Justina Bonilla

Justina is a freelance journalist and writer specializing in Latino media, film history, horror, and Latin horror.

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Screaming Room Film Festival 2026 Interviews Day 1 - HorrorBuzz

This year, The Screaming Room Film Festival is bringing another year of screams, chills, and bloody thrills to all three days of Midsummer Scream.
The biggest privilege of this festival is to bring together the unique and original horror of incredible talent on the big screen, to the horror hungry Midsummer Scream guests to enjoy.
To celebrate another amazing year of The Screaming Room Film Festival, we’ve interviewed a few select filmmakers whose films will get your spine-tingling this weekend....

The Screaming Room Festival Directors Eric Ryan and Amantha Ryan - HorrorBuzz

Coming back to this year’s Midsummer Scream (August 7th, 8th, and 9th), is the nightmare inducing good time, the Screaming Room Film Festival.
Incidentally, you can create your own account on the festival app here. Don’t forget to download the Midsummer Scream app HERE.
Eric Ryan and Amantha Ryan, the festival directors, have helped shape this fantastically bloody festival over the years at Midsummer Scream, creating a unique and exciting experience for audiences and filmmakers alike. With their...

Anna Marta Marini Interview - HorrorBuzz

The US-Mexico Borderlands in Contemporary Horror, the latest book of the Edinburgh University Press 21st Century Horror series, evaluates the real and supernatural horrors of the United States and Mexican borderlands from an array of media from film to television to comic books to video games.

Since 1848, when the earliest form of the United States and Mexican border was developed, a unique culture was born, creating its own stories and horrors. Stories of mythical figures like La Llorona and E...

1,000 Women in Horror Doc. Interview with Donna Davies, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

1,000 Women in Horror, the newest Shudder documentary, highlights the impact of women in horror cinema.

Based on the book of the same title by author Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, 1,000 Women in Horror gives a unique perspective on women in horror, intertwining groundbreaking filmmakers to modern day indie filmmakers to the impact of women on-screen. They intertwine the beloved classics and lesser-known films, giving horror fans an eye-opening insight of just how much women influence horror and ho...

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