Horror

Courtesy of Good Morning America on ABC Nosferatu is undoubtedly my most-anticipated horror movie of the year. While The Lighthouse left me floating aimlessly in a dark sea, I’ve been supremely impressed with Robert Eggers’ filmography thus far (yes, including The Northman). More importantly, I simply love a good vampire story. This year’s long-delayed Salem’s

John Carpenter, on the set of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, 1986. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. Courtesy: Everett Collection. I spend so much of my free time endlessly scrolling through streaming services in search of something to watch. Sometimes I strike gold. Other times I am much

Guillermo del Toro is a cinematic powerhouse whose films always reach a wide audience. But he understands not everyone can be so fortunate. Because del Toro is a considerate guy, he runs a recurring series on social media called ‘Righting a Wrong.’ Via this segment, del Toro defends a film that was unduly maligned by

If you’re from a certain generation, you grew up with Jenni “JWoww” Farley on your TV. One of the main cast members of iconic reality show Jersey Shore, she gained a reputation for drinking, fighting, and speaking her mind. Now, Farley is taking her experience in front of the camera and channeling that into her

Last month, I had the pleasure to attend a film shoot for a local indie horror feature, smack dab in the middle of Central Texas, my neck of the woods. It’s been awhile since I’ve been on any set, let alone a horror one, so this was an opportunity I wouldn’t allow myself to pass

Sometimes, when things aren’t going quite right in a relationship, a vacation or weekend away feels like the best method to reset and reconnect with your partner. Nothing better than getting away from work and other distractions, right? Well, in writer and director Justin Geldzahler’s directorial debut Glue Trap, that couldn’t be further from the

New artwork and a trailer have been revealed for MUBI’s upcoming The Girl With the Needle, directed by Magnus von Horn. Von Horn is a promising filmmaker and a Polish National Film School graduate whose previous films The Here After and Sweat were award-winning and well-received critically. His films often explore themes of isolation, criminality, and murder. With his next

Addison Rae, 2023. © TriStar Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection I’ve not historically been a big fan of Eli Roth. His films are often sophomoric and the humor doesn’t always land for me. However, the Cabin Fever director’s latest picture, Thanksgiving, shows a different side of the filmmaker. A more mature version, perhaps. I enjoyed

Chris Pine, Denzel Washington, 2010, ph: Robert Zuckerman/TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved./courtesy Everett Collection I’ve never met someone who dislikes Denzel Washington. And I hope such a person doesn’t exist. The actor has an unmatched level of appeal. In fact, he may be the most beloved thespian of our

Perdita Weeks, 2014. ©Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection I have always felt that critics were dead wrong about As Above, So Below. It’s an intense and inventive spin on the found footage genre. It’s like National Treasure: Book of Shadows. See what I did there? I dig the film so much that I previously championed it

If you’re a fan on Wes Craven’s underrated airplane thriller Red Eye, then you need to add Bo Youngblood’s In Flight onto your weekend watchlist. Directed and produced by Youngblood, the film follows a woman who wakes up on a plane with no idea how she got there. What follows is a tense thrill ride

Time travel is all the rage these days. Maybe it’s because the present moment feels so… not great? Time travel is an angle, and today, it’s one of the key distinguishing elements that can successfully set a slasher movie apart. Not to go full Roger Ebert, but he was correct, broadly, when he noted a

Narrowing down the scariest movie of any given year is incredibly challenging. This year alone, I was chilled to the bone by Nicholas Cage’s turn in Oz Perkins’ Longlegs, and Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen yielded some of the most frightening, indelible horror imagery I’ve seen in years. Exhuma was another sensational addition to the

Damien Mc Carthy’s Oddity stunned the world when it premiered at this year’s SXSW film festival. Here at Dread Central, we couldn’t get enough of the film, writing in our four-star review, “This is a pitch-perfect tale about supernatural revenge, gross men, and freaky wooden men. Prepare to be scared.” Oddity did indeed scare, so

DOC OF CHUCKY – Still 3 Very few franchises maintain the same level of quality as Don Mancini’s Chucky Universe. With seven films and three seasons of the best horror show on television (#SaveChucky), fans still want more time with the beloved killer doll. This is why after the recent and unforgivable cancellation of Chucky,

