All Articles

How Silence of the Lambs tricks you from the very first scene
June 29, 2025
I recently rewatched Silence of the Lambs, my favorite film, for about the hundredth time. It’s a very tight movie,
The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan
June 18, 2025
The Life of Chuck director Mike Flanagan spent years making movies and working in reality TV before he used a
Ba Benjamin Wong
May 28, 2025
Like many filmmakers on the verge of becoming parents, Ba director Benjamin Wong worried that having a child might hurt
November 21, 2023
The newest trailer for filmmaker Dallas Harvey’s upcoming sci-fi body horror film Metamorphose dropped this week, and it’s gloriously upsetting.
TOOTH Jillian Corsie
November 3, 2023
Jillian Corsie says her short film "Tooth" was inspired by a COVID malaise — and her mother presenting her with…
Telluride Horror Show
October 12, 2023
Ted Wilson founded the Telluride Horror Show 14 years ago. So, it’s safe to say that he knows what to
My Scary Indian Wedding
September 12, 2023
Ramone Menon grew up in what he describes as a “fairly modern and liberated household” in India — but it
Slash Scores The Breach
August 1, 2022
Guns N' Roses guitar player Slash follows his love of horror to Rodrigo Gudiño's new horror film The Breach, which…
She Will Charlotte Colbert
July 15, 2022
Charlotte Colbert, director and co-writer of IFC Midnight horrot thriller She Will, was inspired by real Scottish witch trials
Jordan Graham
June 3, 2022
Jordan Graham suffered his way to success during the seven-year journey he took to make his indie supernatural horror flick,…
X Ti West
March 24, 2022
X writer-director Ti West has a knack for nailing period details and he explains to MovieMaker his two rules that…
A House on the Bayou Deconstructs a Horror Trope
December 10, 2021
A House on the Bayou director Alex McAulay deconstructed this horror movie trope when making the EPIX and Blumhouse horror…
Lamb - Noomi Rapace - Sjon Valdimir Johannsson
October 8, 2021
Valdimir Jóhannsson and Sjón developed Lamb for a decade, never compromising their vision of a quiet horror film where the…
George Romero
June 12, 2021
George Romero scared and enlightened audiences for five decades with his unique brand of socially-conscious fright films.
sound of violence auditory slasher
June 1, 2021
Sound of Violence sound designer used his own sounds and created new ones to tell the story of a woman…
Charlotte Kirk The Reckoning
May 22, 2021
Charlotte Kirk and Neil Marshall say real-life events "subconsciously" influenced their new film The Reckoning: It's about a witch hunt.
May 22, 2021
"That has always been my dream—to receive money for nothing. Finally, it’s coming true," John Carpenter says about producing remakes…
What Lies Below abuse step dad
April 9, 2021
Here are a bunch of warning signs that the character of John was going to turn out to be abusive…
Them Amazon Deborah Ayorinde true story
April 9, 2021
If you've seen the first episode of the new Amazon anthology series Them, you may be wondering whether it's based…
The Vigil Keith Thomas
March 3, 2021
The Vigil writer-director Keith Thomas on how practical lighting and effects with vintage lenses accented his authentically Jewish horror film.
The Vigil Keith Thomas
March 3, 2021
The Vigil writer-director Keith Thomas on how practical lighting and effects with vintage lenses accented his authentically Jewish horror film.
50 Best Genre Festivals MovieMaker film festivals
October 27, 2020
Looking for a film festival that can awe, thrill and inspire you? Presenting MovieMaker's World's 50 Best Genre Festivals in…
The Rental Dan Stevens Sheila Vand
July 24, 2020
Dan Stevens and Sheila Vand have a complictaed on-screen dynamic that fuels the suspense and horror in The Rental, the…
November 8, 2018
Kristen Ruhlin, the screenwriter and star of exorcism horror film Welcome to Mercy, stuck to her guns when crafting the…