About Jon Cohorn

Blood Beats is a new series examining the intersection of music and horror. Different authors take a closer look at artists, albums, and songs taking inspiration from the genre we …
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Check out our review of I Trapped the Devil here.

Josh Lobo’s I Trapped the Devil is a tense, effective movie that takes inspiration from many of the greats of …
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Something Else begins with the slowly building sound of radio static, and the image of Abby (Brea Grant) walking through a field. She looks somewhat worried, but is soon joined …
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I Trapped the Devil is the feature debut of Josh Lobo, who also wrote, produced, and edited the film. Had I not known going into the film that this was …
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Blood Beats is a new series examining the intersection of music and horror. Different authors take a closer look at artists, albums, and songs taking inspiration from the genre we …
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One of my top films from last year’s Fantastic Fest was Danishka Esterhazy’s Level 16 (see my review of the film here). I had a chance to speak with the …
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Like many of you, Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books were an indelible part of my childhood. Stephen Gammell’s illustrations were note-perfect nightmare fuel to accompany …
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Shotgun blasts to multiple bodies. A distraught parent attempting suicide in the family home. Torture by way of drill bit. Plentiful freshets of gore. Why Don’t You Just Die! isn’t …
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“Obedience. Cleanliness. Patience. Humility. No questions, and no complaining.”

Level 16 opens in a drab, nondescript building. A legend painted on the wall denotes this as being Level 10. Groups …
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When Villains opens, a pair of animal-masked criminals is struggling to successfully rob a convenience store. This may not be their first heist, but Mickey and Jules (Bill Skarsgård and …
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