The Hell Heartbeat: ‘Longlegs’ Sound Designer Eugenio Battaglia Reveals Hidden Messages & More [Interview]

Putting aside the raging debate about whether it is, in fact, the “scariest film of the decade,” one thing we can all agree upon is that Longlegs is, at the very least, off putting. There’s something about Osgood “Oz” Perkins’ latest that gets under your skin, even if it doesn’t necessarily reduce you to a […]

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‘Oddity’ Filmmaker Reveals How Ending Evolved and Confirms One Character’s Fate [Interview]

Oddity, the latest by writer/director Damian McCarthy, out now in theaters, offers a chill-inducing tale of supernatural revenge with one creepy mannequin at the center. One intense murder incites a feature-length trap of ghostly karma and justice. The film stars Carolyn Bracken (You Are Not My Mother) as twin sisters Dani and Darcy. When Dani is […]

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‘Oddity’ Writer/Director Discusses Scare-Crafting and That Creepy Mannequin [Interview]

An eerie, threadbare stuffed bunny induced scares for the way it signaled the presence of ghosts in writer/director Damian McCarthy’s feature debut, 2021’s Caveat. The filmmaker ramps up the tension and scares in his follow-up, Oddity, another chill-inducing tale of supernatural revenge with one creepy mannequin at the center. Oddity, releasing on July 19, stars […]

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Tom DeLonge Talks the UFO Phenomenon and ‘Sekret Machines: War’ [Exclusive Interview]

Welcome back to DEAD Time. The purpose of this column is to inform and entertain, when possible, but also to hopefully get you to open your mind to new possibilities about the world around you. So, this month I reached out to someone who has been investigating the UFO phenomenon for many years, as well […]

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‘#AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead’ Gets Bloody with Seven Deadly Sins-Inspired Killer [Interview]

A group of friends and influencers staying at an Airbnb are picked off one by one in #AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead, directed by Marcus Dunstan (The Collector) and starring Jade Pettyjohn. The upcoming slasher film, written by Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum, releases in select theaters, Digital and On Demand August 2. The plot […]

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How ‘The Devil’s Bath’ Evolved From Courtroom Drama into Harrowing Psychological Period Piece

 The Devil’s Bath, the latest from The Lodge and Goodnight Mommy filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, mines its horror from history. The psychological period film, set in 1750 Austria, follows the disturbing unraveling of a woman pushed toward evil, but it initially began life as a courtroom drama. The Devil’s Bath is now available to stream on Shudder and […]

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Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala Tease Plans for ‘A Head Full of Ghosts’ Adaptation [Interview]

The Lodge and Goodnight Mommy filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are back this week with the ultra-bleak The Devil’s Bath, arriving on Shudder this Friday, and the filmmakers are already hard at work on their next feature: an adaptation of author Paul Tremblay’s knockout novel A Head Full of Ghosts. The adaptation was announced earlier this year and will […]

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Joshua John Miller Fondly Recalls Working with Kathryn Bigelow on ‘Near Dark’ [Interview]

In The Exorcism, Russell Crowe plays an actor and recovering addict terrorized by demons, personal and otherwise. His character, an actor on the set of a fictional horror movie, also happens to be terrorized by a cruel director (Adam Goldberg), something with which director Joshua John Miller has a lot of experience. Joshua John Miller, […]

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Cast and Showrunners of “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School” Talk Finale, Fandom & Final Girls [Exclusive]

Beware – Major spoilers for the finale of Pretty Little Liars: Summer School below. Summer break is on the horizon for the cast and crew of Pretty Little Liars: Summer School as the shocking season finale has recently aired, revealing the mystery behind Spooky Spaghetti and Bloody Rose. The entire season was a wild ride, […]

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Hollywood Ghost Hunters Co-Founder Rick McCallum on Hunting Ghosts with Kane Hodder [Interview]

Welcome back to DEAD Time. A group of terrifying, hulking horror villains getting together to hunt ghosts may sound like the plot of a movie, but it’s not. Meet the Hollywood Ghost Hunters. The paranormal team includes actor and stuntman R.A. Mihailoff (Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Death House), as well as actor and stuntman […]

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How ‘The Exorcism’ Puts a Deeply Personal, “Quietly Radical” Spin on the Possession Movie [Interview]

There’s much more than meets the eye in The Exorcism, from writer/director Joshua John Miller and co-writer M.A. Fortin (The Final Girls). Or rather, there’s a lot bubbling beneath the surface in this possession horror story. The Exorcism stars Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) as troubled actor Anthony Miller, who begins to unravel after taking […]

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‘The A-Frame’ Director and Stars Discuss the Goopy Sci-Fi Horror Comedy [Interview]

Writer/Director Calvin Lee Reeder’s dark, goopy sci-fi horror comedy The A-Frame dangles the potential for a medical miracle when a quantum physicist’s machine opens a portal to a subatomic universe. Things, of course, go awry. The A-Frame introduces Donna (Dana Namerode) at one of the lowest points in her life as a musician with bone cancer that will […]

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‘In a Violent Nature’ – How THAT Centerpiece Kill Came Together [Interview]

Experimental slasher In a Violent Nature, writer/director Chris Nash’s feature debut, sliced up an impressive opening weekend at the box office and received critical acclaim for its unique take on the slasher subgenre. But there’s one standout moment that has horror fans buzzing: a centerpiece kill so unexpected and gnarly that it ensures undead killer […]

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Nick Stahl on ‘What You Wish For’ and Growing Up in the ’90s [Halloweenies Podcast]

The great Nick Stahl joins Halloweenies co-host and executive producer Michael Roffman to discuss his forthcoming thriller What You Wish For, now on VOD via Magnet. Together, they chew on his latest role as a troubled chef with a gambling history (no spoilers), the tough hurdles of growing up in the ’90s, his appreciation for […]

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‘In a Violent Nature’ Director Reveals How His Unique Slasher Was Reshot Almost Entirely [Interview]

Writer/Director Chris Nash’s feature debut, In a Violent Nature, is set to unleash an arthouse twist on the slasher in theaters this Friday, but the journey getting there has been long and arduous. So much so that Nash reshot a large percentage of the film just to get it, and the gory practical effects, just right. That […]

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