Dave Canfield

As found footage has firmly established itself as a genre, its foothold on the public imagination (and on that of filmmakers) bears scrutiny. The excellent documentary The Found Footage Phenomena (2021) and books such as Found Footage Horror Films by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas...

Friends who express curiosity about my love for horror films are often surprised to hear that, beyond the thrills and chills they provide, I also find them comforting. There are the obvious childhood associations born of discovering them when I...

One of my favorite films of Fantastic Fest 2024 was this taut piece of single-take cinema from France. An already high teen visits his dealer hoping to score the latest designer drug. But before he can get to the ,...

Any opportunity to talk to Kier-La Janisse makes me happy. The chance to help celebrate a new project of hers is a cause for celebration. I hereby nominate for Blu-ray box set of the year All the Haunts Be Ours...

Welcome to the last minute gift guide for 2024. It’s a bit later than I wanted due to some audio issues. But now that those are fixed I wanted to be sure to highlight the great physical releases, books, records...

Welcome to the last minute gift guide for 2024. It’s a bit later than I wanted due to some audio issues. But now that those are fixed I wanted to be sure to highlight the great physical releases, books, records...

Screen Anarchy Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Vol. 3: Collectibles

Director Sean Byrne has been chumming the water for a long time. His new movie, Dangerous Animals, a shark infested survival thriller, is garnering great reviews and deservedly so. It has a villain for the ages in Jai Courtney, who...

Creature Feature Preacher: The Spirituality of Recent Releases from Kino, Severin, Masters of Cinema

Like most horror fans, I became aware of Rebekah Kennedy after seeing her in Two Witches (2021). She possessed her own unique, almost uncanny ability to project a level of menace normally associated with horror heroine royalty. But whereas, for...