Roguelikes seem to be the genre that benefits most from an Early Access release. The core gameplay loop and the various ways that it evolves throughout a run are so crucial to the success of this type of game, and it’s hard for developers to get a sense of how it will all play out […]
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Sometimes I think that we genre fans who cling to cult and exploitation cinema and eagerly await new disc releases feel like the only audience for 4K restorations of, say, Canadian horror films from 1980. We might be the primary audience for things like a 4K restoration of Death Ship, complete with two new commentaries […]
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Sometimes I think that we genre fans who cling to cult and exploitation cinema and eagerly await new disc releases feel like the only audience for 4K restorations of, say, Canadian horror films from 1980. We might be the primary audience for things like a 4K restoration of Death Ship, complete with two new commentaries […]
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Sometimes I think that we genre fans who cling to cult and exploitation cinema and eagerly await new disc releases feel like the only audience for 4K restorations of, say, Canadian horror films from 1980. We might be the primary audience for things like a 4K restoration of Death Ship, complete with two new commentaries […]
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As someone who was in his mid-teens during the original Playstation era, Legacy of Kain was particularly up my alley. While Blood Omen was definitely in line with the edgy content I was looking for, the game that got its hooks in me was Soul Reaver. The more-than-25-year time gap since I last played the […]
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As someone who was in his mid-teens during the original Playstation era, Legacy of Kain was particularly up my alley. While Blood Omen was definitely in line with the edgy content I was looking for, the game that got its hooks in me was Soul Reaver. The more-than-25-year time gap since I last played the […]
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As someone who was in his mid-teens during the original Playstation era, Legacy of Kain was particularly up my alley. While Blood Omen was definitely in line with the edgy content I was looking for, the game that got its hooks in me was Soul Reaver. The more-than-25-year time gap since I last played the […]
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One of the best horror premises is going back to your small hometown and slowly uncovering long-buried secrets. The potential for tying the town’s evils to your family history is apparent from the start, allowing everything to have more personal stakes. Small town citizens always have the best petty rivalries, which can be amplified by […]
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A mid-film scene that sees Malcolm McDowell‘s Satanist benefactor pontificate about his religious and financial power to an extremely disinterested guest sums up the viewing experience of Psycho Killer. Se7en scribe Andrew Kevin Walker teaming with 8mm producer Gavin Polone, making his directorial feature debut here, for a Satanic serial killer thriller suggests disturbing horror […]
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A mid-film scene that sees Malcolm McDowell‘s Satanist benefactor pontificate about his religious and financial power to an extremely disinterested guest sums up the viewing experience of Psycho Killer. Se7en scribe Andrew Kevin Walker teaming with 8mm producer Gavin Polone, making his directorial feature debut here, for a Satanic serial killer thriller suggests disturbing horror […]
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Television and film currently exist during an often-cynical era in which intellectual property and brand recognition often mean more than a good idea. It’s the new normal for everything from Four Weddings and a Funeral to Boomerang to receive television adaptations. There’s more money in prequels to Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen than there is […]
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The home invasion subgenre can be such a potent horror vehicle because there’s something inherently terrifying about having one’s personal space invaded. This experience is frightening in whatever form it takes, yet these intrusive horror stories have still found ways to become more subversive with where they take their audience. Darren Lynn Bousman’s Twisted definitely […]
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The bizarre experiment that is The Strangers reboot trilogy has finally reached its end. Madelaine Petsch’s exhausted final girl Maya has been on the run for one night of grueling hell, stretched far too thin across three separate films. However, instead of a full circle reckoning, The Strangers: Chapter 3 crawls toward its confused conclusion. […]
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Brazilian horror comedy Bowels of Hell gleefully keeps its head in the toilet in its gross-out depiction of an apartment building so caught up in its own crap that they don’t notice disgustingly cursed plumbing until it’s too late. Writers/Directors Gurcius Gewdner and Gustavo Vinagre don’t hold back on gag-inducing potty horror, creating a strange […]
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Effective found footage storytelling requires a delicate balance of narrative structure and chaotic realism. After all, if you make your movie too realistic, it’ll likely be about as entertaining as keeping up with a nanny cam. On the other hand, if you try to inject the story with too many of the usual tropes and […]
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