There are few art forms that have the same power as the short film. In an age of binge-wallowing Netflix, Hulu, Prime, and Shudder, we’re used to consuming hours and hours of entertainment in a single gulp. While this is a great way to kill an evening, with all that back to back binging, one can’t help but notice, horror movies are often hurt by length.
Read MoreMaude Michaud (2017) #WiHM
While every country with a horror culture has dabbled in just about every subgenre imaginable, it’s fun to look at which of those particular genres tend to crop up in certain places more than others and think about why. Italy, for example, was the epicenter of cannibal and zombie films for just about the bulk of the 70s and 80s, whereas Japan was the destination for supernatural horror in the late 90s and early 2000s. Canada, curiously, appears to be the place that body horror calls home.
Read MoreJoyce Carol Oates (2017) #WiHM
Denizens of CineDump, it’s my honor to welcome you to our inaugural post for Women in Horror Month. We’ll be chronicling some of the most talented women working in the field of the macabre along with some reviews featuring the most heroic heroines and villainous villainesses the genre can boast. To get things off to a ghoulish start, I was honored to interview the great Joyce Carol Oates, spinner of sinister stories and wickedly readable novels.
Read MoreSadie Katz (2017)
In my time conducting interviews with members of the horror filmmaking community, I’ve learned to gauge the course of an interview by the first few minutes. It’s been important to determine—and determine quick—whether the person to whom I’m speaking is shy and in need of a bit of gentle prodding, or bombastic and talkative and in need of some chamomile. Sometimes I’m speaking to someone afocal who needs to be kept on track; and sometimes I find myself speaking to someone with only the barest amount of involvement in a given project, who might even be confused why they’re even speaking to me.
Read MoreDrake Bell (2017) #audio
Merry Christmas, CineDumpers! How's everyone doing after the break? Well, daddy is back with an interview that is best served hot.
Read MoreLin Shaye (2016) #audio
Genre films come and go, but legendary actors and actresses tend to stick around, and as it turns out, that’s just the case with our guest, Lin Shaye. Wes Craven, James Wan, and the Farrelly brothers are a just a few of the names that have added her to their more permanent side of the rolodex. Needless to say, she’s a repeat offender with most directors not only because of her talent but her charm plays a major role as well, I quickly found out.
Read MoreEvan Stone (2016)
So, there I was, in my car, sitting outside of a strip club... in broad delight. While many of you would like to believe this is a norm for me, I assure you, this is not a place or situation that I tend to frequent on most Sunday afternoons. Anyway, I had time to kill.
Read MoreTobias Nölle (2016)
In the information age, aren’t surprises great? Though the film may have premiered to some lukewarm reviews, everyone lost their collective stuff earlier this year when it was announced the low-key, somewhat-anticipated horror movie “The Woods” was, in fact, a Blair Witch sequel. The announcement came so close to the release of the film that there was no time for rampant speculation on the plot; no time for myriad spoiler leaks and internet debates; just enough time for audiences to go in naïve to the story and soak up the pure experience of it.
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