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Josh Korngut

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Biography:

Josh Korngut is a writer, editor, and filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. He's also the managing editor of Dread Central, with additional bylines at Exclaim! Magazine, CBC Life, Pride, and Paste. Check out his popular podcast, ‘Development Hell,’ where he unearths cancelled horror movies, and say hi to him on social media via @joshkorngut.

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Drag (2026) 4/5 EDIT “Drag is a brutally funny and startlingly original piece of body horror that introduces an all-too-relatable villain: excruciating back pain. ” – Dread Central Mar 19, 2026 Full Review Over Your Dead Body (2026) 73% 2.5/5 EDIT “‘Over Your Dead Body’ boasts a clever premise, but messy writing ends up holding this thriller-comedy hostage. ” – Dread Central Mar 15, 2026 Full Review Hokum (2026) 95% 4/5 EDIT “‘Hokum’ is gratuitously frightening, and for genre fans with a penchant for classical gothic scares, this is groundbreaking stuff.” – Dread Central Mar 15, 2026 Full Review Pretty Lethal (2026) 64% 3/5 EDIT “While the writing is thin, ‘Pretty Lethal’ is consistently fun action mayhem from a director to watch.” – Dread Central Mar 14, 2026 Full Review Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) 76% 3.5/5 EDIT “‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ confirms Samara Weaving as one of the genre’s most talented stars and gives her the perfect showcase to shine her brightest.” – Dread Central Mar 14, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% 3/5 EDIT “That electric romance between Jessie Buckley’s Ida and Christian Bale’s Frank continuously resurrects this half-baked monster mash. ” – Dread Central Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Scream 7 (2026) 31% 3/5 EDIT “While it delivers some inventive brutality, ‘Scream 7’ offers up no meaningful genre subversion or real twists of the knife in terms of audience expectations.” – Dread Central Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Psycho Killer (2026) 10% 2/5 EDIT “‘Psycho Killer’ is an out-of-touch, dated satanic crime thriller that misses the Dark Mark.” – Dread Central Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Buddy (2026) 83% 3/5 EDIT “Imperfect, yes, but films like ‘Buddy’ don’t come along very often, and filmmakers like Casper Kelly are even rarer.” – Dread Central Feb 7, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 72% 4/5 EDIT “Ian Tuason’s ‘undertone’ is fine-tuned audio horror excellence.” – Dread Central Feb 7, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 66% 8/10 EDIT “Where The Moment truly succeeds is in its commitment to humour and self-awareness. The jokes land because the film never pushes beyond its limits and has a ton of fun within the structure its afforded.” – Exclaim! Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Sam Raimi’s ‘Send Help’ is an enjoyable, uneven survival thriller that plays out safer than necessary. ” – Dread Central Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant (2026) 94% 4/5 EDIT “It’s a radically honest discussion of bodily autonomy, with a few genuinely shocking moments sure to leave audiences squealing.” – Dread Central Jan 25, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 5/5 EDIT “Nia DaCosta’s '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' dangles some unexpected, much-appreciated humanity amid its punishing terror and nightmarish violence.” – Dread Central Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 78% 4/5 EDIT “‘Primate’ delivers non-stop, joyously nasty animal-attack mayhem.” – Dread Central Jan 10, 2026 Full Review 100 Nights of Hero (2025) 68% 5/10 EDIT “By the time 100 Nights of Hero reaches its finale, the thrilling visual world and ambitious folktale architecture struggle to overcome narrative drift.” – Exclaim! Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Keeper (2025) 49% 2/5 EDIT “‘Keeper’ is a hollow and misguided attempt at using genre to say something meaningful about domestic violence.” – Dread Central Nov 15, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 6/10 EDIT “Trachtenberg can't quite find balance between sincerity and fan service. ” – Exclaim! Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Dust Bunny (2025) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Like a dazzling, mildly dangerous display of backyard fireworks, Bryan Fuller’s 'Dust Bunny' is charming and stylish gateway horror.” – Dread Central Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 2/5 EDIT “Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ feels closer to the bloated, action-heavy failures of Dark Universe than the heartfelt Gothic fantasies we've come to expect from him.” – Dread Central Sep 10, 2025 Full Review The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) 57% 3/5 EDIT “While Wilson and Farmiga carry ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites,’ the scares are sparse, and the film leans too heavily on conservative ideals.” – Dread Central Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Obsession (2025) 97% 5/5 EDIT “Curry Barker’s 'Obsession' is a fun teen horror movie—if it were infected with rabies, shrieking and foaming at the mouth.” – Dread Central Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Terrestrial (2025) 75% 2.5/5 EDIT “Steve Pink’s ‘Terrestrial’ is both scrappy and effortless, but held back by its rough edges, and thrives on personality before plot or polish.” – Dread Central Aug 25, 2025 Full Review Every Heavy Thing (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Mickey Reece’s Every Heavy Thing feels like watching a lost erotic thriller on VHS that’s been half-taped over with public access specials and late-night infomercials from another dimension.” – Dread Central Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Mother of Flies (2025) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Like a spider in a teacup, ‘Mother of Flies’ is frightening, fragile, and full of life. It’s the triumphant return of horror’s most important dynasty.” – Dread Central Jul 31, 2025 Full Review
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