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fromNo Film School
1 day ago

How a $30K Animated Indie Scored a Theatrical Run - Then Landed on HBO

Glander and producer Payson made Boys Go to Jupiter with a tiny team and a $30,000 budget, showcasing the potential of indie filmmaking in animation.
Independent films
fromConsequence
1 day ago

Gaten Matarazzo, Sean Giambrone & Lulu Wilson on Pizza Movie, Body Swaps, and Building a Cult Classic: Podcast

Giambrone describes the initial pitch as akin to Superbad, but quickly realized the film had a much stranger engine under the hood, blending buddy comedy with altered reality.
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fromConsequence
1 day ago

Stream On This Week: A Brain-Melting College Comedy and the Most Metal Movie of the Year (So Far)

New streaming recommendations include the comedy 'Pizza Movie' on Hulu and the sequel '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' on Netflix.
fromPitchfork
4 days ago

Fucked Up's Damian Abraham Is Now Making Movies

Cut & Paste Pictures is developing a feature-length documentary chronicling the lifelong friendship between Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair and wrestler Hassan 'MVP' Assad, who will also front an unscripted series about life after prison.
Podcast
fromInverse
5 days ago

94 Years Later, An Iconic Horror Genre Finally Reveals Its Complex Roots

The zombie was actually a Haitian Vodou metaphor for slavery. For enslaved Africans in Caribbean colonies like Haiti, the theft of one's autonomy was akin to a walking death.
History
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fromQueerty
2 days ago

WATCH: This shocking camboy drama pushes queer cinema into provocative new territory - Queerty

Blue Film is a provocative camboy drama exploring taboo subjects and complex human relationships between a sex worker and his former teacher.
fromInverse
1 week ago

'Forbidden Fruits' Is The Campy Gorefest Teen Girls Have Been Waiting For

Forbidden Fruits is part of a burgeoning subgenre of horror movies that engage specifically with femininity and feminine aesthetics, dubbed 'girl horror' in a recent article in Rue Morgue magazine.
DC food
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fromInverse
2 days ago

The Best Paranoid Horror-Comedy That You Missed Is On Peacock

The ' Burbs explores neighborhood paranoia and microaggressions through the lens of a black mother navigating her new community.
Independent films
fromInverse
1 day ago

Hulu Just Quietly Released The Trippiest Sci-Fi Movie Of The Year

College experiences often involve experimentation with substances, making it a fitting backdrop for coming-of-age stories like Pizza Movie.
#horror
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fromAV Club
5 days ago

Dario Argento's Inferno traps you in New York's most evil building

They Will Kill You combines horror and comedy in a gory setting, reminiscent of classic genre films featuring evil buildings and dark themes.
Film
fromPaste Magazine
5 days ago

Dario Argento's Inferno traps you in New York's most evil building

They Will Kill You combines horror and comedy in a unique setting, reminiscent of classic genre films featuring evil buildings and dark themes.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 days ago

'Psycho Killer' slashes onto digital, just in time to watch at home for halfway to Halloween viewing

A Kansas highway patrol officer seeks revenge on a satanic murderer in the horror movie 'Psycho Killer.'
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fromThe Independent
3 days ago

How Backrooms went from a viral 4chan post to an A24 movie starring acclaimed actor

A24's horror film Backrooms explores a fictional liminal space inspired by a viral internet myth from 4chan.
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fromEsquire
3 days ago

'Backrooms' Already Looks Like the Surprise Hit of the Summer

The horror movie 'Backrooms' features characters navigating a terrifying labyrinth of rooms, based on a popular creepypasta and directed by Kane Parsons.
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fromAV Club
5 days ago

Dario Argento's Inferno traps you in New York's most evil building

They Will Kill You combines horror and comedy in a gory setting, reminiscent of classic genre films featuring evil buildings and dark themes.
Film
fromPaste Magazine
5 days ago

Dario Argento's Inferno traps you in New York's most evil building

They Will Kill You combines horror and comedy in a unique setting, reminiscent of classic genre films featuring evil buildings and dark themes.
Film
fromVulture
2 days ago

Should A24 Be Worried About The Drama's Plot-Twist Drama?

