Month: August 2023
Thorns (2023) is an American sci-fi horror film written and directed by Douglas Schulze. Well-versed behind the camera, Douglas is most known as the writer/director of such films as Hellmaster (1992), The Rain (2009), and The Dark Below (2015); having worked with some respectable members of the acting community, including David Carridine and John Saxton,
Minore is a 2023 Greek sci-fi horror comedy, written and directed by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, with additional writing from Elizabeth E. Schuch. Although mostly known as a visual effects artist who has worked on dozens of large projects, Konstantinos is also notable as the writer/director of the fantasy drama The Winter (2013) and fantasy thriller The
Science fiction, often preoccupied with technology and artificial beings, can sometimes seem overly intricate, neglecting the mundane facets of life. However, this stereotype is not only unfair but also doesn’t hold true for Junta Yamaguchi’s body of work. From his debut feature, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020) Yamaguchi has masterfully blended the time travel
The Ghost Station is a 2022 South Korean horror thriller, written and directed by Yong-ki Jeong, with additional writing from Soyoung Lee, c, and Koji Shiraishi. Takahashi and Shiraishi are incredibly well-known in Japanese cinema, working on such horror classics as Ringu (1998) and Noroi (2005) respectively. On the other hand, Yong-ki Jeong has worked
Black Mold is a 2023 American psychological horror film, written and directed by John Pata. The film stars Agnes Albright and Andrew Bailes as two Urbex photographers, Brooke and Tanner, who are on an exploration tour of abandoned houses on the outskirts of Milwaukee, looking to get some shots. Despite this, these buildings are just
Here for Blood (2022) truly lives up to its name, catering to those with an insatiable appetite for wicked and outrageous carnage. Yet, beneath this tongue-in-cheek horror, resides a familiar trope that functions so effectively, that it will compel you to reconsider your love-and-hate affinity for campy horror productions. Director Daniel Turres undoubtedly possesses the
The Breach is a 2022 Canadian cosmic horror, written by Nick Cutter and Ian Weir, and directed by Rodrigo Gudiño. The film is based on the novel The Troop, originally penned by Nick Cutter. Rodrigo Gudiño is best known as the founding editor and publisher of the online review site, Rue Morgue, created all the
Interspecies Reviewers is a Japanese fantasy sex comedy manga series written by Amahara and illustrated by masha. The series was originally published online through Nico Nico Seiga’s manga website Dragon Dragon Age in 2016. Amahara is best known as the writer behind such manga as Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi, Teisou Gyakuten Sekai, and 33-sai Dokushin
Rage is a 2020 South African folk horror film, originally released as a Showmax original, directed by Jaco Bouwer. It follows five teenagers who have landed in a small coastal town for a huge rave called Rage. What starts as a drug and booze-filled romp turns into a nightmare-fueled battle for survival as they find
Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU is a 2-volume psychological horror manga written by Ryukishi07/7th Expansion and illustrated by Tomato Akase. Ryukishi07 is a Japanese author, artist, and representative of the group collective 07th Expansion, who are well-known as the creators of the When They Cry series, consisting of Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko When