We review Nicolas Pesce's impressive feature film debut The Eyes of My Mother. A beautiful career start, you might be reminded of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014). Check it out when it hits theaters and VOD on December 2!
The Nitehawk Shorts Festival
We review our outing to The Nitehawk Shorts Festival and a chat with Sam Zimmerman about Shudder's role in selecting the films for the fest. We go over our favorite horror shorts, name-checking directors with focus on the strong outing by women filmmakers.
Check out http://nitehawkshortsfestival.com/2016/ & https://www.shudder.com/
American Horror Story ASYLUM!
Returning to the scene of the crime, we're back to talk about American Horror Story. This time we follow Ryan Murphy into Briarcliff Manor to explore America's history with bedlam, mental health treatment, and mad scientists.
We Were Guests on the Geek 101 Show to Talk Zombies!
We had a lot of fun being guests on the @geek101podcast with @ArielDeanRada! We went deep talking about zombies!
GDT Presents: The Orphanage, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark & Mama
Happy Halloween! Moving between Halloween, and Día de los Muertos we feature a few films produced by Guillermo del Toro. Our focus this time- stories centered around the perspective of the children in The Orphanage, Mama & Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. #MacabreMonday
LHR: Día de los Muertos & Mexico Barbaro
For another Latin themed Día de los Muertos episode we bring you the anthology México Bárbaro. 8 different short films by 8 different Mexican filmmakers. Some good, some awful, but we make the most of them.
Bonus Episode Review of Little Sister + Interview
As a Halloween month bonus we review the new film Little Sister by Zach Clark bring you an interview with Clark and producer Joe Swanberg. A drama set among 'That' Halloween loving family in suburban North Carolina. Featuring an all star cast with Addison Timlin, Ally Sheedy, Barbara Crampton, and Keith Poulson. Little Sister is available now on VOD, iTunes and Amazon Video.
Guillermo del Toro's World of Horror Fantasy
Diving deep into the worlds imagined by Guillermo del Toro, Darren & Mindy explore The Devil's Backbone (2001), Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Crimson Peak (2015). His contributions to horror-fantasy serve as the high bar for the genre. Ghosts, fairies and haunted mansions... this is our first entry into the season's Día de Muertos.