The Drama features a controversial plot twist involving a character's admission of a near mass shooting, sparking significant backlash.
Independent films
fromThe Independent
2 days ago

Hugely underrated 2026 film added to streaming

'Crime 101' is an underrated heist thriller featuring strong performances, particularly from Halle Berry and Mark Ruffalo, now available for streaming.
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from48 hills
2 days ago

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company - 48 hills

Love can take unconventional forms, as seen in films featuring relationships with aliens, witches, and other offbeat characters.
fromInverse
3 days ago

James Gunn's First Movie Proves He Hasn't Changed in 20 Years

Gunn's first screenplay, Tromeo & Juliet, was co-written with Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, promising 'all the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had.'
Independent films
fromIndieWire
4 days ago

You Can't Make a 'Cult Classic' with Marketing - Opinion

'Forbidden Fruits' has been widely hailed as a 'cult classic' by critics and fans, but labeling it as such too soon risks undermining the process that establishes a film's cultural significance over time.
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Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

If you loved 'Bugonia,' here's what to watch next

Bugonia, a Yorgos Lanthimos remake of a 2003 Korean thriller starring Emma Stone, combines tonal shifts and violence with accessibility, earning four Academy Award nominations.
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fromWIRED
3 days ago

Watching a 7.5-Hour Movie in Theaters Made Me More Hopeful About Our Collective Brain Rot

A seven-and-a-half-hour film screening challenges modern attention spans, highlighting a cultural shift in viewing habits and the struggle for sustained focus.
Independent films
fromEsquire
4 days ago

Andrew Scott Knows the Next Stephen Spielberg Is Out There. But How Do We Find Them?

We Were Here is a humorous mockumentary about Indian retirees resisting AI by taking over machine jobs.
#a24
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fromVulture
4 days ago

How Much Is Kristoffer Borgli Trolling Us?

The Drama explores the consequences of confessing past mistakes in relationships and questions societal judgments on personal actions.
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fromVulture
4 days ago

How Much Is Kristoffer Borgli Trolling Us?

The Drama explores the consequences of confessing past mistakes in relationships and questions societal judgments on personal actions.
Independent films
fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 week ago

They Will Kill You Took the Blood, Sweat and Tears of Kirill Sokolov, Zazie Beetz, and Myha'la

Sokolov passionately engages with audiences before his film, reflecting on his journey from Russia to America amid political turmoil.
Independent films
fromInverse
1 week ago

One of the Best Horror Films of the 2010s Is Finally Getting a Sequel

A sequel to It Follows, titled They Follow, is set to begin filming in summer 2024.
Independent films
fromNo Film School
1 week ago

How Some Clever Marketing Got My $75K Microbudget Film on HBO

Indie filmmakers can thrive despite traditional distribution collapse by leveraging digital marketing and audience engagement strategies.
#jim-jarmusch
Independent films
fromIndieWire
2 weeks ago

Indie Film Has an Architecture Problem

The indie film model is structurally designed to fail, with misaligned incentives between investors, filmmakers, distributors, and audiences, resulting in only 0.025% of screenplays achieving profitable theatrical outcomes.
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fromInverse
2 weeks ago

'Over Your Dead Body' is Dead On Arrival

A married couple each plots to murder the other for financial gain, but their plans are interrupted when escaped criminals take them hostage, leading to violent chaos.
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Meet Vurt, the mobile-first streaming platform for indie filmmakers embracing vertical video | TechCrunch

As audiences increasingly gravitate towards content tailored for mobile devices, the adaptation of traditional storytelling methods to fit vertical formats feels like a natural progression. Vurt sees its platform as a solution that aligns with this future. The success of "micro-drama" platforms like ReelShort and DramaBox has proven that there is a sizable market eager for engaging, bite-sized content.
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fromThe Verge
2 months ago

You need to listen to Billy Woods' horrorcore masterpiece for the A24 crowd

Golliwog is Billy Woods' darkest record, trading horrorcore shock tactics for psychological, cinematic dread and dense, violent lyrical imagery.
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

Meet the Punk-Rock Projectionist Showing His Own Films in a Tiny Theater on Wheels

It's so pure. People talk a lot about the cinematic experience, going into a big theater and sharing it with a lot of people. That's important. But when you distill that into its tiniest form, when you make the screen as small as it can be and fit as many seats as possible, it still works. At least for Davey. That feeling doesn't go away.
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Independent films
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

Overlook Film Festival Announces First Wave of 2026 Lineup: 'Obsession,' 'Leviticus,' 'Hokum,' and More

The Overlook Film Festival returns to New Orleans for its 10th anniversary April 9-12, featuring curated horror films, a Rick Baker tribute, and genre community celebration in America's most haunted city.
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

'Undertone' Is Scariest With What It Doesn't Show

The first thing you notice about undertone is how quiet it is; not just in its audio mix, but in how it's shot - primarily steady wide shots that slowly pan across empty rooms, allowing your eyes to frantically scan for something amiss. It's an understated form of filmmaking that allows for the movie's scares to hit all that much harder.
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fromEsquire
3 weeks ago

Do Original Movies Have Any Hope Left? I Went on a Journey to Find Out.

