Author: Daniel Kurland

‘New Group’ Feels Like A Lost J-Horror Classic That Turns The Human Body Into Abrasive Architecture [BHFF Review]

Daniel Kurland Anna Yamada, BHFF 25, Brooklyn Horror, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, J-horror, Junji Ito, New Group, Reviews

Yûta Shimotsu’s sophomore feature is an enlightening social satire about the dangers of conformity and assimilation, brought to life through a chilling body horror experiment. “Japan is the best! Japan is the best!” There is no shortage of uncomfortable imagery and surreal nightmare fuel in American horror movies. However, the chilling visuals that are born […]

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‘Every Heavy Thing’ Is A Manic Murder Mystery Masterpiece [BHFF Review]

Daniel Kurland BHFF 25, Brooklyn Horror, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Every Heavy Thing, james urbaniak, Josh Fadem, Mickey Reece, Reviews, Tipper Newton

Mickey Reece creates a one-of-a-kind dream-like descent into danger, death, and delirium that’s as unbelievable as it is unpredictable. “Every heavy thing falls away.” It’s become such a rarity for a movie to genuinely, truly surprise its audience. Cinemagoers can sometimes cynically feel as if they’ve seen everything, only for a film like Mickey Reece’s […]

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‘This Is Not A Test’ Unleashes A YA Zombie Apocalypse That Feels Like Detention [BHFF Review]

Daniel Kurland Adam MacDonald, BHFF 25, Brooklyn Horror, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Courtney Summers, Froy Gutierrez, Olivia Holt, Reviews, This is Not a Test, Zombie

The melodramatic adaptation of the Courtney Summers YA novel fails to do anything new with a zombie apocalypse, despite a strong, committed performance by Olivia Holt. “The end of the world is a lonely place.” Film has been exploring zombie stories for close to a century. Zombie stories consistently find an audience and are one […]

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‘Affection’ Is A Macabre Meditation On Memory That Gets Under Your Skin [BHFF Review]

Daniel Kurland Affection, BHFF 25, Brooklyn Horror, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, BT Meza, Jessica Rothe, Reviews

Affection is an existential, claustrophobic examination of the self that’s more than its teases, twists, and turns “I know the difference between what’s real and what’s a dream.” Affection is such a rare, ambitious feat on multiple fronts — storytelling, editing, direction — but it’s a film that would absolutely fall apart without the right […]

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‘Tinsman Road’ Is Flawed Found Footage That Trades Frights For Feelings [BHFF Review]

Daniel Kurland BHFF 25, Brooklyn Horror, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, found footage, Leslie Banfitch, Reviews, Robbie Banfitch, The Outwaters, tinsman road

Tinsman Road is a grueling emotional gut punch that explores grief, guilt, and the great unknown, but poor pacing and a lack of conflict leave it lost without a compass. “You wanted to do this.” “Yeah, because I believe.” The found footage genre, when properly embraced, can truly be magical. It has the ability to […]

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‘The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror XXXVI” Remixes and Dismembers Old & New Horror Classics [Review]

Daniel Kurland Halloween, halloween special, Late Night With the Devil, Reviews, The Blob, The Simpsons, Treehouse of Horror, Treehouse of Horror XXXVI, TV, Waterworld

Jaws, Late Night with the Devil, and somehow Waterworld receive the “Treehouse of Horror” treatment in a fun, mostly funny Halloween installment  One of the more compelling novelties of The Simpsons, a series that is now in its 37th season and rounding the corner on its 800th episode, is how certain elements have inherently changed […]

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The Art Of The Trailer: 10 Horror Teasers That Go Rogue

Daniel Kurland A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Alien 3, Child's Play 2, Editorials, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Magic, Movies, Poltergeist, Psycho, teaser, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, trailer, Visiting Hours

Horror movie trailers can become creatively hollow endeavors, but some movies feature teasers that are made up of entirely original footage that does something different! It’s so easy for a movie’s marketing to feel like exactly that — corporate advertising that’s designed to move a product. There is certainly no shortage of trailers that proceed […]

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‘Other’ Offers Taut Techno-Paranoia from ‘MadS’ Director That Showcases A Scary Schism Of Self [Review]

