13 August
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HOST Director: Rob SavageStarring: Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb, Caroline Ward, Radina Drandova, Edward Linard, Seylan Baxter  Host is a Shudder original movie find that finds Haley (Haley Bishop) inviting her five friends (Gemma, Radina, Teddy, Emma, and Caroline) to a virtual séance. Some of them are scared, some are excited, and there’s a skeptic in the group. Haley hires a medium to join them. Seylan the medium has specific rules, but spirit doesn’t like it when one of them breaks a cardinal rule. Here’s my reviewRead More →

11 April
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CURSED FILMS Directors: Jay CheelStarring: Linda Blair, Richard Donner, Gary Sherman, Matt Gourley, April Wolfe, Phil Nobile Jr  Were movies like The Exorcist or The Omen cursed? That’s the idea behind the new series Cursed Films. The horror genre has always been filled with urban legends and conspiracy theories as to whether certain movie sets were haunted. It’s easy to fall into this trap with films dealing with the devil and evil spirits. The series is written, directed, and edited by Jay Cheel and focuses on a different movie for each episode. It’s now streaming on Shudder. Here’s my reviewRead More →

28 February
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HORROR NOIRE Writer/Director: Xavier BurginFeaturing: Meosha Bean, Ashlee Blackwell, Robin R. Means Coleman, William Crain, Rachel True, Jordan Peele, William Crain If you love scary movies and/or film history, you should check out the documentary Horror Noire now streaming on Shudder. It takes a look back at black cinema in the horror genre and is bookended with Jordan Peele’s Get Out. It contains various interviews with film historians, authors, filmmakers, and actors discussing the evolution of the black voice in horror. Here’s my reviewRead More →