At Horror DNA: Access:Horror Shorts Block 3: Dead Darlings
The final block of shorts from this year’s Access:Horror festival. Read the review at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Access:Horror Shorts Block 3: Dead Darlings
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At Horror DNA: Her Will Be Done Review
Her Will Be Done, a slow-boiling folk horror movie, finds raw beauty in mud, blood, and the bonds of a troubled family. Read my review at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Her Will Be Done Review
At Horror DNA: Access:Horror Shorts Block 2: The Body Keeps the Score
You can get the reviews for this year’s Access:Horror festival’s second shorts block at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Access:Horror Shorts Block 2: The Body Keeps the Score
At Horror DNA: Ivan Review
A troubled family, an engineering student hired to keep an eye on things, and a piece of technology that probably isn’t going to improve anyone’s situation. Damien Fannon’s Ivan takes familiar horror material in unexpected directions. My review is up at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Ivan Review
At Horror DNA: S(p)lasher Flicks Review
When Cullen Wade’s S(p)lasher Flicks: The Swimming Pool in Horror Cinema came to my attention as a possible review, I expected a clever novelty. A book devoted entirely to swimming pools in horror films sounds entertaining enough, but I wondered how much critical weight such a specific topic could support. Quite a bit, as it … Continue reading At Horror DNA: S(p)lasher Flicks Review
At Horror DNA: Haunters of the Silence Review
Haunters of the Silence is a microbudget experimental horror film from Finnish writer-directors Tatu Heikkinen and Veleda Heikkinen, now living in the United States. The reported budget was around $2,000, a figure that makes most microbudget productions look lavish. Like many recent horror films, Haunters of the Silence explores grief. It has more in common, … Continue reading At Horror DNA: Haunters of the Silence Review
At Horror DNA: Fantaspoa Festival 2026: Buffet Libre
Buffet Libre opens with a version of the Evil Dead demon cam. An entity hovers, but not through the foggy woods, instead through a dimly lit international market. On a second pass, a woman sweeping takes a swipe at the camera, and the perspective cuts into focus. We’ve been riding along with a pigeon, not a malevolent supernatural … Continue reading At Horror DNA: Fantaspoa Festival 2026: Buffet Libre
At Horror DNA: Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World
You can read my review at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World
From the Eunoia Archives: The Terror Test: Test Prep #14
(I thought I had reposted these since The Terror Test is no more, but I missed this one.) Test Prep is a series of essays that I occasionally wrote to complement episodes of The Terror Test, a horror podcast. Originally written for Episode 46 on Les Diaboliques (1955) and High Tension (2003). Amour Fou-Frou Until … Continue reading From the Eunoia Archives: The Terror Test: Test Prep #14
