horror movie Archives

“Not Great!” Or, How I Fought COVID Claustrophobia While Writing My Apartment-Bound Jewish Folk-Horror Romance Attachment

By Gabriel Bier Gislason | February 9, 2023

Gabriel Bier Gislason talks about the script struggles he went through with his new movie, streaming from February 10 on Shudder.

By Sonny Mallhi | January 4, 2022

Director Sonny Mallhi ponders a moment on his new horror movie, Hurt, and how it connects to his long history working in film.

By Elle Callahan | October 13, 2021

Horror director Elle Callahan, whose new film Witch Hunt is out now, on her complex and longstanding relationship with fear, her extra sense.

By Rob Savage | August 3, 2020

For writer-director Rob Savage, lockdown led to him having fun making movies again with his latest film Host, now streaming on Shudder.

By Shannon Plumb | September 19, 2017

Shannon Plumb braves her first horror movie in two decades, and ponders how a beloved comic figure became an icon of evil.

By Stewart Thorndike | August 30, 2014

A female director ponders why there aren't more women making horror movies — especially when what they have to offer is exactly what the genre needs.

By Calvin Lee Reeder | July 18, 2014

Maybe I don’t respect cinema enough, maybe I have a primitive mind or maybe I’m just a bad guy; but I love movie violence.

By Alex Ross Perry | July 8, 2014

“From the director of Sinister.” Sold. Scott Derrickson’s Sinister was not only one of my favorite films...

By Larry Fessenden | May 5, 2014

Not too long ago, The Talkhouse invited me to write about a new horror film that was being released into theaters...