Tyler Doupé

1 week ago | dreadcentral.com | Tyler Doupé

Parker Finn really surprised me with Smile. Though it marks his debut feature, the film is polished, professional, and properly terrifying. Not to mention, there’s a lot of depth to it. I wasn’t expecting a movie about a deadly entity that latches onto unsuspecting victims to pack much of a punch. I was wrong. The flick has a strong emotional core and something to say about mental health. Perhaps the most profound message is that just because someone is smiling doesn’t mean that they are happy.

1 week ago | dreadcentral.com | Tyler Doupé

There are horror films that wear their intentions on their sleeve and then there are those that lure viewers in with a false sense of security only to repeatedly devastate the unsuspecting at every turn. The 2019 horror film The Lodge falls squarely into the latter category. This picture melds themes of grief, religious trauma, and isolation, serving up a cinematic cocktail that is unpredictable, shocking, and often tough to watch.

1 week ago | dreadcentral.com | Tyler Doupé

Death is terrifying. It’s coming for us all, and there’s nothing we can do to stop it. Many of us, myself very much included, try to eschew thoughts of mortality from our periphery, opting to live in a state of denial. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you have people, like mortuary workers, who consciously accept death as a natural part of the circle of life and take it in stride. The latter is surely a healthier outlook and one I’m working toward adopting.

1 week ago | comicbook.com | Tyler Doupé

Mel Brooks has made a career out of lampooning pop culture with often hilarious results. He famously parodied the Western genre in Blazing Saddles and who could forget his outlandish take on classic horror cinema, Young Frankenstein. Although it may not be his most celebrated picture, the filmmaker’s 1987 sci-fi spoof Spaceballs is still one of his most accessible efforts to date.

1 week ago | dreadcentral.com | Tyler Doupé

Finding quality content to stream can be rough, especially when you finally decide what you want to watch only to realize you’ve missed your window to actually do so. In the hopes of sparing you such an unpleasant fate, we are here to sound the alarm regarding a celebrated Clint Eastwood film that is leaving Netflix soon. The picture in question is none other than American Sniper.