At this point, it’s probably safe to assume that my readers are familiar with my previous articles on this blog*. Is it safe for me to assume that you require, based on my previous writings and your own exquisite taste in movies, very little context on the topic of El Santo films? If not, here’s…
Marginalia (2025): Director: Mark BealScreenwriter: Mark BealStarring: Jessica Bell, Seraluna Sanchez, Savannah Davi Barrera, Jessica Lemmons, Cory W. Ahre The Plot: Sister Trista (Jessica Bell), who has taken a vow of silence, is summoned to Karnstein Abbey to serve as a mourner for the suddenly deceased abbess. The outsider soon realizes that all is not…
T Blockers (2023): Director: Alice Maio MackayScreenwriters: Alica Maio Mackay & Benjamin Pahl RobinsonStarring: Lauren Last, Lewi Dawson, Toshiro Glenn, Lisa Fanto The Plot: In small town Australia, an ancient parasite is turning local men into violent, raving bigots. Transgender filmmaker Sophie (Lauren Last) discovers that she has the psychic ability to sense the possessed.…
Obsession (2025): Director: Curry BarkerScreenwriter: Curry BarkerStarring: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless The Plot: Cringing loser Bear (Michael Johnston) just can’t quite bring himself to ask out his friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette ). On a whim, he uses a “One Wish Willow” purchased from a magic shop and discovers that it actually…
Nothing makes you feel old like your childhood becoming the new setting for nostalgic horror. Backrooms (2026): Director: Kane ParsonsScreenwriter: Will SoodikStarring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell The Plot: In 1990, freshly divorced and secretly living in his struggling furniture store, failed architect Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) discovers a hidden dimension in the…
We’re kicking off this year’s Octoberween festivities with a recent South Korean monster movie that is absolutely bonkers. Hope (2026): Director: Na Hong-jinScreenwriter: Na Hong-jinStarring: Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander The Plot: Rural police chief Beom Seok (Hwang Jung-min) starts off his day investigating a mutilated cow. Local hunters, led by…
Ah, Octoberween. I know what you’re all thinking: “It really isn’t fall until Rooster Illusion starts writing about horror and horror-adjacent cinema.” We don’t know how it happened, but our humble blog became a lode-bearing component of the Western autumnal festival season. Without us, it would probably be Christmas already (if store displays are anything…
