Jessica Scott, Author at Nightmarish Conjurings

Shallow and unsatisfying, FEAR THE NIGHT is an adequate home invasion thriller that could have been so much more.

Privilege is a dangerous thing. People with privilege often conflate having the power to do something with having the right to do it. In MONOLITH,

One of the best things about watching shorts at film festivals is being able to catch gems like DEAD ENDERS. This hilarious, gooey story about

Writer-director Paris Zarcilla’s final words to the audience in his new thriller RAGING GRACE come, not from a line of dialogue, but from a message

There’s something growing out of Veronica’s eye. Her tear duct is producing a long black string that dangles hideously, growing back as soon as she

“It’s hard, isn’t it? Being a person.” Fran (Daisy Ridley) lives a beige life. She goes to her quiet, monotonous job and does her quiet,

It’s redundant to describe a film as “a dark fairy tale.” All fairy tales are imbued with the darkness that children understand on a primal

Slow burns are perfect for the horror genre. Few things satisfy as much as a movie that turns the viewer into the proverbial boiling frog,

Content warning: This film depicts sexual assault. CANDY LAND probably isn’t what you think it is. At least, it isn’t only what you think it

It can be tempting to grade gateway horror on a curve. Horror fans want to give films the benefit of the doubt if there’s a

Author: Jessica Scott