H.P. Lovecraft’s The Old Ones is a 2023 splatter/cosmic horror film, written and directed by Chad Ferrin. Known for his over-the-top special effects, Ferrin is the creative mind behind Pig Killer (2022), Night Caller (2021), and Scalper (2023) to name but a few recent releases. The film is an amalgam of the short stories of

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As an Emmy Award winner, Richard T. Wilson serves as the President/Writer-Filmmaker of RTW Productions, Inc., home to the nationally recognized educational film company, Outreach Arts, Inc., and its award-winning, sister company, Mad Shelley Films/Comics (which has published Halloween Girl). He currently has over 70 of his plays and films produced.    You can imagine

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Here at the Grimoire of Horror, we were excited to take a look at the second volume of Halloween Girl, entitled Dead Reckoning. You can see our thoughts on the first volume here to see if this graphic novel series is one that piques your interest during this spooky season. The story takes place ten

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Every year horror fans are inundated with a slew of holiday-themed horror, with a select few becoming instant classics. Even at Fantastic Fest, where we caught There’s Something in The Barn, it was not the only holiday-themed horror film in the line-up (Check out our review of The Uncle). However, many of these films fall

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Mushrooms (2023), Written and directed by Paweł Borowski

Mushrooms, originally known as Grzyby, is a Polish 2023 mystery thriller, written and directed by Paweł Borowski. Beginning his directorial career with the short animated comedy Love Gamestation (2001), Paweł continued to write and direct the short film Kocham cie (2003), as well as the feature-length titles Zero (2009), and I Am Lying Now (2019).

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Tammy lives a regular teenage life, with an overbearing bible-thumping mother-in-law who hates filth and a father who would do anything for her daughter, whether it be beheading a donkey that got an erection at her birthday party or having her walk over his face in stilettos. You know, standard family stuff. However, Tammy’s awakening

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Fishmonger is a 2023 Irish supernatural horror comedy, written and directed by Neil Ferron with additional writing from Alexandra Dennis-Renner. Not his first time behind the camera, Neil is known as the writer and director of the short films Hoof (2020), and Sausages (2020). Whereas Alexandra has worked as a writer and director on the

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Leading into the build-up of the release of Pet Sematary Bloodlines, viewers had reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the project after the success of Paramount breathing new life into the Hellraiser franchise with the 2022 film Hellraiser from director David Bruckner. With the Pet Sematary franchise in similar disarray before its release, with an

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Fuk’n Nuts is a 2023 American surrealist horror comedy short film, written and directed by Sam Fox. No stranger to the medium, Fox is known as the writer/director of the short horror films Unagi (2020), Bad Acid (2021), and as co-writer of the 2019 shortWowzers.   Sandy is a melancholy teenager who lives at home

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Opening with an awkward family greeting before a Christmas Celebration, The Uncle is familiar to those who have pushed through awkward gatherings. However, the sinister undertone of the film is subtly revealed as the titular uncle presents his gifts with forced smiles, a ghastly dinner, and a family video that lacks enthusiasm to the point

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