Melanie Moyer / Contributor 09/08/2023 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 09/08/2023

[Film Review] The Empty Space (2023)

Andrew Jara Continues to evolve with The Empty Space (2023). Andrew Jara’s delve into the complexities of grief blends the warnings of Pet Semetary with the discomfort and unease of psychological horror using the good bones of a clearly personal script to weave a tale of trauma, isolation, and self-initiated freedom.

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 05/03/2023 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 05/03/2023

[Film Review] Skinamarink (2022)

Just as Danielewski’s novel was a test on concentration, this film—100 minutes of ambient horror—is a test of patience.

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 29/11/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 29/11/2022

[Editorial] The Complicated History of the Lesbian Vampire

“You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish.” — Carmilla, Sheridan LeFanu, 1872. There is perhaps no monster in our western glossary of beasts more adaptable and ready to be an allegory than the vampire.

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 30/09/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 30/09/2022

[Editorial] What Makes You Smile: How Parker Finn Took An Award-Winning Short to Full-Length Nightmare

What makes you smile? asks the sinister trailer for Parker Finn’s full-length adaptation of his award-winning short…

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 19/04/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 19/04/2022

[Editorial] Room 237, Conspiracy Theories, and You

In July 64 A.D. a fire broke out in Rome. The fire began in a commercial neighborhood near the Circus where stores with flammable goods went up quickly

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 30/03/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 30/03/2022

[Film Review] Wellness Check (2020)

An unsettling 5 minutes about a young woman who seems to have found a disturbing path towards human connection during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 22/03/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 22/03/2022

[Film Review] The Deep House (2021)

American college students David and Jack are on a backpacking tour of Britain, travelling across the Yorkshire moors…

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 13/12/2021 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 13/12/2021

[Film Review] Grave Encounters (2011)

In one of the few clever post-Blair Witch Project found-footage entries, the film crew of the titular paranormal reality TV show finds themselves trapped inside a legitimately haunted former asylum…

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 20/10/2021 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 20/10/2021

[TV Review] Midnight Mass (2021)

“There is no time. There is no death. Life is a dream. It’s a wish. Made again and again and again and again. And I’m all of it. I am everything. I am all. I am that I am.”…