Theaters must create unique event experiences to compete with home entertainment, driving elaborate marketing stunts and premium screen innovations.
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fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

'Undertone' Star Nina Kiri Wants You to See This Homespun Haunted House Horror Film Any Way You Can

Undertone is a spooky isolation film about a podcaster navigating her mother's death while investigating mysterious recordings that pull her into supernatural terror.
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
3 weeks ago

Cinequest 2026 Film Picks: Bif Naked, Mockbuster & More

I never sang as a child, but in my guts, and a whole lot of chaos, music wasn't something I planned. It was something that saved me. It gave me a voice when I felt I didn't have one. It let me scream when I needed to scream and whisper when the world needed to listen. Every scar, every tattoo, every song has a story.
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fromBrooklynVegan
3 weeks ago

New movie 'Mile End Kicks' is a rom com set against Montreal's '00-era indie scene (watch the trailer)

Mile End Kicks is a romantic comedy set in late-2000s Montreal following a woman who moves to write about Alanis Morissette but becomes involved with indie rock band members instead.
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fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

This Cult Filmmaker Learned Something About Audiences Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know'Make Them Feel Something'

Kevin Smith built a personal brand by connecting directly with fans, which created lasting career opportunities beyond individual film projects in an unpredictable industry.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Bad Voodoo review escaped-convict horror worthy of a theme park ghost train

A grieving mother uses voodoo against escaped convicts who invade her home, blending Haitian Vodou with Western pop culture conventions in an implausible thriller with weak performances and awkward cinematography.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Six Bizarre Movies That Are Actually Fun to Watch

Atlantic writers recommend bizarre films that balance weirdness with entertainment value, including Iron Sky about Nazis on the moon and Jupiter Ascending.
fromPortland Mercury
4 weeks ago

Bruce Campbell on Death, Dying, and DIYing His New Movie Ernie & Emma

Who needs all those notes? I got tired of that. Really, really tired of that. And I'm like, man, if you're in the arts, you should do everything you can to protect your art. So Campbell knew he wanted to make a movie, and he knew he didn't want to go through the big Hollywood machine.
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fromNo Film School
1 month ago

Reclaiming Distribution: A Modern Indie Release Strategy

Filmmaker Gille Klabin abandoned traditional distribution for his second feature, choosing self-distribution with transparent data-driven marketing to maintain creative control and maximize returns on his low-budget film.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Future of Horror Movies Is on YouTube

YouTube has become a primary platform for discovering emerging horror filmmakers who transition from short-form content to feature films with studio backing.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

40 Years Later, The Weirdest '80s Horror Movie Is Still Full Of Surprises

House is a 1986 horror-comedy that blends haunted house, Vietnam War trauma, and sitcom elements into an intentionally absurd and chaotic film that achieved cult classic status despite critical confusion.
fromEsquire
1 month ago

How A24's Liminal Horror Movie 'Backrooms' Was Born From the Internet

Until recently, "liminal spaces" were only known to architects. But on the Internet, storytellers and amateur filmmakers have morphed these ubiquitous places you pass by on errand runs into caverns of cosmic terror. Now, a new A24 film from 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons is set to kick off the summer and christen it the season of liminal horror.
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fromVulture
1 month ago

Jane Schoenbrun Is Taking a Stab at the Remake Industrial Complex

Jane Schoenbrun's new film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a meta-horror about a young director resurrecting a slasher franchise while encountering its reclusive original star, exploring themes of desire, fear, and self-discovery.
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fromInverse
1 month ago

10 Years, A Cult Director Kickstarted Their Career With A Terrifying Folk Horror

The Witch's success revitalized mainstream interest in folk horror, inspiring Hollywood, indie, and international films while highlighting pagan iconography and rural dread.
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from48 hills
1 month ago

Screen Grabs: End of days at Fear and Faith Horror Festival-plus other new flicks to help scream it out - 48 hills

Weekend film events include films about Japanese American incarceration, Tadashi Nakamura’s Third Act, and Georges Méliès shorts with live music.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

V/H/S/Halloween review plenty of grisly invention in latest helping of engaging horror anthology

V/H/S/Halloween is an uneven, Halloween-themed horror anthology with standout shorts like Fun Size and Kidprint, plus an absurdly funny wrap-around, Diet Phantasma.
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fromIndieWire
2 months ago

