Five movies from the Slamdance 2023 Film Festival especially caught my eye. I didn’t watch them all, but I did watch three: The Girl Who Was Cursed, The Underbug, and Where is the Lie?. How were they? I’ll get into each specifically. But generally, I’ll say that they were all worth watching,Continue Reading
Did real houses inspire each of the Haunted Mansions in U.S. Disney parks? What about the one in Tokyo Disneyland? Phantom Manor in Disneyland Paris or the Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland? Are they just reincarnations of either the Haunted Mansion in California or the one in Florida? OrContinue Reading
The trailer for Unwelcome, a forthcoming creature feature, starts off innocently enough. So much so you might even mistake it for a romance or some other tamer genre. A couple inherits a country home that needs a little bit of work. But it isn’t long before there are signs you’reContinue Reading
Strange quests, an eerie presence, and a catfishing sociopath are among the horror, mystery, and thriller features premiering at the Slamdance Film Festival this year. Not to be confused with Sundance, which is happening around the same time and in the same place (Park City, Utah). While both are filmContinue Reading
Besides Halloween, many consider Friday the 13th one of the scariest days of the year. So maybe it’s no coincidence that the following are being released when they are. Let’s take a look at the spooky releases streaming in time for Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Velma – HBO Max (Thursday,Continue Reading
Out of all the interviews I’ve done over the years here on Haunt Jaunts, I’ve never interviewed anyone like Johannes Ringen. Directors, yes. Stars of shows, definitely. But a composer? Nope. That’s a first. Johannes Ringen is a Norwegian-born, LA-trained composer who has worked in the American film industry onContinue Reading
You know how sometimes great books don’t always translate into equally great movies? That doesn’t appear to be the case with The Pale Blue Eye, which writer-director Scott Cooper adapted from the novel of the same name by Louis Bayard. The horror mystery thriller opened in theaters on Dec. 23,Continue Reading
Whether they were released via streaming services or in theaters, there was certainly no supply shortage of horror movies in 2022. But what were some of the best? Well, as with most things, it all depends on how you define “best.” For the purposes of this list, we’re qualifying “best”Continue Reading
“When the line between fact and fiction is enshrouded in mist and shadow, beyond that threshold is a place that can change our perspective on everything we think we know. I call this place…the Sideworld.” Rubicon Films and director George Popov are no strangers to the spookier side of filmmaking.Continue Reading
Earlier this year, author Priscilla Bettis, whose a prolific reader, wrote a post about westerns and how they’re “sneaking into all sorts of genres” lately. She meant books and listed the ones she’d noticed, but I commented that I’d noticed westerns in a lot of paranormal and horror TV showsContinue Reading
“Pass” was my first reaction when the Gofobo email arrived in my inbox with the headline, “Watch the new trailer for Cocaine Bear.” That sounded like a complete shitshow of a premise for a movie if I ever heard one. Seriously? Horror comedy is tricky, but have we devolved soContinue Reading
When I saw David Harbour (Santa) going up against John Leguizamo (Scrooge) in the trailer for Violent Night, I was in. Well, that and the first chuckle did it. Which came in the first 10 seconds when the bartender asks Santa, “You ain’t driving, are you?” And he says, “IContinue Reading
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