Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 04/06/2021 Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 04/06/2021

[Film Review] Spiral: From The Book of Saw (2021)

After a little over a year, cinemas and theaters in certain countries are opening up and productions are finally releasing long awaited films…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 03/06/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 03/06/2021

[Film Review] Hungry Hearts (2014)

They say mother knows best, but what if she doesn’t? They also say it takes a village to raise a child…

Alex Challoner / Contributor 03/06/2021 Alex Challoner / Contributor 03/06/2021

[Book Review] The Cipher (1991)

There is a hole. A hole in the floor of a storage closet in Nicholas’s apartment building. Along with his friend and on/off lover, Nakota, the hole is explored as best they can…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 02/06/2021 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 02/06/2021

[Film Review] Orozco the Embalmer (2001)

Documentaries these days tend to be glossy and sensationalized. Stream any docuseries from HBO or Netflix and the picture will be clear…

Emma Kostopolus / Contributor 02/06/2021 Emma Kostopolus / Contributor 02/06/2021

[Event Review] Panic Fest 2021: A Great Time for Some Sick Laughs

Panic Fest, held yearly as the Screenland Armour, is a mainstay in the Kansas City film scene, and thus an event that is near and dear to my heart…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 01/06/2021 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 01/06/2021

[Film Review] Great White (2021)

From its opening, in which a cavorting couple is rather unceremoniously offed, Great White sets itself out as a typical shark vs. people movie…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 01/06/2021 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 01/06/2021

[Film Review] The Bad Man (2018)

In the realm of extreme horror films, there is an area I like to call extreme-light…

Sarah Miles / Contributor 31/05/2021 Sarah Miles / Contributor 31/05/2021

[Film Review] Army Of The Dead (2021)

Zack Snyder has returned to zombie movies, and the way some people reacted to the news you would think it was the second coming of the zombie movie messiah…

Melissa Cox / Contributor 31/05/2021 Melissa Cox / Contributor 31/05/2021

[Film Review] Shortcut (2021)

Teenagers in peril have long been a staple of horror, from hapless campers being picked off by a slasher to the gangs of protagonists…

Alix Turner / Contributor 31/05/2021 Alix Turner / Contributor 31/05/2021

[Film Review] Seance (2021)

A clique of young women in the prestigious Edelvine Academy recite the words to conjure the resident ghost…

Sarah Miles / Contributor 27/05/2021 Sarah Miles / Contributor 27/05/2021

[Film Review] Hellraiser: Judgement (2018)

The story of the Hellraiser series is one that, appropriately maybe, has seen a lot of suffering along the way…

Sam Vargas / Contributor 24/05/2021 Sam Vargas / Contributor 24/05/2021

[Film Review] Relic (2020)

For many, the concept of aging can seem like an inevitable, terrifying reality. But for others, aging threatens more than just fine lines and greying hair…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 23/05/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 23/05/2021

[Film Review] Psycho Goreman (2020)

Dripping with nostalgia and packed with ‘80s and ‘90s references, this is a film that a modern audience will enjoy…

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 20/05/2021 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 20/05/2021

[Film Review] The Descent (2005)

This film is one of the most brilliant, unique and terrifying things I have ever seen...

Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 19/05/2021 Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 19/05/2021

[Film Review] Charlie Says (2018)

The Manson Family never fails to pique our obsession with cults and nostalgia for the swinging sixties…

Alex Challoner / Contributor 17/05/2021 Alex Challoner / Contributor 17/05/2021

[Book Review] Water Shall Refuse Them

McKnight Hardy’s debut novel is a literary folk horror set in Wales during the summer heatwave of 1976…

Alix Turner / Contributor 16/05/2021 Alix Turner / Contributor 16/05/2021

[Film Review] Undergods (2020)

Undergods doesn’t have one story, but three, all within a distinct-but-related wrapper…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/05/2021 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/05/2021

[Film Review] Thanatomorphose (2012)

Thanatomorphose, the visible signs of decomposition caused by death, is a terrifying, gruesome, viscerally aggressive body horror…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 10/05/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 10/05/2021

[Event Review] Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Abridged

Adapted and Performed as a Storytelling Experience by Rosalind Buck

Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 10/05/2021 Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 10/05/2021

[Book Review] Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter

Mary is not a good writer. She’s not sure she wants to be. But what else is there for the descendent of Mary Shelley?