Jane Schoenbrun Talks Identity and the Internet in ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’ [Interview]

The remarkable and haunting horror film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair had its World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2021 and the internet has been buzzing with anticipation of the release date ever since. Written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, the film stars Anna Cobb, who gives a mesmerizing performance as Casey, […]

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[Interview] ‘Brindlewood Bay’ Author Jason Cordova Discusses the Origins of the Unique Murder Mystery Tabletop Game

Most people associate tabletop roleplaying games with adventurers exploring fantastical lands, but that’s not all the medium has to offer. In Brindlewood Bay, you’re not barbarians or wizards, but rather a group of elderly women in a murder mystery book club who solve real-life crimes in their cozy New England town, where a sinister secret […]

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‘Hatching’: How Animatronics Designer Gustav Hoegen Brought the Creature to Life [Interview]

The image of a seemingly perfect family shows its cracks in director Hanna Bergholm‘s Hatching.  The film follows Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), a 12-year-old aspiring gymnast desperate to maintain her Mother’s (Sophia Heikkilä) tireless demands of perfection and poise. The pressures morph into something otherworldly and dangerous when Tinja finds a strange egg in the woods and decides […]

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Elisha Cuthbert Looks Back on Horror Roles Including ‘House of Wax’ [Exclusive]

Elisha Cuthbert returns to the horror genre in brand new Shudder Original The Cellar, which is now available to stream exclusively on the Shudder streaming service right now. Ahead of The Cellar‘s release, Bloody Disgusting’s The Boo Crew Podcast sat down with Elisha Cuthbert to reflect on some of her past roles inside the horror […]

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‘X’ Hair & Makeup Designer Sarah Rubano on Transforming Mia Goth into Pearl

Ti West’s X delivered gnarly kills and unforgettable characters, both villains and protagonists alike.  At the forefront of it all is actress Mia Goth, who plays not one, but two lead roles in the ’70s set slasher. Goth’s Maxine is the aspiring actress looking for fame, but Goth’s unrecognizable portrayal of Pearl is less obvious. The aged […]

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‘X’ Hair & Makeup Designer Sarah Rubano Breaks Down Two of the Gnarliest Kills

Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers on two character deaths. Ti West delivered no shortage of memorable, gnarly deaths in his slasher, X. Each one different than the last, and most of them gruesome and bloody. The filmmaker previously shared with Bloody Disgusting that the first kill, that of aspiring director RJ (Owen Campbell), “was meant to say, […]

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Spooky Sets and Roald Dahl’s Influence on ‘The Cellar’ [Interview]

Hitting theaters and Shudder this Friday is Brendan Muldowney‘s The Cellar (review), an adaptation of his 2004 short film “The Ten Steps” (watch here). We were able to speak to Muldowney and actor Eoin Macken, who plays Elisha Cuthbert’s husband in the film, about the film’s development and production. After releasing “The Ten Steps”, Muldowney stepped away […]

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Elisha Cuthbert on Her Return to Horror With ‘The Cellar’ [Interview]

Hitting theaters and Shudder this Friday is Brendan Muldowney‘s The Cellar (review), an expansion of his 2004 short film “The Ten Steps” (watch here). For the film’s lead actress Elisha Cuthbert (House of Wax), The Cellar marks her return to horror after a 15-year absence. We had the opportunity to speak with Elisha Cuthbert about the large […]

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Spooky Creator Sapphire Sandalo Shares Her Most Terrifying Supernatural Experience [Interview]

Welcome back to DEAD Time, a new column where I share my own paranormal experiences, tell others’ stories, and talk with experts in the unexplained. This month, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with paranormal creator extraordinaire, Sapphire Sandalo! Sapphire is a Filipino-American host, animator, creator, and podcaster in Los Angeles. She’s […]

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer 2’ – Mike Mendez Recalls His Unmade Pitch [Phantom Limbs]

For this installment of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be diving back into the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise with filmmaker Mike Mendez, the director behind The Convent, The Gravedancers and Big Ass Spider!. As Mendez noted during a recent appearance on the Best Films Never Made podcast, he had pitched to write and […]

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[Exclusive] ‘Lone Survivor’ Interview Part Two: How the Pandemic Birthed ‘Super Lone Survivor’ and a Brand New Story

Lone Survivor, the 2D psychological horror title by developer Jasper Byrne, turned ten years old this past weekend. For the anniversary, Byrne took the time to speak with us for a two-part interview series. In part one, we discussed the origins and challenges of the original Lone Survivor. Now in part two, we take a […]

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[Exclusive] ‘Lone Survivor’ Interview Part One: Jasper Byrne Discusses the Origins and Challenges of Making the Hit Indie Horror Game

Ten years ago, the 2D psychological horror Lone Survivor made its mark on the indie games scene. Often cited as one of the strongest spiritual successors to Silent Hill, the crunchy pixel art and haunting soundscape felt like David Lynch by way of SNES. The story follows an isolated man wearing a surgical mask trying […]

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“I Know What You Did Last Summer” Season 2 – Sara Goodman Explains Where the Story Would’ve Gone [Exclusive]

For this entry of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be taking a look at the planned but sadly unproduced second and third seasons of Amazon Prime’s I Know What You Did Last Summer. Though the show’s initial outing tied up its central murder mystery by revealing its killer and their motives, there were still plenty of plot […]

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‘The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Scream’ – Creators Peel Back the Curtain on the Bloody Slasher Musical

In our most recent Phantom Limbs, we discussed the unproduced third and fourth seasons of Scream: The TV Series with showrunners Michael Gans and Richard Register. In the course of our chat, the writers revealed that they had previous experience with the material, having written and produced a musical version of the original Wes Craven […]

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‘X’ Director Ti West on Tricky Alligators and Capturing Period Authenticity [Interview]

This interview contains some spoilers for X. Ti West’s X, out in theaters now, unleashes a full-throttle, savage throwback slasher with surprising humor (my review). Shortly after the film’s SXSW premiere, Bloody Disgusting chatted with West about his covert love letter to filmmaking and the planned trilogy. As West explains in the second part of […]

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