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Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025: ‘Buffet Infinity’ Review 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...

Had the wonderful opportunity to cover Buffett Infinity for @horrorpress.com during Brooklyn Horror Film Festival? horrorpress.com/reviews/1181...

‘Cry_Wolf’ Review: The Aughts Slasher That Outsmarted ‘Scream’ 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...

unofficial 6th small pleasure in life, reading a good article on @horrorpress.com! (always be plugging people)

a little late to plug this one, but @brendanjesus.bsky.social wrote a review last week of a 2000's slasher I liked a lot: Cry_Wolf! Check it out here:

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‘Jersey Shore Shark Attack’ Review: It’s Surprisingly Fun 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...

And in case you missed it, here's our review of JERSEY SHORE SHARK ATTACK! And yes, @brendanjesus.bsky.social is doing the Lord's work for us this month.

[REVIEW] Travel Is War in ‘Red Eye’ (2005) 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...

Wes Craven perfectly crafts dread on a plane in this often overlooked horror movie starring Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. Read our review of RED EYE (2005) #Horrorsky Review by @brendanjesus.bsky.social

We’re 25 followers away from 2k help us get there 😍😮‍💨🥹 #horrorsky

[REVIEW] The End Is Extremely Nigh In ‘28 Days Later’ (2002) 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...

Is 28 WEEKS LATER scarier than 28 DAYS LATER? Dive into the Rage virus, fast zombies, and how these films reshaped horror! Article by @brendanjesus.bsky.social #horrorsky

‘Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2’ Review: A Heart-Wrenching ‘90s Adventure with Unforgettable Choices 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...

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 is a haunting, emotional masterpiece. With a hypnotic soundtrack, complex characters, and heavy choices, it’s nostalgia done right. Review by @brendanjesus.bsky.social #horrorsky #LostRecords

[REVIEW] ‘Cherry Falls’ (1999) Brittany Murphy Shines in This Cult Classic Slasher 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...

We went CRAZY when we heard CHERRY FALLS was heading to Shudder back in 2022. We still miss you, Brittany Murphy 😢

In Defense of ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ 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...

Is Exorcist II: The Heretic, really that bad? Does it deserve all the hate it gets from horror fans?

Is ‘Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker’ Too Problematic for 2022? 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...

Although we posted this back in 2022, it's still applicable! Is Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker too problematic for today? (Susan Tyrrell gives one heck of a performance in this one)

‘The Evil Dead’: A Meditation on the Five Elements of Horror 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...

This was one of our first articles, published on Jan 7th, 2022, which answers the question: Is THE EVIL DEAD a horror movie? (TLDR: of course it is)

Here are some of our older articles that you may have missed and are definitely worth a read!

[REVIEW] Unnamed Footage Festival Vol. 8: ‘Tinsman Road’ 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...

Our next review from @unnamedfootage.bsky.social is one we were really looking forward to! From THE OUTWATERS to TINSMAN ROAD, @robbiebanfitch.bsky.social crafts a slow-burn masterpiece of dread and family. Review by @brendanjesus.bsky.social #horrorsky

[Review] Indie Filmmaking Bites With ‘Dance of the Dead’ (2008) 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...

We revisited the 2008 zombie flick DANCE OF THE DEAD - a low-budget gem with great kills, aughts nostalgia, and a nuclear twist. Check out the full review by @brendanjesus.bsky.social #horrorsky

[REVIEW] Unnamed Footage Festival Vol. 8: The Lost Episode 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...

and last but certainly not least, @brendanjesus.bsky.social brought back the spoils of Unnamed Footage Festival and highlighted a film that takes the show Cops and flips it on its head with cosmic horror!

[REVIEW] A24’s ‘Opus’: Listen to Black Women 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...

@sharai.bsky.social gave us her thoughts on Opus, and made me much more interested in it than the trailers did!

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Friday the 13th Final Girls, Ranked 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...

Recap thread of all the cool articles from @horrorpress.com you might have missed last week!

First up, Brennan Klein wrote up a ranking of the Friday the 13th final girls! And though the bottom ranking is criminally wrong in my opinion, the top three are completely correct!

Dooba Dooba is a triumph of found footage. Don’t sleep on this one

[REVIEW] ‘Dark Match’ Is a Lupercalia of Fun 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...

If you’re looking for something fun to watch this weekend, Dark Match releases on Shudder today! It’s bloody, there’s wrestling, and Steven Ogg has a lead role. What more can you ask for? Check out the full review @horrorpress.com

The Found Footage Festival: A Celebration of V/H/eSoterica 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...

We attended @foundfootagefest.com and had a great time! Check out our review, and if they're visiting near you, get your tickets!

Donate to Support Mia, Gabe, and Nova After Eaton Fire, organized by Molly Dodge 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

My friend the legendary effects artist Gabe Bartalos lost his home in the fire. Donate if you can and spread the word to help!
gofund.me/326136b8

It’s @horrorpress.com’s third anniversary and they just reminded me that sometimes I do the good work.

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Happy Birthday, Horror Press! 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...

It’s been 3 years since HORROR PRESS launched and @fartsvontrier.bsky.social wrote a very special retrospective for the day! Thank you to everyone who’s been a part of the journey!
#horrorsky #filmsky

[INTERVIEW] Discussing ‘The Program’ and Disclosure with Filmmaker James Fox 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...

Our very own @fartsvontrier.bsky.social interviewed James Fox ahead of the release of his documentary THE PROGRAM coming to VOD December 16th! They discuss everything from drones to the Calvine incident
🛸The truth is out there 🛸

Finished my @horrorpress.com articles for January so I’m gonna reward myself with Insidious 2, 3, and 4 tonight

It should leave sooner!

I think I ended up spending at least 400 bucks at the Arrow Video table at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and this is without a doubt my favorite pickup

Just purchased the Blu-ray because this is going to be a yearly watch for me. I was blown away. One of the best interpretations of alien horror! I appreciate where it stuck to the original story and where it decided to take some liberties but that ‘examination’ scene turned my stomach!

Getting a jumpstart on some January articles for @horrorpress.bsky.social and I’m finally getting around to Fire In The Sky. I’ve read The Walton Experience and I’ve done tons of research on Travis Walton in the past. All I’ll say for now is that the 👁️ scene has me fucked up