is the oldest weapon. Strip a society of it, and everything collapses, quickly and brutally. That premise sits at the core of The Well, a 2024 post-apocalyptic survival film directed by Hubert Davis. In a genre already crowded with … The Well (2024) Review: A Familiar Apocalypse That Plays It Too SafeRead more
Ready or Not 2 Review: A Cathartic Horror Comedy That Delivers
The game is bigger. The billionaires are worse. The catharsis is real. Ready or Not 2 Review: A Cathartic Horror Comedy That Delivers The year 2019 introduced audiences to Grace, a bride who spent her wedding night fighting for survival against her newly inherited family of Satanists. Ready or Not became an … Ready or Not 2 Review: A Cathartic Horror Comedy That DeliversRead more
Slanted Review: The High School Satire That Replaces Laughs With Wounds
If you can’t beat them, be them. The cost is everything. Amy Wang’s debut feature, Slanted, opens with a child pulling at the corners of her eyes. It is a moment of cruelty so specific and so tired that it immediately establishes the film’s thesis: the world is not built for … Slanted Review: The High School Satire That Replaces Laughs With WoundsRead more
Darkness in the Fields 2026: Full Lineup, Tickets, and Exclusive Book Bundle Giveaway
Folk horror returns to Derby with Oscar contenders and a killer book bundle giveaway. Darkness in the Fields 2026: Full Lineup, Tickets, and Exclusive Book Bundle Giveaway The Darkness in the Fields Film Festival returns to Derby’s QUAD cinema on 21st March 2026 for its third year, cementing its status as a … Darkness in the Fields 2026: Full Lineup, Tickets, and Exclusive Book Bundle GiveawayRead more