Horror Screenwriter Eric Miller on Ice Spiders, Bram Stoker Awards, and What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Horror Explicit

Horror screenwriter and author Eric Miller joins Grave Tone for a midweek bonus episode that covers a lot of ground. He's the writer behind the SyFy cult classic Ice Spiders, screenplays for Night Skies, Swamp Shark, and Mask Maker, Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology editor, and author of the 2025 debut novel Whatever Happened to Uncle Ed?
Eric Miller wrote Ice Spiders, edited a Bram Stoker-nominated anthology, and has thoughts on why Hollywood keeps getting horror wrong.

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The Bride (2026) Review: Is It Worth Watching? Jesse Buckley Delivers a Career-Best Performance Explicit

Arthur and Meaghan just got out of The Bride! — Maggie Gyllenhaal's punk feminist reimagining of Bride of Frankenstein starring Jesse Buckley and Christian Bale. Is it the monster movie of the year? They have strong opinions. Spoilers ahead.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride is bold, surreal, and stacked with great performances. We saw it — here's our full breakdown of what works and what drags.

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Mark Acheson on Silent Night Deadly Night, Elf, and the Role That Changed His Career Explicit

We sit down with character actor Mark Acheson — the voice of Charlie in Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) — to talk horror, Elf, Fargo, and what it takes to give a killer a moral compass.
We interview Mark Acheson about his role as Charlie in Silent Night Deadly Night, his career highlights in Elf and Fargo, and what he's working on next.

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This Is Not a Test Review: The Canadian Zombie Film That Hits Hard Explicit

We just got home from the theatre. Meaghan read the book. Arthur loved the zombies. This Is Not a Test — the new Courtney Summers adaptation — gets the full Grave Tone treatment: review, book comparison, spoilers and all.
We just saw This Is Not a Test in theaters — here's how the Canadian zombie adaptation stacks up against Courtney Summers' novel, and whether it's worth your time.

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