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June 26, 2023
'Followers' is a slasher you can give the same treatment as a blue check account on Twitter: Unfollow. Read our…
June 23, 2023
In lieu of recent events, Matt Konopka revisits the iconic aquatic horror film 'Orca' and delves into its complex emotional…
bloody May Lucky McKee
June 8, 2023
Matt Konopka looks back at Lucky McKee's 'May' and how it helped him realize that life was worth living. Read…
June 7, 2023
From AJ in 'Barbarian' to Burke in 'Aliens', these ten diabolical horror characters definitely got what was coming to them.
May 9, 2023
Jason Eisener's 'Kids vs. Aliens' is a defiant scream about the importance of embracing your inner child and the perils…
February 24, 2023
From 'Grizzly' to 'Annihilation,' here are five killer bear movies to watch before and after you check out 'Cocaine Bear'…
Skinamarink
February 14, 2023
Matt Konopka pens a personal essay about 'Skinamarink' and how its unique brand of horror speaks to his own childhood…
Piggy
November 4, 2022
Matt Konopka examines Carolta Pereda's 'Piggy' and how it finally gets the "Revenge of the Bullied" subgenre right.
Poltergeist
June 3, 2022
In this personal essay, Matt Konopka looks at 'Poltergeist' and how the first two films examine the deep effects of…
Happy Death Day
March 30, 2022
Tree from 'Happy Death Day' is horror’s defiant middle finger to the very idea of “perfection”. Read more on Dread Central.