Bob Berney on Five Wild Decades at Sundance, and Chasing Movies No One Else Wanted Like 'Memento' and 'Donnie Darko'

Bob Berney identifies promising films at Sundance, secures financing and distribution, and mounts release and awards campaigns that bring them to wide audiences.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

How The Most Ambitious Vampire Movie Of The Year Found Its Secret Weapon

Justin Long humanizes morally ambiguous, narcissistic characters by exploring their self-justifications, making audiences partially complicit in their downfall.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guide #229: How an indie movie distributed by a lone gamer broke the US box office

Two unusual releases contrasted a costly, widely distributed first-lady documentary with a self-financed YouTuber-made indie horror that achieved notable box-office success.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Zombie Movies Should Always Be This Hopeful

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple presents a hopeful vision of postapocalyptic humanity, subverting the genre's expectation of survivors preying on one another.
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fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Iron Lung's path to theaters was unique, even if the movie isn't

Iron Lung is a small-budget horror film that leveraged Markiplier's YouTube audience to gross over $20 million without major studio backing.
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fromInverse
1 month ago

2025's Most Unfairly Overlooked Horror Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Perkins' Keeper is an overlooked, subdued return to his austere indie horror style that distills "elevated horror" and deserves reappraisal.
#sam-raimi
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fromIndieWire
2 months ago

Critics, Filmmakers, and Why the Future of Movies Belongs to the People Who Give a Sh*t About Them

At the New York Film Critics Circle awards dinner, a lengthy speech about critics' relationship with filmmakers prompted playful roasts from presenters.
fromIndieWire
2 months ago

Who Makes a Horror Movie About Cancer in Their Real Home? Meet the Radical 'Mother of Flies' Family

We're a very open family.
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fromIndieWire
2 months ago

A First-Time Filmmaker Is Opening His Movie on 2,500 Screens Without a Distributor

Markiplier self-distributed Iron Lung, leveraging his decade-built audience to secure wide theatrical release on 2,500+ screens without paid marketing.
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fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 months ago

Reflections on Independent Film and 33 Years of Filmmaker

An editor assembled a personal, serendipitous Reflections feature blending memoir, advocacy, film history, and design for a final issue.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The strangest thing: is the future of cinema not new movies?

A theatrical release of the Stranger Things finale generated an estimated $25–30m in 24 hours by selling concession-voucher seats, funneling revenue directly to exhibitors.
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fromwww.esquire.com
2 months ago

8 Most Anticipated Horror Movies of 2026

This year's horror slate mixes high-profile auteurs, revived franchises, and critically acclaimed originals promising mainstream box-office success and intense, socially minded scares.
fromKqed
2 months ago

'Dead Man's Wire' Is a Retro Thriller That's Pertinent to the Present

The subsequent standoff moved to Kiritsis' apartment and eventually concluded in a live televised news conference. The whole ordeal received some renewed attention in a 2022 podcast dramatization starring Jon Hamm. That's owed significantly to Skarsgård, who gives one of his finest and least adorned performances. While best known for films like It, The Crow and Nosferatu, here Skarsgård has little more than some green polyester and a very '70s mustache to alter his looks. The straightforward, jittery intensity of his performance propels Dead Man's Wire.
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fromIndieWire
1 month ago

'Cold Storage' Review: Joe Keery and Georgina Campbell Ground an Explosive Sci-Fi Horror Comedy

Cold Storage is a single-location sci-fi horror-action featuring Keery and Campbell's fizzy chemistry and an intergalactic parasitic fungus that causes explosive bodily mutation.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

'Dead Man's Wire' Proves Gus Van Sant Movies Still Matter

Dead Man's Wire is a taut, timely crime thriller and strong Gus Van Sant comeback dramatizing a 1977 three-day hostage standoff with crowd-pleasing energy.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

One of 2025's Best Movies Almost Had A Surprise Vampire Twist

Kevin O'Leary's Marty Supreme character was originally conceived as a literal vampire, and the film's ending was altered to remove that backstory.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Nia DaCosta Injects New Blood Into "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple"

I still can't watch Quint get eaten alive by the shark in "Jaws" (1975), but I will happily replay the climactic kill scene from "Day of the Dead" (1985), in which a highly hissable villain, Captain Rhodes, gets dismembered by a horde of the hungry undead. Is it the gristly, lip-smacking hilarity of the carnage-the taffy-like ease with which they pull Rhodes's flesh apart,
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