Iron Lung Review: Markiplier’s Bloody Directorial Debut
Unnerving, unsettling, and downright horrifying, Markiplier makes a promising directorial debut as he combines claustrophobia, blood, and Lovecraftian horror in Iron Lung .
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Lovecraft Country Series Premiere: “Sundown” Review
HBO's new series chills by connecting the power of storytelling with the daily horror of racism in the USA.
True Detective Horror Diary: The Constellation of Cthulhu
In the final True Detective Horror Diary of the season, we examine the horror genre tradition of withholding closure in endings.
True Detective Season 3 Horror Diary: The Exorcist of Time and Memory
Wayne Hays needs an exorcism. The old Vietnam war veteran, ex-detective and subject of a forthcoming true crime docuseries is haunted by ghosts as he tries to piece together the narrative pieces of the homicide case that defined is life and marriage.
True Detective Season 3 Horror Diary: The Forest of Leng
For the highly anticipated third season of True Detective , That Shelf and our friends at Everything is Scary are teaming up to examine the scarier elements in what we agree to be a landmark of horror television.
Inside the Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters Exhibition at the AGO
We got a sneak peek at the upcoming Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters exhibition opening at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario this week!
EFM 2011: La Sombra Prohibida Review
There is a particular subgenre of kitschy horror film that comes out of countries like Spain and Italy. Usually something to do with some dark legend, a dark devil, and a group of hot young people who get caught up in the madness. Spanish director José Luis Alemán continues with his Valdemar series in La Sombra Prohibida , based on H.P. Lovecraft's work. You have the ingredients for a cult Spanish horror film, but unfortunately the film doesn’t entirely work out.
