FEATURED ARTICLES
July 3, 2025
The Burning Question
I am no fan of witch hunts, as I make clear in this Horror to Culture article. But I am also not a fan of the opportunistic way in which those with an ideological ax to grind will cherry-pick and misrepresent information or revise history.
Like ma…
June 29, 2025
King Loke's Kreepshow - The Undertaker – Ode to the Dead Man
If you’re my age (35) or older, then you know Mark Calaway, better known by his wrestling persona, The Undertaker, and less well-known by his other persona, The American Badass (still technically called The Undertaker). The type of professiona…
June 29, 2025
Savage Dragon - An Interview w/ Erik Larsen
The legendary Erik Larsen is a man that requires no introduction (but I’m going to give him one anyway). From his phenomenal work on The Amazing Spider-Man, to a notable run on Doom Patrol, to co-founding Image Comics in 1992, to his long runn…
June 22, 2025
Memento Mori - 28 Years Later Review
There’s no denying the cultural impact the film 28 Days Later had on audiences upon its release in 2002. Directed by Danny Boyle, written by Alex Garland, and starring Cillian Murphy in his breakthrough role, the film went on to redefine the g…
June 19, 2025
Interview w/ Surrealist Dollmaker Alissa Renzetti
It's not often that I use the term "you've got to see it to believe it", but surrealist artist and dollmaker Alissa Renzetti, (www.alissarenzetti.com) is one of those instances. Her handcrafted creations are all unique and one-of-a-kind, from the mo…
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
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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…
May 8, 2025
The Cellar - An Interview W/ Jamie Langlands
Jamie Langlands in an actor and filmmaker out of the UK. His upcoming film, THE CELLAR, recently won multiple awards including at The London Horror Film Awards, The ZedFest Film Festival, The Haunted House FearFest award for best horror feature, and…
May 2, 2025
An Interview W/ Ellie Church
Ellie Church is a multi-talented actress, producer, and art director who is perhaps best known for starring in the feature films HARVEST LAKE, THE BAD MAN, as well as her upcoming film entitled GUSH. You can find my recent review of GUSH HERE.
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April 28, 2025
GUSH - Exclusive Review
I recently had the fortunate opportunity to view an early screening of the upcoming “psychosexual horror-thriller” film, entitled Gush. The feature, which is both stark and surreal in its cinematography, comes from the creative team behi…
April 20, 2025
Sinners - A Review
“You better pick poor robin clean
Pick poor robin clean
I picked his head, I picked his feet
(Would have) I picked his body, but it wasn’t fit to eat
You’d better pick poor robin clean
Pick poor robin clean
But I’ll be …
April 15, 2025
The Last Temptation of Donnie Darko
“Every living creature on this earth dies alone.”
-Roberta Sparrow, The Philosophy of Time Travel
Donnie Darko is a modernized retelling of The Last Temptation of Christ.
I am not the first to think of it, but the giveaway in …
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 …
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
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…
Jan. 20, 2025
Monster Fangs - Interview w/ Adrian Amiro-Wilson
Adrian Amiro-Wilson is a macabre artist and jewelry maker out of Texas, who is also a regular contributor at our very own Horror To Culture website. She’s also become a friend over the past year, and today we sit down to discuss her creative i…