Aidan Cronin’s films are in conversation with anxieties that we have all faced, or will face in the future. Aaron Bartuska spoke with the filmmaker about his various artistic endeavors and his latest feature, 'The Birds Tell Me All There Is To Know.'

A film about coercion that is itself coercive, 'In the Dark' (2000) draws on imminent cultural anxieties as a young woman accepts a challenge from an unknown Master of Games. Read the latest October Horror piece from @stephenbroomer.bsky.social!

October might be over, but we've got more horror to share! Shaun Seneviratne, director of 'Ben and Suzanne: A Reunion in 4 Parts,' now streaming on Fandor, works through two contemporary horror movies and how they are constructed using vastly different approaches to filmmaking.

Very happy to share my first contribution to @splittoothmedia.bsky.social's October Horror 2025! I wrote on a favorite, Don Dohler’s FIEND (1980)! You can read it here: splittoothmedia.com/fiend/

October Horror 2025 has been one for the books and we hate to see it conclude. But the end of October also means we get to unleash the latest edition of our ever-expanding collection of favorite horror films by our staff, friends, and favorite artists! Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! EVIL PUDDLE, the new disaster epic from Motern Media, starts streaming today on Vimeo! We spoke with Matt Farley and Charles Roxburgh about making the film, Ancient Pilgrim Magic, and their elaborate plan for releasing their next movie.

Three decades after its premiere swept the UK into a frenzy, 'Ghostwatch' (1992) continues to terrify audiences with its paranormal investigation gone horribly wrong.

In Radu Jude's 'Dracula' (2025), the filmmaker turns Bram Stoker's tale into a volatile combination of asinine nonsense and intimidating intelligence. Oliver O'Sullivan explores the latest from Romania's premier absurdist for October Horror!

Three decades after its Halloween night premiere swept the UK into a frenzy, 'Ghostwatch' continues to terrify audiences with its paranormal investigation gone horribly wrong.

Don Dohler's 'Fiend' (1980) strikes a fascinating balance by being the film that brushes most closely to the filmmaker's own life while being the bleakest of his early features. @brettsplittooth.bsky.social explores Dohler's block party dirge for October Horror 2025!

Despite its low budget construction, the Super 8 mad scientist tale 'Doctor Strain the Body Snatcher' (1991) reaches moments of genuine inspiration far beyond its means.

In Radu Jude's 'Dracula' (2025), the filmmaker turns Bram Stoker's tale into a volatile combination of asinine nonsense and intimidating intelligence. Oliver O'Sullivan explores the latest from Romania's premier absurdist for October Horror!

'Serene Velocity' finds the magical and the monstrous in an everyday location and the fundamental materials of filmmaking.

Melding the plots of two 1990s films from horror icons, 'Screamwalkers' (2024) makes no attempt to hide its influences. It instead embraces what made those films so much fun to begin with. Aaron Bartuska explores Sean King's supernatural mashup for October Horror!

The final week of October Horror 2025 begins tomorrow. Check out all the writing and podcasts that have been published so far at the link below!

Fascinated by the larger, overarching, cacophonous hive of the collective unconscious, Rodney Ascher’s 'The Nightmare' (2015) depicts the terror of sleep paralysis.

The slug-paced, staticky madness of 'Sledgehammer' feels like it was beamed in from another dimension. A classic of 1980s shot-on-video horror, 'Sledgehammer' makes for ideal late night viewing.

Remembering horror film icon Vincent Price on the anniversary of his death. . R.I.P. 1911 - 1993

Check out my latest October Horror piece delving into the strange, humid world of Florida maverick Matthew Samuel Smith

If you've enjoyed October Horror this year, please consider supporting Split Tooth on Ko-fi! For a small publication like ours, every contribution helps. Thanks to all who subscribe and have already contributed. We have lots of exciting stuff in the works! ko-fi.com/splittoothme...

Mixing bizarro stoner horror with fly-on-the-wall naturalism, Matthew Samuel Smith might just be the most distinctly Floridian filmmaker of them all. @valbarano.bsky.social explores Smith's 'Blood Summer' (1993) for October Horror: www.splittoothmedia.com/blood-summer/

A film about coercion that is itself coercive, 'In the Dark' (2000) draws on imminent cultural anxieties as a young woman accepts a challenge from an unknown Master of Games. Read the latest October Horror piece from @stephenbroomer.bsky.social!

James Wan’s 'Insidious' (2010) explores the unfathomable reach of hauntings experienced by parents being passed on to their children. Nick Miller covers the film for October Horror!

