By Anton Bitel
Shot in a real abandoned asylum, Richard Friedman’s gore-fest shows a subgenre in microcosm.
Brie Larson’s directorial debut and a special focus on American female filmmakers are among the highlights of the 72nd EIFF.
By Anton Bitel
JS Cardone’s The Slayer also centres around a vindictive bogeyman.
Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino and Pedro Almodóvar make the cut in this part of our ’90s ranking.
By Thomas Hobbs
The director’s satirical 1994 horror explores what happens when society embraces its worst monsters.
By Adam White
Wes Craven’s seminal 1996 film occupies a uniquely female space.
By Anton Bitel
JR Bookwalter’s Evil Dead-inspired feature debut The Dead Next Door is now available on DVD.
The sudden passing of the horror maestro reminds us that the fear he produced transcended the screen.