Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

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"...Film Archive bleeds true bad-taste bona fides for this blood-and-guts presentation: Screening on Austin’s “last single-screen cinema” will be..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: A Bloody Good Time

Gothess Jasmine hosts an interactive screening of 30 Days of Night with live music and a meal

"...While 30 Days of Night’s blood and guts will break the seal, Jasmine’s thrilled to..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by James Scott

Short and Sweet: "We Forgot About the Zombies"

Austin filmmaker Chris McInroy on brevity and nasty stains

"...CMcI: Oh man, there's been so many blood baths in these short films it's hard to pick..."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Scream VI

The meta-horror franchise gets less meta, more brutal

"...director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson with new blood, so to speak. Having survived the latest massacre by..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

X

Ti West returns with a brilliant period horror-porno (horno?)

"...a film that’s a blast of a ride, with blood and guts gushing, gator teeth chomping, and body-hurling gunshots...."

March 18, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Film Review: X

Ti West's triumphant, gory return to the movies

"...a film that’s a blast of a ride, with blood and guts gushing, gator teeth chomping, and body-hurling gun..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Shudder for Charity at Scare for a Cure

Austin's biggest fundraising haunt returns with safety in mind

"...layer of fear. On top of terrifying creatures, simulated blood and guts, and jump-scares, guests are now wary of..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Cody Song

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...on a disconnected phone from the killer’s previous victims. BLOODY ORANGES..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Hog Book Aims to Encourage Hunting and Eating Feral Hogs

Jesse Griffiths wants you to #EatAHogSaveTheWorld

"...the photos again, and even the photos of the guts are somehow not repulsive. [inset-1-right]..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Insert Coin

How Midway Games dominated the arcade business

"...expanding the market beyond kids and tweens by injecting blood, guts, and fatalities. If you already know that, then..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Bloodthirsty

Canadian werewolf tale finds the monster within the artist

"...greenscreen and CGI effects. Not so with Amelia Moses’ Bloodthirsty...."

Oct. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Naomi Brady

Live-Tweet Hell on Wheels With Us

The astonishing true story of the birth of Roller Derby

"...everything DIY that makes Austin so great: Bob Ray's blood-and-guts tale of the birth of modern Roller Derby, Hell..."

July 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...2018 Fantastic Fest Audience Award winner serves up blood, guts, and heart to spare. 7) Starfish..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rambo: Last Blood

Last blood? We can only hope, as Rambo goes full MAGA

"...worst of the hunter/killer Viet vet John J. Rambo’s bloodthirsty outings yet, although if the title of this inadvertent..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Literally Show Me a Healthy Person

Darcie Wilder might make you stop wanting someone to hurt you

"...magazine. It’s like they’re out there with the tastiest blood and guts, chumming the sea of letters to –..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bob Dylan

"...6-CD bundle deliver an all-encompassing purge of Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks studio sessions. Only amateur Dylan devotees..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Hot Luck Review: Blackillac

Dynamic rap duo ready for prime time

"...a kabob, taco, or slider in sight. Fortunately, my guts also panged for music...."

May 27, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

"...In Eric Power's cupboard, there's a bag marked "Ninja Guts." It's part of the well-ordered debris from the Austin..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Chronicle Critics on Oscars' Best Picture Nominees

Revisit the nominees and get prepared for the pomp this weekend

"...film – auteurs do so love splaying their emotional guts on the screen in shadow plays of life-begets-art –..."

March 2, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

Phantom Thread

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson reunite for one last glamorous yet muscular tale

"...film – auteurs do so love splaying their emotional guts on the screen in shadow plays of life-begets-art –..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Who Knew Eating Chicken Heads Would Be So Satisfying?

A list of some of Austin's offal offerings

"...delicacies. Their shiokara is squid marinated in its own guts and fermented. Chitterlings (the small intestine of a pig)..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Death By Festival Brings the Horror and Metal for a Good Cause

13 hours of ghoulish cinematic creations

"...This is Death By, goddammit, a no-holds-barred extravaganza of guts, gore, grue, and heavy, heavy sounds. Nothing sums that..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Anna and the Apocalypse

Fantastic Fest 2017 preview

"...Repo! The Genetic Opera, somehow there's always a little blood on the orchestra. Add to that gore-drenched list Anna..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Where to Watch Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Premiere in Austin

Local watch parties, plus GoT trivia nights and menu specials

"...two Westeros-inspired beers from Brewery Ommegang and a nontraditional blood sausage dubbed (ouch) the “Theon Greyjoy.” Thursday, July 13,..."

July 12, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Get Out

A stellar racially charged horror comedy

"...of a psychological thriller than an out-and-out horror spectacle; blood and guts aren’t spilled until the film’s final act,..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...small-screen gem, Terriers – balances the film's buckets of blood and guts with a wry sense of humor that's..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Hacksaw Ridge

A pacifist goes to war in Mel Gibson's brutal film

"...detailing the American assault on Okinawa, one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific. From the truckloads of dead..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dear Glutton: Halloween Eats

Where to find spooky snacks for a Halloween party

"...delicious and, you know, actually edible. For your spaghetti "guts" you could do a nice marinara, making a bunch..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

The Payback

Onetime James Brown impersonator Charles Bradley transcends

"...could signal the end times. "Ain't It a Sin" guts out roughneck funk, while the title track reinvents a..."

April 22, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

A White-Knuckle Western

Co-directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks aim to Kill or Be Killed

"...actor was yanking a fake heart out of a bloody chest...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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