BJ Colangelo
Location
Los Angeles, California
School
Western Illinois University
Expertise
Cult Cinema, Coming-of-Age Teen Girl Movies, Adult Animation
- BJ is an award-winning filmmaker known for her shorts "Labrys," "Margaret," her feature film "Powerbomb," and her contribution to the anthology film "Deathcember."
- She was a panelist for the San Diego Comic-Con "Queer Fear" legacy panel in 2019, El Rey Network's 'Top 5,' in 2020, and featured in the "Queer for Fear" docuseries on Shudder from Bryan Fuller in 2022.
- BJ is a voting member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
Experience
BJ Colangelo is the Lead Evening News Editor at /Film, meaning her years of training her brain to stay up late watching movies have finally paid off. BJ has been writing professionally about film for over a decade, having been published everywhere from Fangoria Magazine, Playboy.com, Autostraddle, Vulture, The Daily Dot, and Shudder. BJ has contributed to the books "Creepy B****es," "When Animals Attack!," "Hidden Horror 101," "Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children," and the upcoming "Haunted Reels" from Dark Matter Ink and "Sleepaway Camp" from DieDieBooks. She also co-hosts the popular podcast, "This Ends at Prom," with her wife Harmony, during which they analyze movies marketed to teen girl audiences from the cis and transgender lens. She often serves as a jury member for film festivals specializing in horror or queer cinema.
Education
BJ Colangelo has a B.A. in Theatre from Western Illinois University with a minor in English Literature with an emphasis on film theory.
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Stories By BJ Colangelo
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As streaming services multiple and grow, originality and creativity have gone out the window, replaced by risk-free slop. How did we get here?
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If only saying his name five times in the mirror really had the power to make him appear again. Rest in Peace, Tony Todd. You will be greatly missed.
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Religion-themed horror movie Heretic challenges the faith of its Mormon protagonists, but the ending is left up to interpretation.
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No humans were killed during the making of Alien: Romulus, but a delicious Halloween delicacy was sacrificed to create the chestburster sounds.
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Forget all those awards-baiting dramas, the best depiction of an infamously corrupt U.S. president came in a 1990s teen girl comedy.
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Willem Dafoe might be the world's most passionate living fan of an older horror movie that was once banned in the United Kingdom.
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Bryce Dallas Howard took over the role of Victoria in the Twilight franchise, replacing Rachelle Lefevre, and fans are still wondering about it today.
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Squid Game returns after the holidays, and the latest trailer for the thrilling Netflix series looks like we're in for another binge-worthy season.
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Jac Schaeffer, the showrunner of Marvel's Agatha All Along, shares how a Christopher Nolan movie rewired her brain and changed her trajectory as an artist.
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/Film visited Walt Disney Animation Studios for an early preview of Moana 2, and we've broken down everything you need to know about the anticipated sequel.
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Urban legends claim the 2000 Nickelodeon horror TV movie Cry Baby Lane was so terrifying that it got banned. Here's the (not-as-exciting) truth.
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Mike Flanagan is making a TV adaptation of Carrie, and it's finally time to make Carrie White a fat girl, just like Stephen King intended.
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Christopher Nolan's next movie is rumored to be a 1920s vampire horror starring Tom Holland and Matt Damon and we really hope the rumor's true.
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Smile 2 features a gruesome death scene that stretches the limits of how much gore a studio horror movie can unleash on viewers.
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Naomi Scott is incredible as a pop sensation in Smile 2, but did you know she also played a music superstar in one of the best Disney Channel Original Movies?
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On this episode of /Film Daily, we spoke with A Nightmare on Elm Street's Robert Englund & Heather Langenkamp about Wes Craven's vision for the horror classic.
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The sixth and final season of What We Do in the Shadows suggest the show will end just as strongly as it started. Here's our review.
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Animated horror comedy Hazbin Hotel is a hit for Amazon, and now it's making a play for awards glory with its music at the Grammys.
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Agatha All Along episode 5 finally puts the broken Agatha Harkness to the test, and the Marvel sorceress' house is a horror fan's dream come true.
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Netflix is now streaming Greg Jardin's Sundance horror-comedy hit It's What's Inside, which puts a fresh spin on one of cinema's oldest tropes.
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Nia DaCosta was met with blame for The Marvels but Todd Phillips is met with sympathy for Joker 2…interesting.
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When Barry Sonnenfeld was hired to direct The Addams Family, it led to some trouble behind the scenes on a classic Stephen King movie adaptation.
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Arguably the best horror movie of the past 25 years can be found lurking within another film. If you're familiar with Safe Haven, you know what we mean.
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Men in Black III director Barry Sonnenfeld had to fight a bit to cast Josh Brolin as a young Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) over another actor in the film.
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The fourth episode of Agatha All Along reveals more about the history of Agatha Harkness and Rio Vidal, and it just might take Marvel into overdue territory.
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Tim Allen has a reputation for being a bit of a jerk, including that time he was weirdly rude to Rene Russo while filming the comedy Big Trouble.
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Come with us to Camp Crystal Lake as we look back at all the times Jason Voorhees has popped up without wearing his mask.