Horror Homeroom

Mountain King is directed by Gabrielle Christensen, co-written by Christensen, Graham Dunn and Simon Louis Ong, and produced by Red Dog Productions. I watched it at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, where it had its East Coast premiere on Sunday October 18. The film begins in medias res with three characters hiking and camping in […]

I watched Posthumous as part of the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, where it had its East Coast premiere on October 21, 2026. Posthumous is Australian writer-director Josh Tanner’s debut feature (co-written with Jade van der Lei). It starts out really strong and offers a lot to like. The film centers on Zoe (Sophie Lowe), who has […]

I watched Split Rock as part of the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, where it had its North American premiere on October 21, 2026. Written and directed by Ryan Glover, Split Rock is his second feature after The Strings, which was released in 2020 (and is available on Shudder). Split Rock is about a group of geologists […]

Culture Shock: Black Horror Shorts was a program of excellent horror shorts by Black filmmakers that screened on October 20, 2026, at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. It was followed by a fabulous Q&A with creatives involved in all but one of the six films. Here are some highlights! Grampa (2026) The six films were […]

I watched Erie as part of the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, where it had its East Coast premiere on October 20, 2026. Directed by Alison-Eve Hammersley and co-written by Hammersley and J. Batzli, Erie is a found-footage horror film that does something new with a genre that’s been going strong for over twenty-five years. We’re reminded […]

I watched Sender as part of the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, where it had its New York City premiere on October 19, 2026. Director Russell Goldman was present for a Q&A after the film. Sender is a film that’s all about the actors, although that doesn’t seem entirely fair to all those who worked on the […]