Who doesn’t love Josh Hartnett? The teen-heartthrob-turned-adult-sex symbol has an incredibly impressive filmography. Not to mention, he has worked extensively in the genre space for much of his career. From Halloween H20 to Penny Dreadful, Hartnett has appeared in horror for the big and small screens. The actor’s latest foray into the genre scene, Trap,

Coralie Fargeat’s body horror masterpiece The Substance is one of the best movies of the past several years. It is also, understandably, one of the most polarizing. Following the film’s premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, critics were divided on Fargeat’s very blunt (and very French) take on modern body horror ethos. Does The

Sleeping is an essential part of our existence. But, it’s also a bodily process that remains a mystery to scientists, with its mechanisms and intricacies remaining elusive. Even though it’s something marvelous, in the truest sense of the word, sleep is so mundane that it is often taken for granted. The speculative science of Somnium

“One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…” If asked to, I bet most of you could recite the rest of this nursery rhyme from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Released forty years ago this month, Wes Craven’s seminal slash-sterpiece entered our nightmares. That’s four decades of fantastical terror. Forty years of one of the

I am convinced that Stephen King does not sleep. The author has time to crank out bestselling novels left and right and still finds time to consume an obscene amount of media on the side. I think he watches more movies than I do and I watch movies for a living. Fortunately, he always takes

Quentin Tarantino, 2007. ©Weinstein Company LLC/Courtesy Everett Collection I have become so disenchanted with Hollywood over the past 20 years. Since Wall Street got involved with film financing, we’ve seen safe IP-based films dominate multiplexes. There’s very little originality or creativity getting past the gatekeepers these days. Whenever we see something unexpected, it comes from

Dating is hell and so are dating apps. In fact, dating apps may just be the ninth circle of Hell awaiting us all. Hyperbolic? Maybe. But not so much so in the new horror-thriller Love Bomb, directed by David Guglielmo and written by Kathy Charles. Three strangers just looking for a good time are brought

I am both a die-hard fan of giallo pictures and a relentless champion of underdog cinema. So, you know I jumped at the chance to speak to the merits of a film that checks both of the aforementioned boxes. The feature in question is Bruce Robinson’s Jennifer 8, a box office bomb that didn’t resonate with

The 1990s were weird for horror movies, weren’t they? There were $100 million remakes of queer-coded Shirley Jackson stories and slashers whose key appeal was an invisible Kevin Bacon knocking off B-list performers. Weird in a good way, of course—I love Hollow Man. Part of it was Wes Craven’s seminal Scream, though the other part

I love a good self-contained thriller. So, Bruce Goodison’s new film Black Cab, which is primarily set in the back of a taxi, stood out to me from the moment it came onto my radar. Furthering my excitement, the picture stars Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead). I had high expectations going in. But I came away

Quentin Tarantino has helmed some undeniably effective films over the past several decades. He has made wise choices and established himself as one of the most influential voices in contemporary cinema. Most of Tarantino’s features are fondly remembered and widely celebrated. However, there’s one that the director might prefer you forget about. In fact, he

I love a good grotesque haunt, especially the real ones, though I love it even more when it’s the setting for some good old-fashioned horror movie scares. You’d think the subgenre would be bigger than it is on account of just how much perennial the innate fear remains among the public writ large, though the

Horror fans will watch almost anything with Stephen King’s name attached to it. The author simply has the Midas touch. For that very reason, there are a ton of adaptations of the prolific scribe’s bibliography. Some of the efforts are stellar. Some are very good. Others are properly divisive. One that falls into the last

Guillermo Del Toro, photo: Michael Desmond / © ABC / Courtesy: Everett Collection It’s no secret that Guillermo del Toro has iconic taste in movies. He’s a student of cinema and his creative output reflects his keen understanding of every aspect of the filmmaking process. One need look no further than the Oscar-winning creator’s Twitter

John Carpenter, on the set of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, 1986. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. Courtesy: Everett Collection. John Carpenter is one of my favorite directors. Like many horror fans who grew up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, I fell in love with his visual aesthetic.