Obsession is violent, perverse, and entertaining in its absolute nastiness
Barker’s film is uncomfortably funny and filled with left-field set pieces that will have the audience gasping.…
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Less hiding, more hunting - Samara Weaving returns in a gory, high-energy sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have stayed busy since Ready or Not, helming both Scream V and Scream VI, as well as the vampire comedy Abigail. It’s been seven years since Samara…
The Bride! is a Feral, Reckless Beauty, and a Story Reclaimed
This is going to be a two-part essay. The first part is me exploring my lifelong connection to The Bride of Frankenstein—where she comes from, why she has lingered in my imagination for decades, and h…
Scream 7 doesn't care about scary movies so why should you care about Scream 7?
“This is about nostalgia,” says Mindy Meeks-Martin (Jasmine Savoy Brown) to a group of frightened teens trying to understand what motivates the newest incarnation(s) of Ghostface in their bucolic home…
David Cronenberg Embraces AI in His New Film, The Shrouds
This article was original published in 2024. Few filmmakers have explored the human condition through technology and biology as David Cronenberg. Long a fan of blending experimental technology with t…
MonsterFest: Good Boy is Best in Show of Doggy Horror
Many of us have heard stories of domestic animals and their uncanny perceptions. The cat in a nursing home or hospice who sits on the bed of the next patient to pass away. The story of dogs knowing wh…
SUFF Interview: Glitter and Gore: Tina Romero on Queens of the Dead
Tina Romero didn’t think she’d follow in her father George A. Romero’s footsteps and make a film about zombies unless she had something to say that took the genre into a new territory. Along with writ…
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud shows that capitalism is the real horror and it's coming for you in a box
There’s a special kind of horror that doesn’t scream or slash—it creeps up on you in the form of unchecked ambition, of algorithms, of the unshakable feeling that someone’s always watching. Kiyoshi Ku…
Together is a routine 'babes first body horror' experience
It’s hard to wash out the memory of your first time experiencing visceral body horror on screen. The snap of bones, the tearing of flesh, or the impossible bend of limbs becomes a branded mark on your…
Amy Wang on her fun and chilling feature debut Slanted
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Debut Australian director Amy Wang’s twisted satire Slanted sees an aspiring…
Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later shows a dystopian Arcadia that is both clever and confounding
Two key psychological moments in Danny Boyle’s 2002 masterpiece 28 Days Later happens when Jim (Cillian Murphy), Selena (Naomie Harris), and Hannah (Megan Burns) finally reach the compound of survivor…
Sydney Film Festival Interview: Tony Gardiner and Lachlan Marks on the bloody and bonkers short DIY
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. There's a delirious level of dark comedy that thrives in the new short fi…