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Well, we’ve made it through another year. 2018 was kind of all over the place in terms of horror, so I think my favorites list is going to pretty much follow suit. My list is in no particular order, so feel free to read them however you want. Go nuts in 2019, and enjoy!

Hereditary: I know, I know. You’ve probably heard about this movie ad nauseum and honestly there’s probably not a lot more I can add to the discussion about this film that you haven’t heard already. But that’s never stopped me before, so here we go. I was worried Hereditary would suffer from inflated expectations, so I went in trying not to set the bar too high. As the credits rolled and I walked out of the theater, I honestly didn’t know what to feel, having just watched a bitter family drama that...

As a horror fan of a certain age (let’s just say older than 30 but younger than 40), I know I’m not alone when I say that The Monster Squad played a significant role in developing my love for the genre. The film has garnered such a rabid following in the decades since its release that the movie’s star André Gower teamed up with writer Henry Darrow McComas to make the documentary Wolfman’s Got Nards. The documentary takes a compelling look at The Monster Squad’s evolution from its development, to its disappointing box office run, to its discovery via home video and cable that would garner an audience that its creators would only come to realize decades later.

After catching the documentary at Salem Horror Fest, I was lucky enough to sit down and talk with Gower and McComas about their paths to horror, The Monster Squad,...

In the latest installment of his Frightfest 2018 pre-festival preview series, host Stuart Wright talks Wolfman’s Got Nards with Andre Gower and Henry Darrow McComas.

A heartfelt love letter to the entire history of Fred Dekker’s 1987 cult classic The Monster Squad, from the cast and crew members who brought the faux Universal creatures to life, to the obsessed fans and horror filmmakers who wouldn’t be where they are today without it. Dekker’s family frightener initially tanked at the box office but found a second life on VHS and cable TV. For years the creators were unaware of the phenomenon growing on the genre fan fringes and this superb documentary details how it happened and why decades later an entire community refuse to let go.

Catch Wolfman’s Got Nards at Arrow Video Frightfest

23rd to 27th August 2018

Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7Na.

Programme and tickets are available at

http://www.

Featuring: Fred Dekker, Shane Black, Seth Green, Andre Gower, Ryan Lambert, Ashley Bank, Adam Carl, Tom Woodruff Jr., Joe Lynch, Steve Wang, Adam F. Goldberg, Duncan Regehr, Stephen Macht, Zach Galligan | Written by Andre Gower, Henry Darrow McComas | Directed by Andre Gower

Wolfman’s Got Nards is a heartfelt documentary exploring the power of the 1987 cult film The Monster Squad and its 30-year impact on its rabid fan base, the cast and crew, and the future of tween horror comedies. Making his feature debut, actor-turned-director André Gower brings us behind the scenes on the making of the film and digs into what made viewing it such a defining part of many genre fans’ upbringing.

Being independent from the film, unlike the documentary that accompanied Lionsgate’s Us DVD release in 2007, means that Wolfman’s Got Nards has an absolutely refreshing honesty about the film, its production and its reception. It...