A Perfect Villain
On The Night of the Hunter, dir. Charles Laughton, 1955; Evil Dead Burn, dir. Sébastien Vaniček, 2026; and Queen Margot/La Reine Margot, dir. Patrice Chéreau, 1994.
Morbid Energy
On Stoker, dir. Park Chan-wook, 2013; Leviticus, dir. Adrian Chiarella, 2026; and Salt Lake City, Sacred Parasite Art Series, by Brian Evenson with artwork by Torsten Bohm, 2025.
Ghostface Headspace
On Scream, dir. Wes Craven, 1996; Backrooms, dir. Kane Parsons , 2026; and La Cérémonie, dir. Claude Chabrol, 1995.
Fantasies, Dreams, & Legends
On The Blood Spattered Bride, dir. Vicente Aranda, 1972; Hokum, dir. Damian McCarthy, 2026; and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by V. E. Schwab, 2025.
All I Know Is That I Don't Know
On The Crazies, dir. George A. Romero, 1973; Mother Mary, dir. David Lowery, 2026; Cloud, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024.
Gothic Beach
On Byzantium, dir. Neil Jordan, 2012; Exit 8, dir. Genki Kawamura, 2025; and Crossroads Issue 1: The Long Decade, ed. Candice Bailey and Gavin Lees, 2026.
The Cenobite Always Rings Twice
On Hellraiser, dir. Clive Barker, 1987; Forbidden Fruits, dir. Meredith Alloway, 2026; and Cannibal, dir. Manuel Martín, 2013.
Horror Punks
On Green Room, dir. Jeremy Saulnier, 2015; Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, 2026; and "Black Bark," from the collection A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson, 2016.
Obsession
Thinking about Misery, dir. Rob Reiner, 1990; Cold Storage, dir. Jonny Campbell, 2026; and The Last Winter, dir. Larry Fessenden, 2006.