Lutist/Composer Jozef Van Wissem Hears ‘The Call of the Deathbird’
Longtime Jim Jarmusch collaborator Jozef Van Wissem turns his attention to another film soundtrack with Nosferatu, which redefines the lute.
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’40s-Era Horror-Noir ‘Among the Living’ Ain’t Whistling Dixie
We never know everything that goes on that night in horror-noir ‘Among the Living’. This film is no affirmative vision of a small town in the American South.
Horror Is a Trojan Horse in Welsh Director Lee Haven Jones’ ‘The Feast’
Lee Haven Jones on his debut horror film ‘The Feast’, which is influenced by the ancient Welsh Mabinogion literature of chilling folk tales, legends, and myths.
The Imagination of Disaster 2.0: Revisiting Susan Sontag in the Age of the Pandemic Horror Narrative
Considering Susan Sontag’s “The Imagination of Disaster” and modern apocalyptic narratives, are sci-fi and horror still “inadequate responses” to our world?
The 20 Best Splatter Films of All Time
It’s frost on the pumpkin time, and in recognition of the upcoming fright night, we offer the 20 Greatest Splatter Films the fright genre has ever produced.
Directors Justin Powell and David Charbonier Take Their Fate in Their Hands with Horror Film ‘The Djinn’
Justin Powell and David Charbonier talk with PopMatters about going to a scary place for their latest horror film, The Djinn.
The 13 Greatest Horror Directors of All Time
In honor of Halloween, here are 13 fascinating fright mavens who’ve made scary movies that much more meaningful.
Masaki Kobayashi’s ‘Kwaidan’ Horror Films Are Horrifically Beautiful
The four haunting tales of Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan are human and relatable, as well as impressive at a formal and a technical level.
The 10 Best Body Horror Films
From horrific diseases and infections to amputations -- and the most unusual transmutations -- here are 10 body horror fright flicks that get the biology unbound disturbingly right.
There Are No Accidents on ‘Mulholland Drive’
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive unfolds in a series of desires, warnings, and deals that are often made under duress by unseen malevolent forces, or motivated by darkness within.
Criterion’s ‘Kwaidan’ Set Provides Four Masterful Tales of the Uncanny
Masaki Kobayashi’s masterpiece, Kwaidan, exists on the boundary between the living and the spirit worlds.
‘The Sender’ Delivers Psychic Horror
The Sender is a phantasmagorical film of deadly, surreal dreams delivered with subtlety and nuance.