Tag: Independent Horror
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Terror Through the Lens: 2025’s Most Ambitious Found Footage Films
Since its horror inception with a film like Cannibal Holocaust (1980), the found footage genre has long found a welcoming and supportive home within horror itself. From there, we can trace clever and tactical marketing strategies that paved the way for The Blair Witch Project (1999), whose success relied on the persuasive and deceiving nature…
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Good Boy (2025) Review: A Haunting Horror Told Through a Dog’s Eyes
Release Date: Theatrical release (U.S.) — October 3, 2025 (festival premiere at SXSW March 10, 2025) Runtime: 73 minutes (1 hr 13 min) Rated: PG-13 — for terror, bloody images and strong language Production Companies: What’s Wrong With Your Dog? (Leonberg / Fischer indie credit) — distributed in English territories by Shudder / IFC (Independent Film…
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The Best Horror Films of 2025 (So Far): From 28 Years Later to The Long Walk
2025 has been an incredible year for horror, and I wanted to take a moment to highlight the films that are keeping the theatrical experience alive. While plenty of other blockbusters have carried their weight at the box office, I’d argue horror deserves its own recognition. As anyone in the fandom knows, it’s one of…
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Jimmy & Stiggs: Joe Begos, Aliens, and the Neon Mayhem of Eli Roth’s New Horror Banner
Release Date: Limited US release August 15, 2025 Runtime: 80 minutes (1h 20min) Rated: R for severe violence and gore, severe profanity, severe alcohol, drug and smoking use, moderate sex and nudity, moderate frightening and intense scenes Production Companies: Channel 83 Films, Media Capital Technologies, associated with The Horror Section / Iconic Events Releasing Producers: Joe…
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Strange Harvest Review – Stuart Ortiz’s Grotesque Mockumentary Pulls No Punches
Release Date: August 8, 2025 (United States — limited theatrical release) Runtime: 94 minutes (1 h 34 m) Rated: R — disturbing violent content; language; grisly violent content Production Companies: Adorable Damage, Pathogen Pictures Producers: Bruce Guido, Stuart Ortiz, Alex Yesilcimen Cinematography: Seth Fulleer Editing: Stuart Ortiz Music / Composer: Sarah DeCourcy Strange Harvest (2025) Director & Screenwriter: Stuart Ortiz…
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Bring Her Back (2025) Review: The Philippou Brothers Deliver a Brutal, Heartbreaking Horror Follow-Up
Bring Her Back, releasing on May 29-30, 2025, is an intense horror film centered on tragedy, violence, and emotional depth. Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, it features standout performances from Sally Hawkins and child actors Billy Barratt and Sora Wong. The film explores grief and manipulation, leaving audiences profoundly affected and questioning its haunting…
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Cursed Toys and Comedy: How The Monkey Turns Horror on Its Head
The Monkey Directed by Osgood Perkins Starring: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery A Cursed Toy and the Weight of the Past As expected, a second screening allows for more details to surface, providing another opportunity to scrutinize Osgood Perkins’ filmmaking and storytelling. Despite the bleak and grim subject matter of The Monkey, it ultimately…
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Trauma, Terror & Toy Monkeys: How Osgood Perkins Twists Fear on Screen
Longlegs A (Re-)Examination of Osgood Perkins’ Hit of 2024 Directed by Osgood Perkins Starring: Maika Monroe and Nicholas Cage Osgood Perkins made a name for himself in 2024 with his investigative psychological horror film, Longlegs, and aims to expand his reputation with his new film, The Monkey, set to release on February 21, 2025.Longlegs became…
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