(The 2026 SXSW Film Festival runs March 12-18 in beautiful Austin, TX. Check out Chris Reed’s Grind movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A well-constructed anthology film that ably mixes horror and comedy, […]

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Clown in a Cornfield brings Adam Cesare’s beloved YA horror novel to terrifying life under the direction of Eli Craig, known for the cult classic Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. The film follows Quinn (Katie Douglas)  and her father as […]

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I Don’t Understand You, (reviewed here by Jessica Baxter) the new dark comedy from directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, takes audiences on a nightmarish Italian vacation that spirals completely out of control. The film follows Dom (Nick Kroll) […]

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Rising filmmaker Roxy Sophie Sorkin brings her unique comedic sensibility to the screen with Swollen, a sharp-witted short film which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. In this 13-minute horror-comedy, two best friends recovering from facial plastic surgery find […]

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The Cronenberg legacy continues! Caitlin Cronenberg, the daughter of body horror icon David Cronenberg and sister of Infinity Pool and Possessor helmer Brandon Cronenberg, steps behind the camera for her feature debut. Humane is a comedy-thriller that centers on a […]

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A weekend away at an abandoned hotel means bad news for four friends in the latest horror from writer-director Stewart Thorndike (Lyle). Bad Things puts a feminist, queer spin on The Shining as it centers on a woman (Gayle Rankin) […]

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Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius is definitely someone with eclectic taste. Unlike his silent film-era Best Picture winner The Artist, his newest venture brings the noise and carnage. Final Cut was introduced to audiences a few years ago when it opened […]

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One of the most memorable films to break out at this year’s SXSW was Pete Ohs’ microbudget black comedy, Jethica. Shot for under $10,000 using a Canon DSLR, it premiered in the Visions section of the festival where it gained […]

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Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil was one of the most bizarre, shocking films that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. With amounts of both terror and dark humor, it centers on two families from different European countries […]

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One of the most anticipated indies of the summer is Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, a pitch-black social satire that centers on a group of millennials (with one older man) getting caught up in a murder as they […]

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