Welcome back, fellow Skinwalker Ranch fans! I slopped my way back into the depths of UFOTwitter, and there is quite a divide happening right now. Just know that I did all of this for you. But what I’v...

I’ve recently been over-indulging in The Blacklist for a few reasons, aside from the fact that it’s genuinely a great show. The two main reasons are: capers and the show’s continual element of surpris...

I’ve said time and time again that horror comedies/dark comedies aren’t my forte. Filmmakers often don’t find the right balance between horror and comedy, usually resulting in a mishmash blend that fe...

Every once in a while, a festival film oozes with so much craft that it’s hard to believe it exists. I’ve only seen a handful of films on the circuit that filled me with seething jealousy that I didn’...

Welcome back, fellow ranchers! Let’s jump right to the point today. This is an action-packed episode. Season 7 Episode 9 “Up In Smoke” reminds me why I love The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch; this is the...

Hello, fellow explorers! If you follow The Horror Press Podcast, then you know I have a deep affinity for The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. But that love is a depressing double-edged sword. The drama an...

Brendan Jesus unearths the troubled history of James C. Wasson's 'Night of the Demon,' a video nasty with Bigfoot as the star.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: one of my favorite aspects of film festivals is when they expand beyond borders to showcase films from all over the world. Unnamed Footage Festival branched...

Within the found footage subgenre exists an even more niche and untapped market. Screen life has slowly overtaken found footage; hardcore fans, like myself, ache for something different. One of the mo...

What’s worse than summer ending and having to go back to school? How about transferring to an elite boarding school in the middle of the year? You’ve probably heard me talk endlessly about the hundred...

There was an insane amount of time that I found myself obsessed with Z-grade shark movies. I watched movies like Donald Farmer’s Shark Exorcist series, Noah’s Shark, Atomic Shark, Steven Kang’s Sharks...

Red Eye follows Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams), a manager at a high profile hotel in Miami that’s set to host the current administration’s Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Charles Keefe (Jack Scal...

28 Days Later starts with some animal activists breaking into a testing lab. They’re attacked by a monkey infected with a rage virus, and England’s apocalypse has officially begun. Cut to 28 days late...

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is a perfect jumping-off point if you've never played a Don't Nod game. It shows you just how creative, original, and passionate the entire team is. Even the minor graphical...

The hype for this memorably progressive cult classic is truly earned and should be an addition to everyone’s watchlist post haste. With the announcement of Cherry Falls hitting Shudder on February 7th...

Exorcist II is filled with fascinating ideas that make you think about good rather than evil, and while it is essentially an anti-Exorcist film, it does one thing that most other sequels wouldn’t dare...

The underrated 80s slasher Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981) may seem out of touch in 2022 at first glance. It features a homophobic cop, problematic portrayals of women’s mental illness, and inc...

The Evil Dead (1981) is an undisputed horror classic. Whether it’s actually scary, however, is another topic. Of course, what makes a movie scary is subjective. Keeping that in mind, I will focus on s...

Tinsman Road is a step in a new direction for Robbie Banfitch and feels slightly more accessible to general audiences. It might not be every horror hound’s cup of tea, but it checks all the boxes I lo...

Dance of the Dead follows Jimmy (Jared Kusnitz), a class clown who spends his time futzing around in school rather than focusing on his studies. His girlfriend, Lindsey (Greyson Chadwick), breaks up w...

The Lost Episode follows officers Terrence Williams (Anthony Grant) and Paul Massaro (Benjamin Sutherland), who are being followed by a film crew that is documenting a night in the life of two small(i...

Opus might not hit all of the right notes. However, when things are revealed there is a little chaos and a chase scene that almost made me feel alive. While the movie is muddled, and the cast has to d...

While the Friday the 13th franchise helped codify the trope of the final girl, no two final girls are exactly alike. So let’s take a real good look at all of the survivors of the various rampages of t...

With the exception of some unfortunate line delivery, Dark Match succeeds in putting the viewer into submission. When the act finally drops in the film's final third, so does the kayfabe. Dean’s dialo...

For those who worry that the show will be nothing but squirrels, have no fear as the show is just Mostly Squirrels.Celebrating 20 years of wonderful bullshit, the Found Footage Festival live show is a...

Help Mia, Gabe, and Nova Rebuild After the Eaton Fire Dear Friends, … Molly Dodge needs your support for Support Mia, Gabe, and Nova After Eaton Fire

It is nearly impossible to find a person who doesn’t love Halloween (1978). The film is a scary introduction to one of the most beloved boogeymen in the business. It is arguably the best film of John ...

Three years ago today, Horror Press slithered its way out of the birth canal and onto the popcorn-covered floor of [insert your local indie movie theater]. Covered in embryonic fluid, Raisinets, and s...

I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with documentary filmmaker James Fox to discuss his newest documentary, The Program. Set to release on December 16th, The Program looks at modern disclosure...

Martyrs (2008) is infamously known as one of the most disturbing films of the 21st century. It is often considered a standout of the New French Extremity wave, though writer-directed Pascal Laugier di...

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On June 3rd, 2024, Mark Duplass cryptically tweeted he had big news coming our way. Many of us, myself included, wrongfully guessed that meant Creep 3 would be in the works. Learning we were not getti...