COUNCIL BLOG - BRI BARGER

As fun as big budget popcorn flicks at the movies can be, horror film enthusiasts know that the indie film scene is where artistry and innovation thrives. Throughout the history of the genre, low budget horror films have reinvigorated the genre, confronting taboos, pushing the bounds, and providing social commentary into the darkest aspects of life. The horror genre will always be uplifted and built by those who live in the shadows, those who pop up when you least expect it. Which, honestly, could not be more fitting for the genre. Independent filmmaker, author, and horror enthusiast, Kourtnea Hogan has a vision - one that may soon influence our nightmares. 

COUNCIL BLOG - BRI BARGER

Horror, being a popular genre, can be found throughout all corners of human culture and media - normally residing in dark crevices and buried in cobwebs. But something special occurs when nerdom meets spooky vibes: they infect each other, morphing and oozing together like some kind of Cronenberg monster straight out of David Lynch’s meditative state. Gimme. Gimme all of it, or I might bite.

COUNCIL BLOG - TAMANTHA BOWMAN

As the store shelves are lined with holiday candy for Valentine’s Day, I can’t help but to think of one of my favorite horror films- Candyman- so I ended up watching all four films within a 36-hour period. Re-watching the 1992 version directed by Bernard Rose on Apple TV, I was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up. I was whisked away back to the early 90s when I had just graduated high school and going to the movie theater was a regular outing. Except instead of being with my friends, I was on the couch with my husband 32 years later.