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Send Help Is Proof That I Would Not Survive Anything

Rachel McAdams screams in pain while covered in blood in the film Send Help

There was a period of time, years ago, where I became completely convinced that I could win the TV show, Survivor. This confidence made absolutely no sense. I was already an out-of-shape man with a bad back, colorblind and the… Continue Reading →

Weekend at the End of the World: Two Friends, One Cabin and the Apocalypse

There was a night in college when my best friend showed up at my door, convinced he had cracked the code to winning back his ex-girlfriend. His plan was, in his words, “bulletproof.” We would drive to Myrtle Beach, stake… Continue Reading →

April 29, 2026

Buffet Infinity Captures Something Genuinely Unsettling

I was maybe 10 years old when I stumbled onto late-night cable TV. Not the stuff my parents wanted me watching, the weird margins of programming that existed between midnight and 4 a.m. Infomercials bleeding into public access. Commercials that… Continue Reading →

April 24, 2026

Dead Lover: What Creative Freedom on a Limited Budget Looks Like

I’ve always had a soft spot for low-budget films. There’s something refreshing about watching a movie where the filmmakers clearly had more passion than money. When you strip away the studio budgets and the CGI polish, what you’re left with… Continue Reading →

March 18, 2026

Scream 7 Spills the Gore with Cutting Commentary

By the time I graduated high school in May of 1996, the slasher genre felt like it was limping toward retirement. Freddy had cracked too many jokes. Jason had been to Manhattan. Michael Myers had already blurred the line between… Continue Reading →

March 4, 2026

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a Waking Nightmare

Ever had a dream that is just completely crazy, yet vivid as a memory? Everything feels normal while it’s happening and only reveals its full insanity the second you wake up. In my dream (and I remember it so well),… Continue Reading →

February 10, 2026

Vampire Zombies… From Space! is the B-Movie I Grew Up Loving

My love for campy horror runs deep. I mean, the kind of movies that know exactly what they are and never try to pretend otherwise. They are loud, messy, ridiculous and completely unconcerned with being taken seriously. These films are… Continue Reading →

January 19, 2026

Belief Is the Real Monster in Bugonia

I have a long, complicated history with group projects. Not the school kind, where some kid named Kyle shows up with nothing but a Capri-Sun and the confidence of a man who did zero work, but the adult kind: meetings,… Continue Reading →

December 17, 2025

Afraid? is a Slasher That’s Lost in the Woods

I have always believed the purest horror is the kind that strands you in the woods with bad choices, worse friends and a killer who solves problems like a MacBook powered by evil. For me, Friday the 13th is the… Continue Reading →

December 12, 2025

Mini Horrors: Graveyard Shorts Shine at the 56th Nashville Film Festival

Like last year, the 2025 Nashville Film Festival once again proved itself as the premier film event in Middle Tennessee, drawing in cinephiles, industry insiders and first-time festival goers alike. The sheer range of films on display — from intimate… Continue Reading →

September 24, 2025

Geek Culture, Zombies... and Other Monsters

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Weekend at the End of the World: Two Friends, One Cabin and the Apocalypse

Dead Lover: What Creative Freedom on a Limited Budget Looks Like

Afraid? is a Slasher That’s Lost in the Woods