Aces of Weird

Aces of Weird: The Hotel (Daisy Johnson, 2024)

Checking into a labyrinth of cosmic horror

Jun 26 •

Aces of Weird: House (Josh Simmons, 2007)

How the wordless graphic novel by Josh Simmons finds both chills and beauty in liminal horror

Apr 24 •

Aces of Weird: Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, 1992)

How del Toro’s vampiric debut is the key to his movie career

Feb 20 •

Aces of Weird: The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2021)

This hallucinatory yuletide fantasy baffled audiences on release, yet remains one of the greatest films in Arthurian cinema. And, yes, it’s a Christmas…

Dec 13, 2024 •

Aces of Weird: Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)

Remembered as the kids' movie that terrified a generation, this classic British fantasy still casts a deep, dark and enthralling spell

Nov 11, 2024 •

Aces of Weird: Starve Acre (Andrew Michael Hurley, 2019)

This bleak and atmospheric folk horror novel unearths new horrors in old haunts

Aug 20, 2024 •

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