Tag: Body Horror
Chuck Wendig’s Black River Orchard (2023) is a truly modern, small-town horror, evoking the best of Stephen King while summoning dark, twisted, and disturbing imagery that makes this story genuinely terrifying to read. Set in Harrow, Pennsylvania, the Black River Orchard mostly follows the father-and-daughter team of Dan and Calla Paxson. Obsessed with restoring his
2 Girls 1 Gut is a 2024 extreme horror short written and directed by Guy. A British ex-pat filmmaker based in Osaka, Japan, Guy has made a name for himself in the J-horror genre with titles such as Difficulty Breathing (2020), The Sound of Summer (2022), and the found footage horror The Unsolved Love Hotel
While anthologies can be slightly hit or miss at times, Rampo Noir seems determined to set itself apart. A lush and stylistic horror film with challenging eroticisms and unhinged humor, it presents four powerful segments from four directors with distinct cinematic styles, showcasing how Edogawa Ranpo’s masterful literature continues to inspire modern filmmakers. The first
Feed is a 2005 Australian body horror thriller written by Kieran Galvin, and directed by Brett Leonard. The film is based on an idea by Patrick Thompson, and Alex O’Loughlin, the film’s protagonist and antagonist respectively. A veteran of cyberporn investigations, Australian cop Philip Jackson, is no stranger to the dangerous side of sexual fetishes.
Body horror seems to be experiencing a renaissance of sorts in the last few years with such films as 2021’s Malignant and 2024’s The Substance. A term first coined in the 1980s, the body horror sub-genre rose to fame as a gnarly, gross-out style of film that carefully juxtaposes camp and over-the-top visuals with classic horror
With 2024’s Terrifier 3 breaking the box office record for the highest-grossing unrated film of all time, Damien Leone’s iconic character Art the Clown has blown up as a pop culture icon. Art’s admittedly grotesque visage appears on t-shirts and posters, his likeness is replicated by countless cosplayers, and he even has a massive online
Kill Your Lover is a 2023 English body horror film written and directed by Alix Austin and Keir Siewert. Dakota and Axel’s once passionate relationship has become poisoned by resentment. As emotions boil over Axel starts sprouting black veins and excreting an acidic liquid. His touch burns flesh, and a life-and-death battle ensues. Delivering a
Anx and Cass are on opposite ends of the scale when it comes to personality. Anx is overly cautious while Cass grabs life by the balls and makes the most of every moment. After a night together, the two begin a slightly distant relationship, but when a bizarre pandemic breaks out that causes people to meld
There have been many horror films that tackle the theme of trauma in recent years, but this one really pushes things a bit further. Traumatika is a 2024 horror film directed by Pierre Tsigaridis. It delves into the different forms of childhood trauma, from witnessing violence to physical and even sexual abuse. The film stars
Horror and children’s literature are a crossover you don’t expect to see, but Bret Nelson and Pete Mitchell’s 2024 book The Part Mart is exactly the right mix of creepy and cute. While not a horror book in the classic sense, the idea of a literal body shop and a disembodied head watching YouTube are,