Girl Gone Bad (2023) – Kevin Schultz Flips the Script on Slashers
Girl Gone Bad – Twisting the Slasher Formula Girl Gone Bad flips the script on the typical low-budget slasher by letting the emotions of a heartbroken 16-year-old girl run amok as she fights back against a desperate killer. Thanks to a solid directorial effort by Canadian Kevin Schultz and a powerhouse lead acting performance by Alison Thornton, Girl Gone Bad hits the bloody ground running, swerving

Antarctican fishmen and exhilarating nautical winter horror – Freeze (2022)
Am I biased? Absolutely. Nautical winter horror is my second favorite niche genre and this checked a lot of boxes for me. Was Freeze (2022) objectively good?

There’s gold, monsters and fun in those hills – Night of the Tommyknockers (2022)
Western themed horror is a subgenre that has always intrigued audiences. Using the legends and lore of the wild west, these movies capture a perspective

Bridge of the Doomed (2022) – Romero Style Zombies and Military Action
Once again, Malevolent Dark is proud to bring the gore consuming public a pre-release review of Bridge of the Doomed (2022). We would like to

The Sawyer Massacre (2022) – A Bloody Prelude to a Texas Tradition
Back in 2017, someone attempted to write a preamble to the greatest horror film of ALL TIME, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Making prequels is fraught

August Underground (2001) – Sickest Film Ever Made In The US? (Explicit)
In 2001, A few friends from Pennsylvania decided to band together to show a side of Horror that most wouldn’t want to know or see.

Das Komabrutale Duell (1999) – A Bavarian Bloodbath
When most horror fans think of German extreme films, the likes of Jörg Buttgereit’s Nekromantiks and Andreas Schnaas’ Violent Shit series come to mind. But

The Awakening of Lilith (2021) – Menacing Darkness
In the daily grind of churning out content for horror community, we at Malevolent Dark love more than anything the opportunity to get an early

The Oregonian (2011) – Terrifying Psychedelia
Surreal landscapes and quirky characters often epitomize the world of independent horror films. The commonality comes at no surprise considering the unifying thread between these

Black Mountain Side (2015) – Clever Canadian Independent Horror
While the readership of Malevolent Dark continues to grow, to date only a few people in the circle actually make recommendations for content. I’d like

Flesh of the Void (2017) – Extreme Arthouse Horror
Welcome to another Malevolent Dark independent horror movie review. Looking for inspiration, I reached out to the Malevolent Dark Twitter family and asked for some

The Kingdom of Var (2019) – An Odd Independent Horror Film
Malevolent Dark loves independent horror films. That being said, we looked forward to viewing The Kingdom of Var, written, directed and produced by Nicholas Kleban,

Wretch (2018) – Deeply Disturbing Psychological Horror
Support independent horror films! Malevolent Dark’s quest to cater to the ravenous horror fans around the globe demands periodically stepping outside the safe confines of