Onslaught Review: Adam Winguard Returns
In Onslaught, Adam Wingard distills all of his favourite '80s influences into one violent, gnarly exploitation flick.
Simon Barrett
The Curse of the Blair Witch Continues
The defeated directors' commentary track on the new Blair Witch Blu-ray tells a very different story than the hopeful, feature length making-of doc on that same disc.
Blair Witch: Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett Interview
We speak with Blair Witch writer Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard about respectfully updating one of the most popular horror films of all time.
TIFF 2016: Blair Witch Review
Blair Witch TIFF 2016 Review.
Home Entertainment Review: The Guest
The Guest (Adam Winguard, 2014) – The genre-loving writer/director team of Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard have gradually been easing themselves into the status of the best horror filmmakers of their generation. The Guest only confirms that title, while also pushing their style into other genres. Their partnership started with the brutal serial killer move […]
The Guest Review
The Guest is a genre mashing blast from start to finish.
Interview: Some Guests from The Guest
We talk to director Adam Wingard, writer Simon Barrett, and actors Dan Stevens and Maika Monroe about their work together on The Guest.
TIFF 2014: The Guest Review
The Guest Midnight Madness Possibly the most fun film at this year’s festival, this unabashedly hilarious and thrilling mash-up of spy flicks and 80s slashers from director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett, the minds behind previous TIFF crowd pleaser, You’re Next. Dan Stevens stars as David, an amiable and polite soldier just out of […]
TIFF 2014 Interview: Colin Geddes
It’s a sweltering late July afternoon, but I’m still sitting down over a cup of warm tea at Canteen in the lobby of the TIFF Bell Lightbox and talking to Colin Geddes the day after most of his choices for the heavily watched and buzzed about Midnight Madness and Vanguard sections had been announced. (Really […]
You’re Next Review
Much like Scream did almost 20 years ago now, You’re Next resurrects the oft derided slasher genre with demented, witty, and terrifying glee.
This Week in DVD: 12/11/12
Nothing but horror for the holidays in this week's DVD column with looks at the anthology horror V/H/S, the remake Silent Night, the ridiculous concept of having a zombie Osama Bin Laden, and the truly depressing horror faced by some teens in American schools: underfunding.
