Interviews

‘Man Finds Tape’ Filmmakers Embraced Practical Effects For Occult Found Footage Feature Debut [Interview]

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Found footage horror film Man Finds Tape weaves together paranormal and occult themes with a small-town setting and the fractured bond between a brother and sister to tell an unsettling story that goes to some unexpected places. The film features shocking, terrifying practical effects and a small, talented cast, and boasts an impressive list of […]

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‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ Director Jalmari Helander Surprised Himself with Bigger, Gorier Sequel

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“The Man Who Refuses to Die” is back and more determined than ever in explosive sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge, from returning writer/director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, Big Game).  In the over-the-top action sequel releasing in theaters on November 21, Aatami (Jorma Tommila) finds his quest to rebuild his home thwarted by the Red Army […]

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In a Big Year for Richard Bachman, the Legacy of Stephen King’s Pen Name Grows with ‘The End Times’

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Getting several new Stephen King adaptations in a given year isn’t surprising to horror fans, but this year has an added dimension of intrigue for longtime Constant Readers. Two of the King films released in 2025 – The Long Walk and The Running Man – were originally released under a different name.  Beginning in 1977, […]

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Crispin Glover Talks ‘No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance’ and the Theatrical Experience [Interview]

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More than a decade in the making, eccentric actor Crispin Glover (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Back to the Future) is back with his third directorial effort, No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance. A generations-spanning surrealist tale with a meta bend, the film defies a succinct synopsis. Glover prefers to allow […]

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Brock Powell on Playing Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface in “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”

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On the surface, Ed Gein and Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) have very little in common. One lived with his domineering mother on the plains of snowy Wisconsin, while the other, a creation of director Tobe Hooper, keeps a house full of unruly men in the brutal heat of the Texas heartland. Gein was a shy and […]

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How ‘Shelby Oaks’ Crafted a Fascinating Mixed Format Horror Hybrid Through Editing

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Even before anyone had seen a frame of Shelby Oaks, critic and YouTuber Chris Stuckmann‘s feature directorial debut, it became one of the most talked-about horror films in the last five years simply because of the sheer weight of support its concept garnered. Stuckmann’s efforts to crowdfund the film set Kickstarter records, early festival buzz […]

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‘Black Phone 2’ Draws from Dante’s Inferno For Icy Sequel That Puts Horror Forward [Interview]

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Returning director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, V/H/S/85) and co-writer C. Robert Cargill didn’t plan to make sequel Black Phone 2 unless a great idea came along that excited them. That’s when author Joe Hill called. “He just said, ‘A phone rings, Finney answers, and it’s The Grabber calling from hell,’” Cargill tells Bloody Disgusting. That was the spark that […]

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‘Beast of War’ Shark Practical Effects Made Cast and Crew Scared to Get in the Water [Interview]

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World War II shark thriller Beast of War draws inspiration from the historical account that Quint tells in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. That it releases in the same year that Spielberg’s seminal shark classic turns 50 feels like uncanny levels of planning ahead. “It’s just a beautiful, ironic coincidence, isn’t it?” Australian writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner (Sting, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) […]

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Dakota Fanning Has New Level of Respect for Horror After Starring in ‘Vicious’

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Out this Friday on Paramount+ is Vicious, the latest visceral nightmare from filmmaker Bryan Bertino (The Dark and the Wicked, The Strangers) that stars Dakota Fanning as a woman experiencing the worst night of her life. Vicious centers almost entirely around Fanning’s character, Polly, who lives alone and reluctantly brings an older woman (Kathryn Hunter) out of […]

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‘The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans’ Season Two Brings Out the All-Star Monster Claws [Interview]

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The Boulet Brothers are back this Halloween season with the arrival of “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans” Season Two on Shudder and AMC+, premiering today, and the All-Star competitors are out for blood. Fourteen of the fiercest drag artists from past seasons (most of them top three finalists and fan favorites) are back to prove […]

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The Creatures, Weapons, and Unconventional Yautja Hero of ‘Predator: Badlands’ [Set Visit]

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Prepare to get far more acquainted with the Yautja than ever before, including a look at their planet and culture, in Prey director Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands. Much has already been publicized about Badlands’ unconventional protagonist for a Predator movie, a young Yautja looking to prove himself by embarking on a perilous big game hunt, but […]

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Robert Englund Talks the Future of ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ & Who Should Play Freddy Next [Interview]

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Robert Englund has made it clear that he’s done playing Freddy Krueger, but as the man behind the horror icon for so many years, he shares valuable opinions about the future of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. “I think if they were gonna reboot it, they should probably start with [A Nightmare on Elm […]

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How Rick Baker Inspired the ‘V/H/S/Halloween’ Segment Pitched as an R-Rated ‘Goosebumps’ Episode

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The popular found footage franchise V/H/S brings the holiday spirit with its latest entry, V/H/S/Halloween, featuring six segments of Halloween horror carnage and mayhem. “Home Haunt,” the segment written and directed by filmmaking duo Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman, comes closest to capturing the classic Halloween aesthetic with a story centered around a home haunt gone […]

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

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

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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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