Category: October Horror Movie Challenge

By Scott Dorward Jakob’s Wife (USA, 2021) Horror films are usually made for a young audience. It’s simple economics — more young people watch horror. When combined with Hollywood’s general disdain for older actresses, the…

By Scott Dorward The Boogey Man (USA, 1980) Once again, I’m using the October Horror Movie Challenge as an excuse to catch up with films I’ve been meaning to watch for years. I remember seeing…

By Scott Dorward Possessor (Canada, 2020) Way back in my first October Horror Movie Challenge, in 2013, I reviewed Brandon Cronenberg’s debut feature, Antiviral. While I liked the film immensely, the subject matter made it…

By Scott Dorward In Fabric (UK, 2018) “A dress of deduction finds its character in a prism of retail abstraction.“ Peter Strickland’s love letter to Italian horror, Berberian Sound Studio, has haunted me since I…