Ari Drew

Denver, Texas

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Freelance Contributor at Bloody Disgusting

🏳️‍🌈 Horror writer and pop fiend. Founder of #HighQueerness. Psych Ph.D. Check out my stuff at @bdisgusting.

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The Ultimate Revenge Scheme in Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Feb 10, 2025 | bloody-disgusting.com | Trace Thurman |Ari Drew

Poo on the porch. After concluding January with with our first foray into the world of Frank Henenlotter in Brain Damage (listen) and revisiting Brian De Palma’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie (listen), we’re entering February with a look at Tom Ford‘s Academy Award-nominated thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016). In Nocturnal Animals, art gallery owner Susan (Amy Adams) receives a manuscript for a new novel written by her first husband Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal).
Appalachian Folklore Comes to Life in Found Footage Duology 'Chest' and 'Jeffrey's Hell' [Found Frights]

Jan 31, 2025 | bloody-disgusting.com | Ari Drew

Capcom clearly had hit a brick wall after the misfire that was Devil May Cry 2 was released in 2003. The game sold well, but sales were still lower than expected. That, and they couldn’t ignore the negative criticism from fans and critics. So, what do you do? Capcom decided to go back to what made the original game such a blast to play, and use that as the basis for Devil May Cry 3.
5 Horror Shorts to Watch This Month Including 'Orum' Starring Barbara Crampton & Bill Moseley

Dec 23, 2024 | bloody-disgusting.com | Ari Drew

1974 remains a banner year for horror movies. This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Black Christmas, as well as smaller films like Abby, The Perfume of the Lady in Black, and Sugar Hill. Buried in that year’s releases, Frightmare stands as a unique relic, a gloriously bloody proto-slasher transmitting a macabre tale about cannibalism.
Get Lost in the Inescapable Nightmare of 'Puzzle Box' [Found Frights]

Dec 4, 2024 | bloody-disgusting.com | Ari Drew

Presented by Steven C. Miller’s Werewolves, Bloody Disgusting is looking to the stars and howling at the moon with WEREWOLVES WEEK. Today, Jenn Adams sprouts claws and explores the history of werewolf women in horror cinema. Werewolf folklore has existed since the dawn of recorded history, with each diverse culture creating its own variation of humanoid wolves who emerge from the skin of seemingly ordinary men.
'Milk & Serial' - New Found Footage Movie Is One of This Year's Hidden Horror Gems - Bloody Disgusting

Aug 22, 2024 | bloody-disgusting.com | Ari Drew

If the commercial and critical success of horror films from Jordan Peele, Zach Cregger, and David Gordon Green in recent years illustrates anything, it’s that folks in the comedy biz can often serve up major doses of effective white-knuckle chills.
‘Horror in the High Desert 3’ Review – A Tense, Creepy Exercise in High Strangeness

Jul 22, 2024 | bloody-disgusting.com | Ari Drew

When it comes to found footage horror, films that manage to successfully deliver scares while also following characters that feel sincere within the “true-to-life” conceit of the subgenre are an infrequent breath of fresh air. It’s even rarer to find a series of films that delivers on these fronts so consistently. Yet, for many die-hard found footage fans, writer, director, and producer Dutch Marich’s Horror in the High Desert series has served up just that over the last 3 years.
‎‘Of an Age’ review by Ari Drew • Letterboxd

Jul 14, 2024 | letterboxd.com | Ari Drew

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‎‘How to Have Sex’ review by Ari Drew • Letterboxd

Apr 29, 2024 | letterboxd.com | Ari Drew

This movie basically communicated to me that having a messy friend trip in 2023 as newly minted adults looks unexpectedly similar to those had in the mid-2000s. So many unexpected and authentically complex emotions throughout this one. Block or Report
‎‘Monolith’ review by Ari Drew • Letterboxd

Apr 29, 2024 | letterboxd.com | Ari Drew

Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps. Please consider upgrading to a Pro account—for less than a couple bucks a month, you’ll get cool additional features like all-time and annual stats pages (example), the ability to select (and filter by) your favorite streaming services, and no ads!
‎‘Love Lies Bleeding’ review by Ari Drew • Letterboxd

Mar 16, 2024 | letterboxd.com | Ari Drew

This was exactly the right kind of everything it does, from noir to queer thriller to surreal love story. Rose Glass has some wild tricks up her sleeve and I’m living for it. Block or Report