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Carpenter Brut \ cheese \ horror \ sci-fi \ Seth Ickerman \ Shudder \ synthwave
Blood Machines (Vapid Sci-Fi Horror Synth Cheese)
Those uninitiated in synthwave and unfamiliar with one of the forefathers of the genre, Carpenter Brut, can now be exposed to it all through bloody 80s nostalgia with the release of Blood Machines on Shudder. The three episode “epic” by Seth Ickerman involves the discovery of an entity who escapes her spaceship, turning into […]

Brandon Cronenberg \ Elevation Pictures \ Neon \ science fiction \ thriller
Possessor (Self-Denying Sci-Fi Nighmare Fuel)
As legendary Canadian auteur David Cronenberg continues to sway from directorial duties, his bloodline has taken the reigns. The pressure was on Brandon Cronenberg to deliver a successful follow up to 2012’s Antiviral, but with Possessor, it can be confirmed that the prodigal son has returned with a shocking new vision. The film deals […]

animation \ existential \ Filmuniversitaet Babelsberg \ Germany \ nose stuff \ Vincenz Neuhaus \ vn83
Nosis (Existential Pinocchio Nose Murder by Vincenz Neuhaus)
We need more existential nose fiction in the world. Ever since the great one, Nikolai Gogol, conceived of a living nose tale the world has forever attempted to come out of his nostrils and do better. I am happy to say that quest has finally been completed by +5 to charisma animation paladin Vincenz […]

animation \ Lorenz Wunderle \ LSD stuff \ Pentagram sucks \ YK Animation
Coyote (LSD Animal Death Revenge by Lorenz Wunderle)
Yeah where to begin with this? I feel like it’s the kind of thing from which you draw your own conclusions. Is there a point? I don’t care, because Coyote, with its vivid, 90s gross-out style is primarily a hallucinatory splendor for only the hardcore. But like is there a point (asks a provincial)? […]

animation \ Czech Republic \ Daria Kashcheeva \ MAUR film \ Miyu Distribution \ poor daddy heart
Daughter (Stab in the Daddy Heart by Daria Kashcheeva)
Here’s one that stabs deep in the daddy heart. I love Eastern European animation. These days everyone’s about anime, and I get it, but before Japan came Eastern Europe. The Czech animation machine was legendary. Old Czech Legends (1953) or Fantastic Planet (1973, lol some people think it’s French), being two choice cuts. Since […]

animation \ Baba-Yaga properly pronounced \ Canada \ folk horror \ folklore \ horror \ National Film Board of Canada \ NFB
Bone Mother (Baba-Yaga Pronounced Correctly Folk Horror)
The horror industry should really dig into folklore more, from anywhere, and lose the jumpscares. I don’t mean dig in there, steal some stuff, and then claim it as one’s own, I mean let it reveal itself. Case in point this recent, animated, true-to-the-original short, Bone Mother, which draws on Russian folklore, in particular […]

animation \ Carlos Baena \ films \ horror \ horror film \ scary monster is actually me
La Noira (Broken Heart Horror by Carlos Baena)
La Noira received tons of praise before I even looked at it, and since my suggested viewing kept bothering me about it I figured “okay, fine.” Directed by mainstream (gasp) powerhouse Carlos Baena (ahem Jurassic Park III and Toy Story 3, among many others) La Noira (which translates to “The Ferris Wheel”) has been […]

films \ giallo \ Greenwich Entertainment \ Nicolas Pesce \ sadomasochism \ slasher \ thriller \ Universal Pictures \ WOAH TOO MUCH SEX STUFF
Piercing (Giallo Sadomasochist Thriller)
Piercing is a bizarre psychological thriller from writer-director Nicolas Pesce, which also doubles up as a dark, fucked-up rom-com that spreads giallo everywhere. Two negatives don’t make a positive, but two nuts create a violent and bloody mess, with lots of yellow. Reed is a family man with an awkward, timid nature, who harbors a desire to […]

creatures \ Dark Star Pictures \ films \ horror \ incest \ insect incest lol wut \ Owen Long \ psychological horror
Seeds (New England Insect Incest)
Take a psychological creature-feature thriller and throw in inappropriate sexual desire so that it’s clear keeping it in the family is not always best and you get Seeds, a haunting debut from writer-director Owen Long. When a night of debauchery spirals out of control, a young man named Marcus retreats to the isolation of […]