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March 30, 2025

A Review: The Rule of Jenny Pen

New to Shudder this weekend comes 2024’s The Rule of Jenny Pen, out of New Zealand, starring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow (who also executive produced). It’s safe to say that from a psychological horror standpoint, Jenny Pen stands out…
March 15, 2025

Double Feature W/ Scott Schirmer #1

THE RING (2002) Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr) stars as a journalist investigating the bizarre, synchronized deaths of four teenagers who died exactly seven days after watching a disturbing videotape. After watching the tape herself, the clock starts …
March 15, 2025

HORROR TO CULTURE 27

On this edition we celebrate the arrival of spring by taking a brief look at Found Footage horror...! 15 mins
Feb. 15, 2025

HORROR TO CULTURE 26

We're celebrating the V-Day hangover, with a new episode devoted to animated insanity...! Horror in animation, stop-motion, and claymation... 16 mins
Feb. 15, 2025

I Am, The Sunken City

I want to recommend to you, dear reader, a hidden gem among 21st century films. It’s less than an hour long, and it’s a quick, easy affair. 2005’s The Call of Cthulhu is as faithful an adaptation of the iconic Lovecraft story as …
Feb. 13, 2025

To Heart Eyes with Love

I am not usually a slasher girl, those movies just don’t interest me very much. Unless there are monsters and weirdness, the whole thing just feels kind of empty. With the exceptions of Freddy Kruger and Leslie Vernon, I have the tendency to s…
Jan. 25, 2025

HORROR TO CULTURE 25

Welcome to 2025 at HORROR TO CULTURE, with our 25th episode, this time devoted to the topic of Time Travel in cinema, literature, and science fiction...! 19 mins
Jan. 25, 2025

The Totally Killer Mandela Effect (High Art)

Some films aspire to high art. Some films just aspire to make people laugh when they’re high. Totally Killer fell squarely into the latter category. This is one of those movies that would be absolutely awful if it tried at any point to ta…

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March 30, 2025

A Review: The Rule of Jenny Pen

New to Shudder this weekend comes 2024’s The Rule of Jenny Pen, out of New Zealand, starring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow (who also executive produced). It’s safe to say that from a psychological horror standpoint, Jenny Pen stands out…

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March 15, 2025

Double Feature W/ Scott Schirmer #1

THE RING (2002) Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr) stars as a journalist investigating the bizarre, synchronized deaths of four teenagers who died exactly seven days after watching a disturbing videotape. After watching the tape herself, the clock starts …

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Feb. 15, 2025

I Am, The Sunken City

I want to recommend to you, dear reader, a hidden gem among 21st century films. It’s less than an hour long, and it’s a quick, easy affair. 2005’s The Call of Cthulhu is as faithful an adaptation of the iconic Lovecraft story as …

Read the Blog Post