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Jan 17, 2025 | 
horrorpress.com | Xero Gravity
The second film I wanted to cover, that’s “based on a true story”, is one that utterly fascinates me…and not for the right reasons. After Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, I felt let down. I am by no means a Henry Lee Lucas expert, but even with someone having the bare knowledge of the case, I couldn’t believe they dared to refer to it as having anything to do with the Confession Killer. Could The Exorcism of Emily Rose pull me out of this pit of despair? Can it get some basic information right?
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
horrorpress.com | Xero Gravity
Eggers just brought the century-old vampiric property to life again. So far, we’ve all fallen in love… or could that be traces of lust? I can’t say I saw that bit coming. Legacy reboots, remakes, and re-hashes make us all a little nervous, I get it. Besides choosing the perfect theater seat, viewers have nothing to worry about.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
horrorpress.com | Xero Gravity
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
afropunk.com | Xero Gravity
For the minds who crave stories from expansive worlds, afrofuturism is the answer. In light of its origins, we normally describe the genre with its basic pillars; Black identity, science-fiction, and a sprinkle of African ancestry, culture, or folklore. Wrap those aspects up to tell a story of liberation, survival or healing, and we’ve arrived at the finish line. Afrofuturism is still a relatively new concept, coined in 1993 as the community asked “why is darker toned skin so absent in sci-fi?”.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
afropunk.com | Xero Gravity
More than I consider him a community leader, Brandon Espy is quickly becoming the next name in the world of Afro-Horror, next to Akela Cooper and Jordan Peele. Espy is a prodigy of dread, with equally successful and decorated Black horror shorts under his belt. We Follow You, Head Bussa, and Kiara, all written and directed by Espy are considered mandatory homework for any student of the new school of Black horror.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
dreadcentral.com | Xero Gravity
The horror community ate well in the New York Comic Con building—not that we had any doubt. You can commonly find the horror hive packed inside the annual Blumfest panel, where founder/CEO Jason Blum lets all the details loose of what fans can expect. 2025 is set to be Blumhouse’s biggest, with ten films set to release, almost double the amount of any year prior. Night Swim was the first entry out of the Atomic Monster/Blumhouse merger, but there’s more coming up.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
afropunk.com | Xero Gravity
Like it has been for decades, Black vampires are what’s awake right now. Marvel’s damned step-child Blade refuses to back down after landing and losing five different writers, the episodic Interview With A Vampire continues to break cultural bounds through its second season, and since that trailer drop, Ryan Coogler’s vampire period western Sinners is looking more and more promising by the minute. We’re not new to this.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
dreadcentral.com | Xero Gravity
A genre fan’s greatest weakness will always be immersion. Last Friday I got lucky, and found myself at an underground venue in Bushwick ahead of The Crow’s release. Bill Skarsgård will star as Eric Draven alongside FKA Twigs as Shelly Webster, and the film, set to release Friday, August 23, 2025, is a “modern reimagining” of the original comic by James O’Barr.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
horrorpress.com | Xero Gravity
Welcome back to Horror 101, a series of articles where we explain horror movie legends and their lore. For beginners, the confused, or just those who need a refresher, these articles are for you. You know, for someone who is constantly calling horror movies camp, I really didn’t realize how important campiness was to the horror movies I watched growing up. I gravitate towards the silly, and the J-horror subgenre of J-splatter is where some of the silliest and bloodiest visuals in all of horror are.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
horrorpress.com | Xero Gravity
I’ll be blunt: if you didn’t enjoy A Quiet Place as much as everybody else who raved about it in 2018 or were underwhelmed by its sequel A Quiet Place Part II, this review is for you. And this review says you should see A Quiet Place: Day One, because in my eyes it is as close to a perfect installment as I’m expecting to get out of this franchise. Which, granted, sounds melodramatic, but stay with me.