Daniel Kurland David Moreau, Movies, Olga Kurylenko, Other, Reviews, Shudder

“You are beautiful.” Generational trauma is nothing new for horror, but it’s gradually become one of modern horror’s most popular ingredients. Horror inherently holds a twisted mirror up to society, and so it makes a lot of sense that its current era is so steeped in generational trauma, the sins of the past, and how […]

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Dogs, Spirits and Slashers: The Power Of POV In New Wave Post-Modern Horror

Daniel Kurland Ben Leonberg, Chris Nash, Editorials, found footage, Genre, Good Boy, In a Violent Nature, Movies, pov, Presence, slasher, Steven Soderbergh

Horror is a genre that thrives upon disruption and going against the grain. That being said, there’s a curious quality where fringe fascinations can progressively become mainstream, and what was once subversive is now the new normal. There was a time when a slasher film like Halloween was anarchic and groundbreaking, only for it to […]

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New ‘Family Guy’ Halloween Special Gets Silly In Its Pursuit Of The Perfect Holiday Song [Review]

Daniel Kurland Family Guy, Halloween, halloween special, Hulu, Reviews, TV

Family Guy’s newest Halloween special hatches a passionate trick-or-treating scheme while also righting an age-old wrong that’s hung over the holiday’s head for years Halloween episodes are a tried and true television tradition that has thankfully only grown more creative over time. They’re a great opportunity for characters to try on new skins – figuratively […]

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Second Skin Studio’s Creature & Prosthetic Supervisors Break Down the Monsters of ‘Alien: Earth’ [Interview]

Daniel Kurland Alien, Alien: Earth, Exclusives, Interviews, Noah Hawley, Sarawut “Tor” Sakthamcharoen, Sarinnaree “Honey” Khamaiumcharean, TV, xenomorph

Alien: Earth’s talented creature and prosthetic supervisors talk about finding space for creepy new creations that build upon the franchise’s frightening lore. Alien hit the ground running with its Xenomorph, Facehugger, and Chestburster designs, all of which have become signature sci-fi creations. However, part of the fun of Alien’s copious – and sometimes messy – […]

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‘Horror’s New Wave’ Is a Detailed Deep Dive into Blumhouse’s First 15 Years [Review]

Daniel Kurland blumhouse, Books, horror's new wave, Horror's New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse, Insidious, Jason Blum, Reviews, Simon & Schuster, Sinister, the purge

‘Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse’ is an excellent distillation of one of horror’s biggest movers and shakers that’s a must-read for film aficionados. If one were to name some of the biggest horror movies of the past two decades, it’s not uncommon for titles like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Get Out, The Invisible Man, […]

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‘Alien: Earth’ – How WĒTĀ Workshop Resurrected & Evolved the Franchise’s Most Iconic Creatures [Interview]

Daniel Kurland Alien, Alien: Earth, Exclusives, FX, Interviews, Joe Dunckley, TV, Vaughan Flanagan, WETA, Weta Workshop

WĒTĀ Workshop’s Joe Dunckley and Vaughan Flanagan spill the secrets on Alien: Earth’s Xenomorph, Facehugger, and Orchid, plus many more gory goodies. Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers always come up when conversations are had about the best and most iconic horror killers, but Alien’s Xenomorph is a killing machine that has every right […]

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‘Haunted Hotel’ Is a Love Letter to Horror That Will Hopefully Possess Netflix for Years to Come [Review]

Daniel Kurland Archer, Eliza Coupe, haunted hotel, Jimmi Simpson, Matt Roller, Netflix, Reviews, Rick and Morty, Skyler Gisondo, TV, Will Forte

HAUNTED HOTEL is an animated comedy with a deep love for horror staples and absurdist gags that proves to be as sweet as it is silly. “This place only works if the living people make a living.” Animation has a surprising relationship with the horror genre where these types of scary stories are a rarity […]

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‘Treehouse of Horror XXXV’ Spoofs ‘Venom’ and ‘Pacific Rim’ in Mixed Bag Halloween Special [Review]

Daniel Kurland Fall Of The House Of Usher, halloween special, Pacific Rim, Reviews, The Simpsons, Treehouse of Horror, Treehouse of Horror XXXV, TV, Venom

The Simpsons’ annual “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween specials were a seasonal highlight and a strong opportunity for the animated series to truly let loose and explore radical riffs on celebrated horror touchstones like The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and even classic genre archetypes like King Kong and The Twilight Zone. It’s appreciated that […]

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