May 2, 2025
Izzy Lee is a take-no-prisoners indie filmmaker whose 20-plus genre short films garnered praise from Fangoria, Dread Central, the A.V. Club, and EW.com.
And then came the pandemic.
However Izzy Lee rose from the ashes and came back tougher than ever, with her first published novella (I Can See Your Lies) and her...
Jan 13, 2025
Although 2024 has passed, so many horror films were released that I am still playing catch-up to see them all!
You might have loved some and hated others, but there's no denying that the horror genre flourished in 2024 and continues to be one of our most diverse storytelling styles.
From traditional Gothic stories to...
Dec 24, 2024
It's time for more Horror for the Holidays, and this year, we have double the chills and thrills to celebrate!
First, the tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas gets a new annual series from Severin Films called The Haunted Season, and the first episode streams on Shudder through December, with a new...
Dec 17, 2024
Welcome to PART TWO of our dive into Hong Kong CAT III films, the classification of the most outrageous, transgressive, explicit, and violent films. These films, made by a group of wild and unpredictable filmmakers, thrived from 1988 until the British Handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.
Hong Kong audiences loved...
Nov 16, 2024
The UK created the Video Nasties list.
The MPAA created NC-17.
And Hong Kong had CATEGORY III films.
It is probably the least widely known classification of outrageous, transgressive, explicit, and violent films. From 1988 to the British Handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the government tried to tame a group of...