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
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.
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?
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.
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.
Before It Was an Apple TV Hit, ‘Severance’ Was a Brutal Horror-Comedy
This is not the 'Severance' you know and love.
This Brilliant Spanish Horror Film Hates You For Watching It
Alejandro Amenábar's debut film explores the lure of violence through art.
Why Have So Many Horror Directors Remade Their Own Movies?
Once wasn't enough for these horror maestros.
Robert De Niro’s Second Horror Movie Was So Bad, He Never Touched the Genre Again
'Cape Fear' this is not.
One of Film's Most Terrifying Scenes Isn't From a Horror Movie
The scene also has a connection to a real-life murder.
‘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.
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.
Was Anyone Else Scared by This ‘Futurama’ Episode?
This 'Futurama' episode is by far one of the show's most disturbing yet.
Is Netflix's Terrifying ‘Veronica’ Based on a True Story?
The movie's prequel, 'Sister Death,' just hit the streamer.
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.
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.
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.
'The Fall of the House of Usher's Acid Scene Is Mike Flanagan's Most Epically Gruesome Moment Yet
It's a standout moment in Flanagan's work.
'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.