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Matt Donato

Matt is a Los Angeles-based film critic currently published on SlashFilm, Nerdist, Fangoria, Collider, Dread Central, Bloody Disgusting, Atom Insider, Flickering Myth, SYFY, and Fandom. He is also a member of the Hollywood Critics Association. Definitely don’t feed him after midnight.

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Remember when The Walking Dead became an overnight undead sensation and started shattering AMC viewership records? Between eleven announced seasons, planned theatrical features, spin-offs,...

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Jacob Johnston’s Dreamcatcher positions itself at the intersection of Shakespearian dramatization, pulsating EDM bass thumps, and self-hating slasher boundaries. It’s a struggle to parse...

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Listen, it’s January. Nobody’s noggin is capable of ingesting long-form essays about multimedia of the creeps-and-cauldrons variety. That said, I’ve got a quota to...

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Tropes are not inherently abhorrent or requiring of immediate cancellation. Clever horror filmmakers subvert, roast and/or repurpose overused plot devices that have been beaten...

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This Thanksgiving, I’ve decided to distract myself from the isolated drag of celebrating alone, within apartment walls that’ve been my only landscape for eight...

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For many, 2020 will be “The Year Without Movies.” Or, at least theatrical releases after COVID-19 shuttered theaters and chased away every tentpole from...