Meg Shields

Based in the Pacific North West, Meg enjoys long scrambles on cliff faces and cozying up with a good piece of 1960s eurotrash. As a senior contributor at FSR, Meg's objective is to spread the good word about the best of sleaze, genre, and practical effects.
Creepshow Jeffrey Combs

‘Creepshow’ Episode Two Review: Shudder’s Re-Animated Series Shows Signs of Life

By Meg Shields 

Werewolves, and fingers, and a step up from the last episode, oh my!

French Horror

10 French Extremity Films For Beginners

By Meg Shields 

Hon, hon, hon, want to dabble in French Extremity? Not sure where to start? We’ve got you covered.

Joker

Double Take: Unpacking The Controversies of ‘Joker’ and ‘Jojo Rabbit’

By Anna Swanson, and Meg Shields 

Two films about radicalization made waves at TIFF, but what do these vastly different movies actually have to say about the subject?

Thevigiltiff

How ‘The Vigil’ Director Keith Thomas Made a Jewish Genre Film

By Meg Shields 

We spoke to ‘The Vigil’ writer-director Keith Thomas about his (un)Orthodox genre debut, his love of Skinny Puppy, and the delicate art of spider wrangling.

True History Of The Kelly Gang

‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: A Gleefully Bonkers Take on Australia’s Greatest Outlaw

By Meg Shields 

More like Portrait of a Kelly Gang on Fire.

Jojo Rabbit Forest

‘Jojo Rabbit’ Review: A Hitler Comedy That’s More Safe Than Subversive

By Meg Shields 

Taika Waititi’s latest is too cute to land a punch.

Guns Akimbo

‘Guns Akimbo’ Review: A Sensory Overload that Fires Blanks

By Meg Shields 

Despite an enticingly bananas premise, the follow up from ‘Deathgasm’ director Jason Lei Howden is something of a misfire.

Pain and Glory

‘Pain and Glory’ Review: A Tender Portrait of Hurt and Heart in Almodóvar’s Latest

By Meg Shields 

Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Pain and Glory’ is an intensely personal and sensuous return to form.

Vast of Night

‘The Vast of Night’ Review: An Out of This World Directorial Debut

By Meg Shields 

‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ by way of ‘Pontypool’? Beam us up.