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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

Film Review: Primal (2019)

SYNOPSIS: “When Frank Walsh (Nicolas Cage), a hunter and collector of rare and exotic animals, bags a priceless white jaguar for a zoo, he figures it’ll be smooth sailing to a big payday. But the ship bearing Frank’s precious cargo has two predators caged in its hold: the cat, and a political assassin being extradited to the U.S. After the …

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Film Review: The Shed (2019)

SYNOPSIS: In THE SHED, Stan (Warren) and his best friend Dommer (Kostro) have put up with bullies their entire lives. All of that changes when Stan discovers he has a murderous vampire living in his shed. Seeing the bloodshed and destruction the monster is capable of, Stan knows he has to find a way to destroy it – but Dommer has a much more sinister plan in mind. REVIEW: …

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Interview: Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real)

Director/Writer, Adam Egypt Mortimer (Some Kind of Hate) has a new film out. It is hauntingly beautiful and disturbing in the most incredible way. It shows the human side of what happens to a person who deals with trauma and so much more. Adam took time to talk to Horrornews.net about Daniel Isn’t Real. Check out the interview. ” DANIEL ISN’T REAL features Patrick …

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Interview: Julian Shaw (Use Me)

“From award-winning documentarian Julian Shaw (Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, Cup of Dreams), the director plays himself, alongside real-life “mental humiliatrix” Ceara Lynch in her feature length film debut, as an ambitious documentary filmmaker who discovers the darkest parts of himself when he turns his camera on a beautiful woman who humiliates men for money. The film also stars Jazlyn …

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Film Review: Mary (2019)

SYNOPSIS: “In MARY, David (Academy Award Winner Gary Oldman) is a struggling blue-collar captain looking to make a better life for his family. Strangely drawn to an abandoned ship that is up for auction, David impulsively buys the boat, believing it will be his family’s ticket to happiness and prosperity. But soon after they embark on their maiden journey, strange and …

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Film Review: Gwen (2018)

SYNOPSIS: “In the film, Gwen is a young girl whose life seems to be collapsing around her. Struggling with her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a group of angry villagers threatening to take her farm, Gwen must find the strength to guide her family through the darkness. But as a malevolent presence begins to take grip of her …

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Interview: Dean Alioto (Portal)

Director Dean Alioto (Lizzie Borden Had an Axe, Crashing Eden, U.F.O. Abduction) is a talented director, writer, producer and he loves films. His new movie Portal is excellent. He took time to talk with Horrornews.net Dean- Hi… Soooo…..  You don’t want to know about this film do you? (Laughter) Oh man, you sound like me. You are already moving onto …

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Event Review: Shocktoberfest 2019

Shocktoberfest 2019 Review November 2, 2019 Halloween is never really over for a Horror fan. https://www.shocktoberfest.com Shocktoberfest was kind enough to invite Horrornews.net to visit “Pennsylvania’s Premier Haunted Scream Park.”  Patrick Konopelski had two All Access passes waiting as we arrived. Shocktoberfest is celebrating twenty-eight years of scaring the living crap out of people. It was a beautiful fall night …

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Event Review: Chiller Theatre | October 25-27, 2019

Chiller Theatre Review October 25-27, 2019 Chiller Theatre was packed on Saturday, October 26th. Halloween is near and the horror community gathered for the annual Chiller Theatre Expo in Parsippany, New Jersey at the Hilton. People came from all over to pick up collectibles, movies, t-shirts and meet celebrities. Chiller Theatre is also a convention where everyone sort of catches …

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Interview: Vincent Young (What Death Leaves Behind)

Versatile actor Vincent Young, best known for his role as Noah on TV classic Beverly Hills 90210, is doing some very diverse and challenging work these days. From a key role in Sylvester Stallone-starrer Escape Plan 2 to Mike Mawher on “N.C.I.S” and now, Scott A.Hamilton’s What Death Leaves Behind, he’s a thesp that refuses to be pigeonholed. We caught …

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