Ryan Camp packs a lot of action into “Trophies,” a frightening four-minute movie. Not wanting to give anything away, we can say that the title encapsulates the horror. Solid camera work plus eerie sounds heighten the tension. Camp, who directs and stars in “Trophies,” has provided a making-of video (below). Making of “Trophies” About Ryan…

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The haunted house—with variations such as the Bates Motel—occupies a special place in the horror genre. There are classics such as “The Uninvited” (1944), “The Haunting” (1963), and “The Amityville Horror (1979). And plenty of contemporary examples including “The Conjuring (2013) and “We Are Still Here” (2015). But the haunted house has a  modern rival when…

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Horror encountered in exotic places makes a kind of sense. And so we have Skull Island (“King Kong”), the Amazonian rainforest (“Anaconda”), and the Arctic (“The Thing from Another World.”) No big surprise if you meet up with a T.rex in Jurassic Park. But if you’re on familiar turf, there’s an extra adrenalin hit when…

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Halloween was coming. Ryan Camp wanted to post something appropriate on his YouTube channel. Like most of us, Ryan had experienced the shock of  being awakened in the middle of the night. Combining that memory with a couple of props bought on eBay (for $50), he and his wife produced “2AM.” This retro horror picture,…

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Throughout history, natural and manmade catastrophes have inspired memorable works of art. Examples include DeFoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year” (1722) and Picasso’s “Guernica” (1937). The latest calamity is  COVID. While this epidemic’s horrors are still being catalogued, the disease has motivated filmmakers worldwide to create movies in many genres. A recent example is…

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Brian Vowles’ “Robot Attack” (2018) demonstrated that visual effects can play a significant role in mobile moviemaking. Now, with “Gary,” the Canadian animator takes mobile VFX to a higher level both technically and narratively. What makes this horror comedy work so well is the total integration of story and visuals. And we should not overlook…

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