(Check out Chris Reed’s MaXXXine movie review, in theaters July 5 via A24. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Writer/director Ti West released two closely related horror films in 2022, X and its prequel, Pearl. Both […]

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Summer is approaching. We at Hammer To Nail have dug deep beyond the buzzworthy studio titles to present an in-depth look at what should be on your radar this season. From festival hits, to microbudget marvels, to horror that gets […]

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“You’re a f***ing movie star.” Mia Goth’s Maxine is back to fulfill her dreams of fame in the seedy underbelly of 1980s Hollywood. Writer-director Ti West’s MaXXXine is set to conclude his X slasher trilogy following 2022’s X and Pearl, […]

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2023 has been the year everything got back to normal. Hahahha….oh man, had you there! As many people paying the slightest bit of attention know, “things” may never be “back to normal” again. But, let’s steer away from the big […]

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After a truly difficult few years, 2022 seemed like it had so much promise. While things overall are certainly “better,” there remains an existential feeling of impending doom. It’s weird too because ostensibly, for our purposes at HtN, movies in […]

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One slasher film that made a blast earlier this year was writer-director Ti West’s X. Set in Texas in the 1970s, it centered on an adult film crew terrorized by an elderly farmer and his sex-starved, murderous wife, Pearl, played […]

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(The 2022 SXSW Film Festival ran March 11-20 in glorious Austin, Texas. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of X. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Ti West returns with a horror film for the ages. On March 13, X […]

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With several boots on the ground this year, Hammer to Nail had each of our “attending” writers create a top 5 with everyone excited about so many selections for the first in person South by Southwest (SXSW) since 2019. After […]

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Ti West's IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE delivers the goods and firmly establishes the director as a multi genre talent

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The Sacrament expertly rolls around in crowd-pleasing horror genres: the cult/coven film, the horror mock-doc, the straight-up thriller.

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