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Here's our monthly rundown of all the horror flicks dropping and departing from your favorite streaming services in May 2021.

20 Things We Learned from The Slumber Party Massacre Commentary "If you dont get the humor of this, youre dead." where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. In this edition, Rob Hunter celebrates Chloe Zhao’s historic Best Director win at the Oscars by revisiting another classic directed by a woman, The Slumber Party Massacre. This might surprise you — and it should anger you — but Chloe Zhao’s recent Academy Award for directing ...

‘Creepshow’ Plumbs the Icky Side of Apartment Life with "Pipe Screams" The renters market really is a horrorshow. Shudder Creepshow‘s second season continues to chug along on over at Shudder. The series has always done a solid job of bringing in genre key players and this week is certainly no different. The latest episode features two legendary ladies whose presence is sure to delight denizens of the horror genre: Barbara Crampton ( Creepshow Season 2, Episode 4: “Pipe Screams” Write...

26 Things We Learned from Jake Kasdans Zero Effect Commentary "Hes the best with his face." Columbia TriStar where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. In this edition, Rob Hunter revisits a comedy/mystery gem that deserved a bigger fanbase and an ongoing franchise, Zero Effect. Twitter may be a cesspool for numerous reasons, but it has its highlights — one being good people talking about great movies. Someone mentioned Jake Kasdan’s...

32 Things We Learned from Richard Rushs The Stunt Man Commentary "If you cant work with Peter OToole get out of the business." 20th Century Fox We lost another film legend today with the passing of director Richard Rush. He made twelve features through his career, and while it’s an arguably uneven lot there’s no denying the brilliance of Freebie and the Bean (1974) and The Stunt Man (1980). The latter was a labor of love for many involved and a real struggle to see produced, but the end ...

‘Creepshow’ Season 2, Episode 2 Brings Mean Spirits and Creepy Crawlies Theres a sloppy seconds joke in here somewhere Shudder Creepshow is upon us! The record-breaking anthology series is back once more from the freaks over at Shudder, and it aims to continue the cursed legacy of Stephen King and George Romero’s classic with episodic double bills of comeuppance-riddled spooky stories. The inimitable Rob Hunter and I reviewed and ranked each episode of season 1, and while it left us wa...

All the Horror You Need to Stream in April 2021 April isnt just the cruelest month...if you put your mind to it, it can be one of the spookiest, too. Welcome to Horrorscope, a monthly column keeping horror nerds and initiates up to date on all the genre content coming to and leaving from your favorite streaming services. Here’s a guide to all the essential horror streaming in April 2021. Spring has sprung! Dead foliage has given way to eager flowers, budding shrubbery, and all manner of hide...

21 Movies We Cant Wait to Watch (Virtually) at SXSW 2021 Were kicking off our coverage of SXSW 2020s virtual film festival with a list of the movies we cant wait to watch (from the safety of our homes). For a second consecutive year, our longtime local film festival South by Southwest (SXSW) has gone virtual due to the ongoing global pandemic. For movie, music, and technology conference enthusiasts around the world who have never been able to attend in the past, this actually works out nicely....

Another week, another comeback victory and Exeter are slowly edging their way back to their best. Just as Bath fell victim to the Chiefs’ attritional carrying in the last 20 minutes at The Rec last

30 Things We Learned from Alice Wus The Half of It Commentary “Its sort of my favorite kind of ending for a film.” Netflix what kind of sorcery is this?! There’s no denying that commentary tracks from a film’s talent pool are an increasingly uncommon extra on new release movies, but they’re still out there if you keep your eyes open. Case in point? Netflix’s short-lived Watching With podcast brings filmmakers on to record commentaries for their streaming films — I say short-lived ...