Interviews

‘The Sacrifice Game’ Director Jenn Wexler on Keeping Christmas Bloody and Her Horror Influences

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Director/Producer Jenn Wexler’s sophomore feature, The Sacrifice Game, arrives on Shudder on December 8, just in time to spread holiday fear for the season. With co-writer Sean Redlitz, Wexler’s latest infuses Yuletide horror with a maniacal Satanic cult set at a boarding school in the ’70s. Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Olympian Gus Kenworthy, Chloë Levine, Madison Baines, Derek Johns, […]

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‘Raging Grace’ – Paris Zarcilla on Crafting Personal Horror Story and ‘Rage’ Trilogy Plans

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Billed as a “coming of rage” story, writer/director Paris Zarcilla’s genre-bending debut feature, Raging Grace, arrives in limited theaters today. The gothic tale leans into psychological and the supernatural, but all of it is deeply personal to the filmmaker. And it’s only the beginning of a planned “Rage” trilogy. The film follows “Joy, an undocumented Filipino immigrant who […]

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Exclusive Interview: Writer Adam Marcus Reveals the Version of ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ We Never Got

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Horror fans will recognize Adam Marcus as the director of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday and the co-writer of Texas Chainsaw, two divisive but oft-discussed entries in their respective franchises. He recently returned to the genre to helm Secret Santa, a holiday horror-comedy streaming exclusively on SCREAMBOX. The second installment in our three-part […]

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Exclusive Interview: Director Adam Marcus Reflects on ‘Jason Goes to Hell’ and Teases Creighton Duke Spinoff Movie

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Horror fans will recognize Adam Marcus as the director of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday and the co-writer of Texas Chainsaw, two divisive but oft-discussed entries in their respective franchises. He recently returned to the genre to helm Secret Santa, a holiday horror-comedy streaming exclusively on SCREAMBOX. The first installment in our three-part […]

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‘Biters and Bleeders’: Charlie Carson Monroe on Demonic Bed Bugs and the Beauty in the Grotesque [Interview]

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Few sensations are as unnerving as an insect scuttling across your skin in the dead of night. Is that tiny pinprick on the tip of your toe just an itch or merely the beginning of an infestation that will ravage your skin and destroy your sanity? As bed bugs make a global resurgence (sadly), writer […]

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“Goosebumps” – Creators of Disney Series on Breathing New Life into R.L. Stine’s Universe [Interview]

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The monstrous Goosebumps handle has dripped and oozed its green-tinged ichor for the past three decades, seeping into the imaginations of the countless kids who dared traverse the pages of R.L. Stine’s paperback terrors. In time the words on the page leapt onto the screen and eventually into theaters, transforming playfully frightful prose into equally […]

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‘Thanksgiving’ – Eli Roth Reveals How Covid Influenced His Killer’s Design and the Research Put Into the Script

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A new holiday horror classic emerges with the arrival of Eli Roth‘s Thanksgiving in theaters on November 17. In Thanksgiving, “After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the infamous holiday.”  Bloody Disgusting spoke with Roth, who wrote the script with Jeff Rendell, about his gory slasher and […]

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‘Thanksgiving’ – Eli Roth on the Importance of Original Horror and Evolving His ‘Grindhouse’ Trailer [Interview]

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Based on his fake trailer from the Grindhouse Double Feature (2007), Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving is finally a full-feature movie, and it’s arriving in theaters this Friday, November 17. In Thanksgiving, “After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the infamous holiday.” Bloody Disgusting spoke with Roth, who wrote the script […]

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‘Deep Fear’ Director Marcus Adams On His Cocaine-Fueled Shark Thriller [Interview]

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Like Jaws before it, the release of Cocaine Bear earlier this year has resulted in a slew of natural horror films, many of which are using the same conceit of an animal driven to extreme behavior by the consumption of narcotics. Projects already in production include Crackcoon and the delayed Methgator, created by The Asylum. […]

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“30 Coins” – How Álex de la Iglesia’s Love of Role Playing Games Shaped the HBO Series

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The second season of the HBO Original Series “30 Coins” is underway, plunging some of its central characters into the bowels of one ultra-cool depiction of Hell that could only come from the mind of acclaimed horror filmmaker Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, Witching & Bitching, The Last Circus). The eight-episode season of the acclaimed […]

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Michael Kennedy and Tyler MacIntyre Discuss Their Charming Christmas Slasher ‘It’s a Wonderful Knife’ [Interview]

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Over the past few years, horror fans have enjoyed a rejuvenation of the slasher subgenre. Even more exciting is the fact that writers and directors are finding new and creative ways to make slasher movies fun. A great example of this is the body swap horror comedy Freaky (2020), written by Michael Kennedy and Christopher […]

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Damien Leone on ‘Terrifier 2’ Re-Release, Fan Theories, and That ‘Terrifier 3’ Teaser [Interview]

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Halloween isn’t over until Art the Clown says so, and tonight marks the return of the unrated mega-slasher Terrifier 2 to theaters nationwide. The movie will feature a special introduction from Creator Damien Leone along with a never-before-seen Terrifier 3 teaser, both exclusive to theaters. The exclusive poster for the re-release revealed an early Christmas present from Art the Clown, signaling a […]

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John Carpenter on the Past, Present, and Future: “I Just Keep Going Forward” [Interview]

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John Carpenter is a busy guy. Don’t let all the talk about video games and basketball fool you. Look, instead, to his output: In the last eight years, he’s released three Lost Themes volumes, re-recorded renowned themes that span two Anthology collections, scored four films for Universal, and performed at venues and festivals all across […]

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“The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” – Dracmorda and Swanthula Preview Season 5’s New Chapter

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“The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” has quickly become a Halloween season staple on the horror streaming service Shudder. Luckily, the brand new season kicks off right on Halloween, ushering in a new chapter for the series. Season 5 debuts on Tuesday, October 31, on Shudder and AMC+, with new episodes airing weekly.  The fifth season promises to be the […]

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‘Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor’ Director Stephen Cognetti on New Setting and Franchise’s Future

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Writer/director Stephen Cognetti’s Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, the fourth installment in the found footage series, leaves the Abaddon Hotel behind for new scares and terrain. And it’s streaming NOW. Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor began streaming exclusively on Shudder on October 30, 2023. For the film’s release, Bloody Disgusting spoke to Cognetti about creating […]

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