Rocco T. Thompson

Romero freak, Sheri Moon apologist, Millennial Horror diehard

Contributing Writer at FANGORIA, since 2022

Rocco T. Thompson is an Austin-based film journalist, critic, former online managing editor for Rue Morgue, and shorts programmer at Fantastic Fest. He conducted 30+ hours of on-camera interviews as a producer for In Search of Darkness: Part III, penned the cover story for Rue Morgue’s landmark July/Aug 2019 “Queer Fear” special issue, and made his FaNGORIA cover debut with coverage of Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger. He has contributed to releases for various blu-ray labels including Error 4444, Second Sight, and Vinegar Syndrome.

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M3GAN 2.0 Star Allison Williams’ Preferred Way To Watch A Horror Movie
ByRocco T. Thompson

Plus: Why she loves working in the genre, parenting in the age of AI, and more.
DANGEROUS ANIMALS: You’re Safer In The Water Than You Are On The Boat
ByRocco T. Thompson

Aussie director Sean Byrne and stars Hassie Harrison, Josh Heuston, and Jai Courtney on serial killers and sharks.
The Other Laurie Strode: Scout Taylor-Compton Reflects On Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN II 15 Years Later
ByRocco T. Thompson

After a decade of "elevated" horror and a reboot series, it's easier to see this audacious rewriting for the groundbreaking masterpiece that it is.
20 Years Of The SAW Franchise, Live-Streaming And Spectacle Murders
ByRocco T. Thompson

There's no escaping that the series belongs to a different era, one in which spectacle murder was available at the cinema and not as an inescapable fact of daily life.
MILLENNIAL NASTIES Author On Analyzing A Decade Of Brutal Horror Film Violence
ByRocco T. Thompson

Ariel Powers-Schaub talks 2000s terror and her upcoming book on the subject.
HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT Director Talks Upcoming Sequels
ByRocco T. Thompson

Dutch Marich on the long road to FIREWATCH and beyond.
Flesh Of My Flesh: BONES AND ALL Is The Best (And Only True) Cannibal Romance
ByRocco T. Thompson

Join us for a journey through cinematic cannibal love.

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