Tag: Supernatural Horror
The feature-length debut from director Nicholas Pineda, Infirmary (2026), is a found footage horror film set in a decaying hospital/asylum with a dark past. Here, a young security guard, Edward (Paul Syre), is working his first shift at the Wilshire Infirmary under the guidance of veteran guard and ex-cop Lester (Mark Anthony Williams). A break-in
To start, this is indeed an indirect sequel to 2020’s Stigmatized Properties, directed by none other than J-horror icon Hideo Nakata (Ringu, Dark Water). I’ve said and written this numerous times before: Nakata-san’s films have been hit or miss for me after The Complex (2013)—which I thoroughly enjoyed—with more misses than hits. The first Stigmatized
Some horror games want to scare you. Look Outside wants to crawl under your skin, settle in, and remind you of just how fragile you are — and it succeeds beautifully. This isn’t just another pixel-art “retro horror” release. Look Outside feels like a lost classic, the kind of eerie, rough-edged RPG you would have
The manner in which mainstream Bengali cinema sidesteps serious horror, almost as though it were a contagious disease, is a phenomenon deserving scrutiny. Bengali culture, from its expansive literary canon and oral storytelling to its everyday chatter in the 21st century, has never lacked horror elements. It overflows with supernatural entities, some benevolent and absent-minded,
Meiruko-chan is a 2025 Japanese supernatural horror/slice of life film written and directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. Beginning his career with the horror film series Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video, Yoshihiro Nakamura would proceed to write and direct the first seven films in the series–later returning to the series to narrate films eleven through to
Bodycam is a 2025 Canadian found footage horror film written and directed by Brandon Christensen, with additional writing from Ryan Christensen. Brandon is best known as the writer/director behind films such as Still/Born (2017), Superhost (2021), as well as The Puppetman (2023), and Night of the Reaper (2025), with Ryan attached as a writer. Two
Chewed-up nails, dizzy spells, why-haven’t-I-thrown-up-yet, bullets of sweat, racing heart and aching head- anxiety can be arduous to experience. The last thing you’d expect someone to suggest to help with it is to experience it recreationally? Yet, studies not only show that those with anxiety are more likely to seek out products in the horror
Missing Child Videotape is a 2024 Japanese supernatural horror film written and directed by Ryota Kondo with additional writing from Suzuyuki Kaneko. Known for directing the short films Akai tegata (2010) and Kyouran (2010), Ryota Kondo has also collaborated on the horror anthology Hyakki Yobanashi (2023), featuring the segment “Oni no Yobigoe”. Whereas Suzuyuki Kaneko
Director Oz Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel) has carved a niche for himself as a purveyor of slow, dreamlike horror steeped in dread. Longlegs, his latest film, promises to be his most ambitious project yet: a serial killer procedural dripping with Satanic overtones, shot through a grainy 90s lens, and headlined by a
Psychic Vision: Jaganrei is a 1988 Japanese faux-documentary/supernatural found footage horror film written by Chiaki Konaka and directed by Teruyoshi Ishii. Beginning his career in 1986 with the horror comedy short Daikanyama Wonderland Horror, Teruyoshi has since directed such films as the anthology horror Kuchisake-onna (1996) and action horror Viral Dead (2020), as well as