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Janel Spiegel

My name is Janel and I have been writing since second grade when I was first published. I previously wrote for RealityShack.com and many other magazines and newspapers. Writing is in my heart, soul, and blood! I do interviews, film reviews, event reviews, and more for HORRORNEWS.NET and TheValleyLedger.com I graduated with National Honors Society. I was the Associate Editor of the college newspaper. I earned a Publishing award and plan to keep writing. I graduated college. "May your nightmares inspire you." @butterflyjms

INTERVIEW W JOSH CURZI HORROR COSPLAYER AND HAUNT ACTOR – Zoom interview

Josh Curzi is a talented Horror Cosplayer and Haunt actor. Josh did an exclusive interview with me for Horrornews.net. Josh was a Haunt actor this year at the Waldorf Estate of Fear. Josh will be making several appearances next year at different conventions including New Jersey Horror Con, PA Horror Con, The Horror Sideshow Market, Monster Mania, and more.

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Film Review: Isolation (2021)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: As a narrative framework, Director and Producer, Nathan Crooker created a fictional world many months into the future that is based around the current global pandemic. All eleven filmmakers used the same unifying framework in creating their stories. The filmmakers were tasked with how to stay creative using only what was available to them at the …

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Interview: Josh Ruben (Werewolves Within)

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release the critically acclaimed horror-comedy whodunit Werewolves Within on DVD and Blu-ray on December 7, 2021. IFC Films released Werewolves Within in theaters on June 25, 2021 and on Digital Rental & VOD on July 2, 2021. Werewolves Within is directed by Josh Ruben (Scare Me) from a script by Mishna Wolff (I’m Down), and stars Sam Richardson (“Veep”, “Detroiters”), Milana Vayntrub (“This Is Us”), George …

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Interview: Camille Griffin (Silent Night)

AMC+ and RLJE Films released today the key art and an all-new trailer for the darkly comedic drama Silent Night, which is set to debut in theaters and stream exclusively in North America on Friday, December 3. Marking writer Camille Griffin’s directorial debut, the film focuses on a group of friends that comes together for an eventful Christmas dinner, and stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle …

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Film Review: Silent Night (2021)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: From producers Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman franchise), Trudie Styler (Moon) and Celine Rattray (The Kids Are Alright), Silent Night follows parents Nell (Knightley) and Simon (Goode) who have invited their closest friends to join their family for Christmas dinner at their idyllic home in the English countryside.  As the group comes together, it feels like old times – but behind all of the laughter and merriment, something …

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Film Review: Werewolves Within (2021)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger FINN (Sam Richardson) and postal worker CECILY (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.

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Film Review: Black Friday (2021)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On Thanksgiving night, a group of disgruntled toy store employees begrudgingly arrive for work to open the store at midnight for the busiest shopping day of the year. Meanwhile, an alien parasite crashes to Earth in a meteor. This group of misfits led by store manager Jonathan (Bruce Campbell) and longtime employee Ken (Devon Sawa) soon find …

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Film Review: Witch Hunt (2021)

Rate This Movie   SYNOPSIS: In a modern America where magic is real and witches are persecuted by US authorities, teenager Claire and her family are part of an intricate network that helps these women escape across the border to seek asylum in Mexico. However, when their mode of transport is disrupted by federal witch hunters, trouble befalls the family …

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Film Review: Viva (2007)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “VIVA (2007) is a cult retro spectacle about a bored 1970s housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi (writer/director Anna Biller, THE LOVE WITCH) is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who spouts women’s lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. …

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Interview: Thomas Hamilton and Ron MacCloskey (Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster)

“Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, “Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster” compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. His films were long derided as hokum and attacked by censors. But his phenomenal popularity and pervasive influence endures, inspiring some of our greatest actors and directors …

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