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Makenzie Kingston-Horror Feature Writer

Makenzie Kingston

Horror Feature Writer

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About Makenzie Kingston

Makenzie is a passionate & lifelong cinema lover, musician, and aspiring filmmaker with years of experience as a professional writer and editor. With sharp writing and in-depth analytical skills, Makenzie provides commentary and reviews for Collider covering both old and new films in the name of his undying love for Filmmaking. Born on Halloween, Makenzie has always naturally tended towards the creepy and the macabre, and he focuses his articles on horror as a result, with some of his favorite films being Evil Dead, Hellraiser, and Hereditary. Makenzie is also a singer-songwriter, and passionately writes and shares his music online, as well as dives into music and soundtrack analysis within his film features.

Latest Articles

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The Christmas Horror B-Movie With Krampus and Santa as Murderous Brothers

Instead of Santa's workshop, it's an evil lair with chained-up naked women.

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Robert De Niro Was the Most Brilliantly Bizarre Part of This 2000s Flop

Wanna see him do his 'Taxi Driver' monologue in a movie with an animated moose?

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From ‘Evil Dead Rise’ to ‘When Evil Lurks,’ Kids Are Now Fair Game in Horror

Recent horror films are proving to be less afraid in depicting the deaths of their child characters.

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The True Crime Documentary That Tells a Shockingly Similar Tale to ‘Orphan'

While the horror movie wasn’t based on this case, they bear some striking resemblances.

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Before It Was an Apple TV Hit, ‘Severance’ Was a Brutal Horror-Comedy

This is not the 'Severance' you know and love.

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This Brilliant Spanish Horror Film Hates You For Watching It

Alejandro Amenábar's debut film explores the lure of violence through art.

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Why Have So Many Horror Directors Remade Their Own Movies?

Once wasn't enough for these horror maestros.

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One of Film's Most Terrifying Scenes Isn't From a Horror Movie

The scene also has a connection to a real-life murder.

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Sorry, But Blumhouse Horror Movies Aren't Scary Anymore

Has the iconic horror house lost its mojo?

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‘Prison Break’ Already Came Back and Nobody Cared

'Prison Break' is staging a comeback, but lest we forget, it already tried to do so once before.

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The ‘You’re Next’ Sequel That Never Happened Would’ve Been Killer

The writer and director had grand plans to continue Erin’s fight against the masked killers.

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Was Anyone Else Scared by This ‘Futurama’ Episode?

This 'Futurama' episode is by far one of the show's most disturbing yet.

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Is Netflix's Terrifying ‘Veronica’ Based on a True Story?

The movie's prequel, 'Sister Death,' just hit the streamer.

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The ‘Alien’ Scene That Was Made Using Real Animal Guts Sounds Vile

Thought THAT scene was gross before? Wait until you read how it was made.

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Before 'Pan's Labyrinth,' Guillermo del Toro Made This Wartime Horror Film

The master of ghosts and ghouls will make you reach for the tissues with this one.

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Horns Up! 'The Devil's Candy' Is the Horror Movie Metalheads Deserve

Sean Byrne's 2017 cult horror film has mayhem on its mind and metal in its soul.

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'Terrified' Offers Brutal, Unforgiving Horror From the Director of 'When Evil Lurks'

Demián Rugna refuses to go cheap with the jump scares in this 2017 Argentine shocker.