By Brian Keiper Few directorial debuts are as daring as Bill Paxton’s Frailty. As Roger Ebert wrote in his four-star review of the film “perhaps only a first-time director, an actor who does not depend on directing for his next job, would have the nerve to make this movie.” It…

By Justin Drabek Warning The following contains content about self-harm and mental health. “I loved you then and I love you now and I have loved you every second in between.” There is something magical and truly unique about the works of Stephen King and the various ways they find…

By Nuha Hassan Warning The following contains spoilers for Resurrection. In the horror genre, tropes are used to identify and heighten the notion of fear and anxiety, and when it comes to the nature of the disbelieved women, the narratives change. The social stigmas surrounding women’s safety and how their…

By Ellie Sivins In Danse Macabre, Stephen King wrote about how horror “will… find the secret door to the room you believed no one but you knew of.” Sometimes that secret door is unlocked through jump scares and monsters hiding in the dark. Other times, these classic elements of horror…

By Matt Konopka There comes a point in our lives when we can hear the bell tolling in the distance and recognize the existence of our own mortality… …It came for me when a doctor dropped the bombshell that I had high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure…

By Hannah Ni’Shuilleabhain You don’t leave dinner before dessert, you don’t go back on a pinky promise, and you don’t disrupt the pleasant evening to bring up the bloody corpse in the fridge. All good etiquette…that’ll get you killed. Pen to paper, how does the horror screenwriter create a scenario…

By T.J. Tranchell I’m with about 20 other people in a public library on Friday the 13th. We’re here because we are part of what some people call the horror community. We’re all here to watch Friday the 13th. This is the first time in more than two years that…

By Sydney Bollinger Televangelism is the soundtrack and the backdrop to every pivotal moment in Ti West’s X. Early on, a preacher spews words from a gas station TV as the attendant looks on at Maxine (Mia Goth) and her friends with disdain — they are about to make a…

By Justin Drabek SpectreWatch is where writer Justin Drabek discusses the horror filmography of SpectreVision, the impact it has had on him, and the cultural relevance of the company’s commitment to making outsider art for the screen. …