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By Paul Salfen At Fantastic Fest, where horror reigns supreme and audiences crave the next big scare, Bryan Bertino's latest psychological thriller Vicious premiered to screams and squirms. The filmmaker behind The Strangers and The Dark and the Wicked sat down with AMFM Magazine's Paul Salfen to discuss releasing his "baby" into the world, the

Interview by Paul Salfen In the world of indie horror-comedy, where blood splatters meet belly laughs, few films dare to swing as wildly as The Weedhacker Massacre. This gleefully absurd slasher follows a hapless cast and crew who unwittingly set up shop on the site of long-ago gruesome murders—only for the masked killer to make

Interview by Paul Salfen In the sun-baked expanse of Las Cruces, New Mexico, where white sands stretch like an otherworldly canvas and the weight of real-world struggles hangs heavy in the air, a small team of filmmakers gathered to create something extraordinary. It was here, amid national parks and late-night diners, that Oscar-nominated documentary director

Interview by Paul Salfen BEAST OF WAR will be In Theaters and On Digital October 10th.  The Timor Sea stretches endlessly, a merciless expanse of blue under a scorching sun. A life raft drifts, overcrowded with Australian soldiers—young, battered, and far from home. Their ship, sunk by Japanese Zeros in 1942, has left them stranded,

Interview by Paul Salfen The electric hum of Fantastic Fest 2025 buzzes through Austin, Texas, where filmmakers, actors, and cinephiles collide in a celebration of genre-bending storytelling. Amid the festival’s whirlwind of screenings and late-night Q&As, I find myself in a lively conversation with director Avalon Fast and the cast and crew of her sophomore

Interview by Paul Salfen Austin, TX – Fantastic Fest, the Mecca for all things macabre and mind-bending, is back in full swing at the Alamo Drafthouse, and this year's lineup is already dripping with dread. But few films are shrouded in as much secrecy as PRIMATE, the latest nightmare from horror maestro Johannes Roberts (47

In a gripping return to Fantastic Fest, Emirati filmmaker Majid Al Ansari unveils the world premiere of The Vile, a chilling exploration of polygamy, greed, betrayal, and trauma, told through the lens of a mother and her daughter. Known for his critically acclaimed thriller Zinzana (Rattle the Cage), Al Ansari brings a deeply personal and

Interview by Paul Salfen DREAD’s Die’ced: Reloaded (2025), a blood-soaked love letter to ‘80s slasher films, is slashing its way into theaters on August 8 and hitting VOD on August 12. Directed and written by Jeremy Rudd, the film expands on his viral 2023 short Die’ced, introducing the terrifying scarecrow-masked killer Benny and his prey,

By Paul Salfen In the world of horror cinema, few things captivate audiences like a chilling tale of possession and cultural clash. Director Antonio Negret's latest film delivers just that, blending supernatural terror with deep-rooted indigenous traditions. The story follows a missionary family who travels to rural Ecuador with the noble intent of converting the

Interview by Paul Salfen In the dimly lit world of horror, few figures cast a shadow as towering as Tony Todd. With a voice that rumbles like distant thunder and a presence that commands every frame, Todd was a genre legend, most famously as the hook-wielding Candyman. In an exclusive sit-down with AMFM Magazine last