Marebito’s Unnerving Subterranean Horror
Sharing stylistic and thematic similarities with other enigmatic Japanese horror films the Lovecraftian Marebito prioritizes mood, mystery, and existential dread over conventional thrill.
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Junji Ito’s Hypnotizing Body Horror
In Junji Ito’s body horror manga Gyo, the invasive parasitic infection forces compliance. You will be taken, you will be inflated, and then you will dance.
Fantasia Film Festival 2025 Will Twist Your Mind
Fantasia Film Festival caters to those who will explore the darkest and most extreme corners of genre cinema, while juxtaposing milder and more traditional genre works with dramas and comedies.
Devin Townsend’s Extreme Metal Hails the New Flesh
Through their respective arts—Devin Townsend’s dense, aggressive music and David Cronenberg’s visceral, psychological cinema—they explore the fraught boundaries of human experience.
‘The Shrouds’ and David Cronenberg’s Cinema of Bodily Grief
David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds harkens back to his early body horror obsessions with a poet’s tone, retaining the connective tissue that embodies him.
David Lynch Nailed and Skewered Us
On the passing of legendary director David Lynch, we share five films that nailed us in our hearts and guts and skewered us to our soft, squishy, emotional cores.
Sundance Film Festival 2025 Is at a Crossroads
While the Sundance Film Festival still uplifts under-the-radar films in an increasingly challenging market, its future may be in doubt.
Eating Boys and Growing Tails: “Menstruosity” Body Horror in Film
In coming-of-age, “menstruosity” body horror films, the Final Girl is the sexual transgressor. As her sexual freedom grows, so does her monstrosity.
Raindance 2021: Body Image Horror ‘Shapeless’ Explores the Anorexic Mind
Award-winning director Amanda Aldana’s Shapeless is a sensitive study of anorexia and the power of the mind over the body.
The 10 Best Body Horror Films
From horrific diseases and infections to amputations -- and the most unusual transmutations -- here are 10 body horror fright flicks that get the biology unbound disturbingly right.
Annihilation’s Dreamy Death Drive
Grotesque mutations and alien visitors aside, Annihilation‘s reflections on why we engage in self-destruction centers the film’s diseased heart.
“Follow the Nightmare”: An Interview with Channel Zero’s Nick Antosca
Channel Zero is the most shocking, terrifying show on TV right now. With the meat-cult third season that was Butcher's Block now finished, creator and showrunner Nick Antosca talks about the show's development, themes, and future.