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Wisconsin is Dark and Full of Terrors
We’re a long way from Hollywood, but when it comes to horror, we’re practically the capital. Ever since Ed Gein lifted his first shovelful of grave dirt, our biggest export…
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Creature Fear: Interview with Wisconsin Filmmaker Manny Gumina
What happens when a quiet Wisconsin lake town becomes a pressure cooker of resentment and desperation? For Wisconsin filmmaker Manny Gumina, the answer is Creature Fear, an award-winning independent horror…
Sep 28 No comments -
2026 Halloween Season Preview
Spooky season is upon us (though this weather may not feel like it yet) and that means all our favorite haunts will soon be opening their doors. Here’s a quick…
Sep 3 No comments -
The Amityville Horror House in Wisconsin: Real Haunted Filming Location
In 2004, a Hollywood production took over Oakwood Manor on the quiet shore of Silver Lake and transformed it from the stately old Victorian inhabited by the same family for…
Mar 25 2 comments -
Monster: The Ed Gein Story Posters & Release Date Dropped on Gein’s Birthday
In a striking bit of timing, Netflix dropped the release date and key art for Monster: The Ed Gein Story today—August 27—the birthday of Ed Gein (born August 27, 1906).…
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Milwaukee Horror Film ‘Skinny Dip’ Promises Blood, Mark Borchardt, and Backwoods Terror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3lP8I1z8lw Milwaukee’s indie-film renegade Frankie Latina (the mastermind behind 2009 cult fave Modus Operandi) is working on his next DIY feature horror film titled Skinny Dip. And it stars the…
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The Giant Spider Invasion Reawakens: A New Cut of the B-Movie Classic Is Coming
Legendary Wisconsin director Bill Rebane is breathing new life into his 50-year-old drive-in B-movie masterpiece The Giant Spider Invasion with new characters, new scenes, and a whole new edit. The…
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Wisconsin-Made Horror Film Premieres at the Milwaukee Film Festival
What Happened to Dorothy Bell? is a bone-chilling new found-footage horror film from Wisconsin-based filmmaker Danny Villanueva Jr. (of How Bizarre Pictures) and it’s making its Wisconsin premiere at the…
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LGBTQ+ Horror Authors Are Rewriting the Rules And You’re Invited
In horror, queer characters are often the first to die, reduced to disposable sidekicks or two-dimensional stereotypes in the story. But what happens when LGBTQ+ voices take the reins of…
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Blood Hook: Horror Comes to Hayward in this 1980s Troma Slasher
At the intersection of slasher films and giant muskie sculptures is the unlikely town of Hayward deep in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, the filming location of the 1986 Troma horror…
Mar 16 2 comments
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