So happy to launch a new @splittoothmedia.bsky.social podcast during October Horror! Check out the first episode of Aaron Bartuska's "Make More Movies" featuring filmmaker Avalon Fast! Listen here: splittoothmedia.com/avalon-fast/

Today for October Horror, you can read and listen to a new career-spanning interview with ‘CAMP’ and ‘Honeycomb’ director Avalon Fast, a filmmaker whose work confronts horror in genre-defying fashion.

Adam Wingard’s 'You’re Next' upends nearly every horror trope imaginable, making for an impossible to replicate home-invasion slasher.

Beyond excited to share this look at Pellissier’s incredible first film.

Despite its utter obscurity and incomplete status, the mysterious three-hour ‘Les Proies du Mal’ may be Antoine Pellissier’s masterpiece. @valbarano.bsky.social explores the remains of the 1982 underground horror epic.

The slug-paced, staticky madness of 'Sledgehammer' feels like it was beamed in from another dimension. A classic of 1980s shot-on-video horror, 'Sledgehammer' makes for ideal late night viewing.

Fascinated by the larger, overarching, cacophonous hive of the collective unconscious, Rodney Ascher’s 'The Nightmare' (2015) depicts the terror of sleep paralysis.

RIP to Samantha Eggar. Read about her work in David Cronenberg's 'The Brood' (1979) in Frankie Vanaria's appreciation of the film from our first October Horror series: www.splittoothmedia.com/the-brood/

Our latest Archive Pick is Shane Pfender's 2019 letter to 'Death Bed: The Bed That Eats' director George Barry. Originally published during our first October Horror series, Shane's handwritten letter is as bizarrely poetic as 'Death Bed' itself. www.splittoothmedia.com/death-bed/

'Yeast' relentlessly explores the dysfunction and often terrifying lack of awareness growing between three friends. Read Snow Lietta on Mary Bronstein's 2008 debut!

'Last House on Dead End Street' is a glimpse of hell on Earth that dares to answer the question of what happens when a horror film gives you everything you could ask for.

Guillermo del Toro’s turn directing the 2002 Blade sequel melds the strange, uncanny movement of classic vampires into an action film. Frankie Vanaria returns to October Horror with the latest installment in his GDT series!

Presented on crumpled and torn paper, ‘The Timekeepers of Eternity’ is a re-adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Langoliers’ that resembles a story being devoured as it passes

'Briscoe Park' conjures cascading histories from the remnants of forgotten places. Oliver O'Sullivan explores the haunting YouTube series for October Horror 2025!

Happy 81st birthday to the legendary Udo Kier! Read about his work in Paul Morrissey’s ‘Blood for Dracula’ and ‘Flesh for Frankenstein’: www.splittoothmedia.com/flesh-franke...

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Split Picks keeps the horror coming with a new episode about two oddities from director Frank Henenlotter! Filmmakers Steve Collins and Spencer Parsons join host Jim Hickcox to chat 'Basket Case 2' and 'Bad Biology!'

I’m back for October Horror at @splittoothmedia.bsky.social. Head over to check out my look at Sandusky, OH’s Blade Independent Studio and their 1996 vampire feature A Darker Light. I’ve been working for two years to piece their story together, more to follow www.splittoothmedia.com/a-darker-lig...

From 1989-97 Ohio’s Blade Independent Studios released 17 feature films, most of which are lost to time. One that remains available is 'A Darker Light,' a dread-tinged piece of vampire revisionism. Vincent Albarano explores Blade's history for October Horror!

Many directors have played God on and off screen, but no one has more thrillingly played the Devil than writer-director-star Benjamin Christensen in 'Häxan.'

A horror film shrouded in drama, a psychological thriller embedded in a character study, David Cronenberg's 'Dead Ringers' (1988) captures the master of body horror at a moment of stylistic mutation.

After losing the movie rights to a book about the Zodiac killer, Charlie Shackleton instead made a documentary — about the film he would have made. Read about 'Zodiac Killer Project' (2025) in the latest October Horror piece from Oliver O'Sullivan!

Zach Cregger’s 'Weapons' (2025) confronts the never-ending fear of violence in schools when a whole class disappears on the same night. October Horror 2025 continues with the latest from Logan Ann Taylor.

A hidden gem of Australian folk horror, 'Celia' (1989) follows a young girl as she navigates a fractured world that meets the needs of its people with scapegoats rather than truth

The Split Picks Podcast makes its triumphant return for October Horror 2025! Host @craigsplittooth.bsky.social is joined by guests Aaron Bartuska and @valbarano.bsky.social to discuss Gary P. Cohen's Video Violence films! www.splittoothmedia.com/split-picks-...