Jacob Harper

During my trip to South by Southwest 2026, I attended the world premiere of They Will Kill You . Is it as intense as the marketing says? Read on to find out.   They Will Kill You is directed by Krill Sokolov ( No Looking Back , Why Don't You Just Die? ) with a script written by Sokolov and Alex Litvak. The film stars Zazie Beets ( Joker , Deadpool 2 ), Myha'la, Paterson Joseph ( Wonka , The Beach , Jekyll ), Tom Felton ( Harry Potter , Rise of the Planet of the Apes ), Heather Graham ( Scream...

During my South by Southwest coverage, I was able to attend the world premiere of Forbidden Fruits , a film from MXN Entertainment, Madhouse Films and distributed by Shudder and IFC. Does this one deliver something magical or is the fruit rotten to the core? Read on to find out.   Forbidden Fruits is directed by Meredith Alloway based on a stage play written by Lily Houghton which was turned into a screenplay by Alloway. The film follows a trio of women running a secret witch coven out of...

Casper Kelly is back with another project, and I had the privilege of seeing it during my coverage of South By Southwest. In typical Casper Kelly fashion it's an insane, unhinged and awesome mess! Read on to hear our thoughts.   Many genre fans may know the name Casper Kelly, and if you don't know the name, you most certainly know his work. Casper Kelly's earliest and most iconic pieces of work was 1999s The Scooby Doo project , a short animated parody of The Blair Witch Project that puts...

On the first day of my trip to South by Southwest , I was able to attend a screening of Obsession , one of my most anticipated films of the year after hearing rave reviews from folks at Fantastic Fest last fall.   Obsession is the sophomore feature film from writer and director Curry Barker, who's first feature film Milk and Serial debuted on YouTube and captured the attention of audiences. Barker's latest follows a young man who finds a "One Wish Willow" novelty item and wishes for the...

The Mortuary Assistant is the most recent video game to movie adaptation, with Five Nights at Freddy's and Iron Lung being recent successes and Silent Hill getting another cinematic outing earlier this year. It's clear that the horror video game adaptation genre is in a bit of a box office renaissance. The question is, will The Mortuary Assistant follow suit? The Mortuary Assistant is based on the independent horror game of the same name from game developer Brian Clarke, and while I've...

Overall, The Strangers: Chapter 3 brings the trilogy to a somber and unclimactic close.

Evil never dies, and that goes double for the Evil Dead franchise. As long as some poor soul makes the mistake of reading from the Necronomicon, audiences will continue to be blessed (and disgusted) by blood-splattering demons in the iconic horror franchise.   According to a recent article in Deadline , Midnight Mass star Zach Gilford will be leading the charge against the demonic forces in the untitled 7th Evil Dead film. Zach Gilford is obviously no stranger to horror; aside from dealing...

The family of filmmakers behind the latest Shudder film Mother of Flies gives The Horror Lounge a behind- the-scenes discussion on their witchy new horror film.