horror

BRIGHTWOOD: Divorce, Time Loop-Style
BRIGHTWOOD: Divorce, Time Loop-Style

The focus of Dane Elcar’s micro-budget debut feature Brightwood is a relationship falling apart. Jen…

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: Recycled Pizza, Recycled Scares
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S: Recycled Pizza, Recycled Scares

The only real scare is that given Five Nights at Freddy’s runaway success, the sequel it so brazenly teases at its conclusion will certainly come to be.

Inquiring Minds: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954)
Inquiring Minds: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954)

Creature From the Black Lagoon is a visually stunning and well-designed film that both entertains and thrills, leaving a lasting impression.

Horrific Inquiry: PET SEMATARY (1989)

Pet Sematary feels like a good time horror film wrapped in the Stephen King charm, but it is terrors run deep and its implications devastating.

SAW X: Skin In The Game
SAW X: Skin In The Game

Once the blood begins to flow, Saw X tears ahead with brutal, surgical precision and typically excellent practical effects.

Horrific Inquiry: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER S4 E10: “Hush”

Welcome back to the scariest, and at times goriest, column here at Film Inquiry: Horrific Inquiry.…

SUITABLE FLESH: A Freaky Delight
SUITABLE FLESH: A Freaky Delight

It’s wild. It’s weird. Joe Lynch has crafted one hell of a Lovecraftian thrill ride with Suitable Flesh.

NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU: Grey Aliens With Big Eyes Are Back, Baby!
NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU: Grey Aliens With Big Eyes Are Back, Baby!

It’s tough to be a sci-fi screenwriter in Hollywood — there’s a 90% chance that…

HorrorFest International Film Festival: Interview With GLUE TRAP Writer/Director Justin Geldzahler
HorrorFest International Film Festival: Interview With GLUE TRAP Writer/Director Justin Geldzahler

We spoke with writer/director Justin Geldzahler for his horror comedy Glue Trap!

KALIMBA: Effectively Alluring & Eerie

Kalimba is a tightly wound wonder, enigmatic but enticing.

Saw X: A Pleasant(?) Surprise
Saw X: A Pleasant(?) Surprise

I didn’t think this was possible. I really didn’t. After the letdowns of Saw (2004)and Saw II…

Horrific Inquiry: AUDITION (1999)

Audition is a slow burner of a horror, an almost perfect example of a frog in boiling water.

TOTALLY KILLER: Total Perfection
TOTALLY KILLER: Total Perfection

One of the best films of the year, and the most meta the horror genre has seen since Scream, Totally Killer is the horror comedy you have totally been waiting for.

HorrorFest International Film Festival 2023

Tis the season for horror! One way to appreciate the genre is to get out to film festivals such as the 2023 HorrorFest!

THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER: Floundering Faith in Messy Retread
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER: Floundering Faith in Messy Retread

Believer wields the Exorcist saga poorly by vomiting so much at the screen and leaving little more than a mess of themes and characters.