Midway into the film, a disembodied voice whispers into the swallowing blackness: “look under the bed.” A young girl named Kaylee (Dali Rose Tetreault) bends down to take a peek, the camera following her gaze. It’s not that nothing happens in this moment, but it’s the anticipation that sends goosebumps racing down the spine. What … Read more
I, as well most of the horror community, was shocked by the recent success of one of my personal favorite 2022 horror movies, Skinamarink. Why? Because, these days, most new horror movies with an extremely low budget and experimental narrative structure fail to achieve Blumhouse-levels of attention and make back 60 times their budget at … Read more
During the Silent Hill Transmission video update Konami released last October, it was announced that Christophe Gans (director of 2006’s film adaption of Silent Hill) would be returning to direct an adaptation of the second game, entitled, Return to Silent Hill. We got the chance to speak with Jodelle Ferland, the actress who played Sharon … Read more
There’s no doubt that 2022 was a great year for horror films, with Scream, Barbarian, Smile, and Speak No Evil scoring not only with audiences, but critics as well. Even B movies like Orphan: First Kill and Terrifier 2 were better than they had any right to be, providing the slasher genre with a deep … Read more
Image via Neon Happy Monday, murder mavens! After a relaxing, relatively quiet weekend, gorehounds are patiently gearing themselves up for an entire year of spooktacular projects — many of which will be carefully examined and explored in each daily horror roundup here at We Got This Covered. As far as today’s roundup is concerned, however, … Read more
A grainy camcorder reveals dark corners where ghosts (or worse, people) hide, ready to pounce. A soft, analogue aesthetic creates the intimacy between story and viewer—we are there, behind a veil of chiffon, watching fantasy and horror unfold. Or perhaps we feel like we’re watching something from far away, on a hill above a house, … Read more
Infinity Pool, the latest movie from Brandon Cronenberg (son of body horror maestro David), sees Alexandar Skarsgård plays struggling novelist James, who goes on a vacation with – and bankrolled by – his wealthy wife (Cleopatra Coleman) to a luxury resort in an attempt to shake off his writer’s block. When he meets fellow guest … Read more
JANUARY 21 — Just like comedy, satire is a genre that walks such a tightrope that even the slightest miscalculation, especially in terms of tone, can result in what was a perfectly good film turning bad in the blink of an eye. Because satire involves targets, tone and tastefulness play a major part in its … Read more
Happy Thursday, fear fanatics! The ever-present outpouring of good news in the spooky landscape just continues to rapidly climb. From our thought-provoking WGTC interview with Terrifier star Catherine Corcoran to Leatherface (aka Bubba) possibly leaving the highly popular Dead by Daylight game, there’s plenty of updates to leave your jaws dropped down to the floor. … Read more
EAST GRAND FORKS – An independent, horror movie, “LOON!,” by Crookston natives Kale and Charles Eickhof, opens Friday, Jan. 20, at the River Cinema for a two-week run. Described as a tongue-in-cheek mystery about “killer loons” in Minnesota lake country, the 85-minute film is “a natural horror movie made by lake people for lake people,” … Read more