How the horror film, MEAT, disrupts the male gaze
For nearly five decades, slasher films have stripped women bare and forced audiences to watch them die. MEAT flips one of horror’s oldest conventions on…
For nearly five decades, slasher films have stripped women bare and forced audiences to watch them die. MEAT flips one of horror’s oldest conventions on…
Horror has always fed on what makes us vulnerable. Now one filmmaker is asking why the genre took so long to let queer characters own…
Horror’s most iconic monsters & misfits have always lived on the margins. Frankenstein’s monster hides from the mob. Werewolves conceal what they become. Vampires survive…
A man sits beside the person he loves. On the surface, everything is fine. Underneath, something terrible is building. That’s the premise of Foreboding, a…
Tina Romero’s campy new zombie comedy film is a love letter to the queer community. It’s a raucous celebration of drag queens, and resilient queers…
Brady Dowad got his car stuck in a sand dune on the last day of shooting his debut film in the Palmdale-area desert of California.…
Two women approached Laila Blue after the 2025 Toronto Indie Horror Film Fest premiere of her horror short film, Flow. They needed to tell the…
The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has long been a cornerstone of the city’s Halloween season, known for its bold programming and devoted community of…
In We’re All Haunted Here, ghosts reflect the pain we try hardest to ignore. Director Zac Pinto Lobo’s new short film blends supernatural terror with…
Horror dives into dark corners other genres would never consider, forcing audiences to confront what society deems unspeakable. For filmmaker Ben Hohener, that willingness to…