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Movie Review – Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

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Christmas Bloody Christmas, 2022. Directed by Joe Begos. Starring Riley Dandy, Sam Delich and Abraham Benrubi. SYNOPSIS: A robotic shopping mall Santa Claus comes to life and promptly embarks upon a Christmas Eve killing spree. Christmas and horror are excellent bedfellows, with the forced smiles of the festive season easily twisted into vile grimaces. If […]

Viral horror Skinamarink acquired by Shudder for release in January

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Shudder has announced that has acquired writer-director Kyle Edward Ball’s festival hit Skinamarink for distribution, and will release the film in theaters this January alongside IFC Midnight. Shot on a budget of just $15,000, the horror went viral on TikTok earlier this year following its premiere at the 26th Fantasia Film Festival in July. Check […]

Things get weird in trailer for Shudder horror A Wounded Fawn

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With just three weeks to go until its arrives on Shudder, a poster and trailer have been released for the upcoming horror A Wounded Fawn. Directed by Travis Stevens, and starring Sarah Lind, Josh Ruben, and Malin Barr, the film follows Meredith, a woman who finds herself caught up in a dangerous game of cat […]

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Review – V/H/S/99 (2022)

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V/H/S/99, 2022. Directed by Flying Lotus, Maggie Levin, Tyler MacIntyre, Johannes Roberts, Joseph Winter, and Vanessa Winter. Starring Duncan Anderson, Verona Blue, Sonya Eddy, Ally Ioannides, and Melanie Stone. SYNOPSIS: V/H/S/99 harkens back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium. In V/H/S/99, […]

Video Review – V/H/S/99 is a mixed bag of horror treats

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EJ Moreno with a video review of the latest from Shudder, V/H/S 99… Shudder comes with another Halloween-time delight, this time in the form of a new V/H/S entry. The long-running horror anthology franchise is back with a new film, and V/H/S/99 is another fun installment. While V/H/S/99 lacks a bit of the “wow factor” […]

Evil takes root in trailer for Shudder horror Mandrake

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Shudder has released a poster and trailer for director Lynne Davison’s upcoming horror-thriller Mandrake. The film follows Cathy, a probation officer who is tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer named ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw and help her integrate back into society after spending two decades in jail. However, her belief that the murderer deserves a shot […]

Family sucks in trailer for Shudder vampire horror-comedy Blood Relatives

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Shudder has released a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Noah Segan’s vampire horror-comedy Blood Relatives. The film stars Segan as Francis, a 115-year-old Yiddish vampire who has spent years roaming American backroads for years until his peaceful, solitary life is disturbed when teenager Jane (Victoria Moroles) shows up claiming to be his daughter.   […]

Exclusive Interview – Bryan Fuller on Shudder’s Queer For Fear and relating to The Shining growing up

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EJ Moreno sits down with Queer For Fear’s Bryan Fuller… Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) understands the importance of horror, especially the impact queer film fans have had on it. In our interview, Fuller sits down with EJ Moreno for an interview about his new documentary series Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror, […]

Shudder’s V/H/S/99 trailer teases five more tales of terror

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With less than two weeks to go until V/H/S/99 arrives on Shudder, a new trailer has been released for the fifth instalment in the found footage horror anthology franchise which features five new tales of terror from directors Maggie Levin, Johannes Roberts, Flying Lotus, Tyler MacIntyre, and Vanessa and Joseph Winter. Check 0ut the trailer […]

Teen girls battle aliens in the Arctic in new Slash/Back trailer

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RLJE Films and Shudder have released a new poster and trailer for director Nyla Innuksuk’s sci-fi adventure Slash/Back which follows a young group of friends as they utilize their movie knowledge and makeshift weapons to fight an alien invasion in their remote Arctic hamlet; check them out here… Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet […]