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June 15, 2025

The Loved Ones - A Review

Before we begin this review, let's put on our earphones and jam The Psychedelic Furrs; Pretty in Pink is the song. Our beloved Shudder just dropped several new films, including a new Australian horror flick called The Loved Ones. What if Molly R…
June 9, 2025

Polybius - A Review

Few urban legends have reached the notoriety of Polybius, the mythical arcade game that was stated to have popped up briefly in 1981, somewhere in Portland, Oregon, as a psychoactive government mind-control experiment via MKUltra. The rumor first g…
June 6, 2025

King Loke's Kreepshow - Bring Her Back - Review

Trauma and loss are frequent themes in horror movies these days of independent distribution, but in this era where studio horror like It Chapter Two (2019) have budgets pushing 100 million dollars and runtimes creeping towards three hours, and ridic…
May 31, 2025

Friendship - A Review

I think, at best, that horror is a nebulous term. A visceral reaction to something unexpected, or unpleasant. I think that it’s possible for a movie to cause us to cringe so violently that the embarrassment we’re feeling for the protagon…
May 28, 2025

They Call Her Death - An Interview W/ Austin Snell

Austin Snell is a writer, director, and producer out of Lawrence, Kansas. His debut feature film Exposure was released in 2018, and his latest film, They Call Her Death is getting positive reviews and was just released on the streaming channel SHUDD…
May 21, 2025

The Restless Few - An Interview w/ James Watjen

James M. Watjen is an up-and-coming independent author and filmmaker out of Vincennes, Indiana. His works have appeared in such places as Rue Morgue Magazine, and his short film entitled The D Word won several awards, including the 20…
May 12, 2025

ShadowMyths and Hieroglyphs! An Interview with Doug Hoppes

Here I Am: Illustrations created by ShadowMyths ***** * ***** ROMMI: Hey, Doug, thanks for taking the time to let me pick your brain after our brief chat at the Indy Oddities Expo! I perused your excellent Gallery of Nightmares, and I was highly…
May 10, 2025

Demanufacturing the Obsolete

In the 1990’s, Fear Factory released their two most iconic albums, Demanufacture and Obsolete. The dystopian horror themes are easy to spot. Obsolete is a concept album detailing the usurpation of humanity’s autonomy by the very mach…

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June 15, 2025

The Loved Ones - A Review

Before we begin this review, let's put on our earphones and jam The Psychedelic Furrs; Pretty in Pink is the song. Our beloved Shudder just dropped several new films, including a new Australian horror flick called The Loved Ones. What if Molly R…

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June 9, 2025

Polybius - A Review

Few urban legends have reached the notoriety of Polybius, the mythical arcade game that was stated to have popped up briefly in 1981, somewhere in Portland, Oregon, as a psychoactive government mind-control experiment via MKUltra. The rumor first g…

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June 6, 2025

King Loke's Kreepshow - Bring Her Back - Review

Trauma and loss are frequent themes in horror movies these days of independent distribution, but in this era where studio horror like It Chapter Two (2019) have budgets pushing 100 million dollars and runtimes creeping towards three hours, and ridic…

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