It is rarely spoken in a positive sense when people say “it has everything and the kitchen sink” when talking about movies. Much in the same way a movie with too many tones can give audiences a feeling of emotional whiplash, there are sensations and visuals that cannot be excessive for the sake of cohesion. Malignant puts [...]

Lynchian is a term to describe media that has qualities seen in the works of director David Lynch. These qualities are usually ones of abstract plots, strange situations, and the media usually has a deeper meaning that must be explored to be understood. It is the deeper meaning that filmmakers often struggle with when they [...]

When making a film there are very common pitfalls to be avoided if someone wants their film to be remembered as anything more than a waste of time. Characters, more than anything else can be a make it or break it situation for the film especially if the audience is asked to sympathize or worry [...]

33 Years is a long time. Whether you are talking about world events, a person's life, or technology, 33 years is a long amount of time. If you subscribe to the 10,000-hour rule, the principle that if you deliberately practice for 10,000 hours you can become a master in any field, 33 years is long [...]

Anyone who is anyone in the horror community knows the name, Jason Voorhees. What some people may not realize about the unkillable hockey mask slasher is that he received his own fan film in 2017 titled simply, Never Hike Alone. The film covers a hiker's experience being hunted by Jason in a thrilling experience full of [...]

In the film industry making a sequel is no easy task. Just from going down the rabbit hole of looking up films that were almost made it is plain to see that a successful movie doesn't even guarantee a sequel. With such an uphill battle in getting a sequel to a movie made, it can [...]

BEYONDFEST 2020 REVIEW - Recently in a review, I talked about the power that fans bring to the genre when they create their own vision of what they would want to see in horror. Christopher Landon has shown the world in the last few years with his films that what he would like to see [...]