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."
- BJ 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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Reptile, the film debut from prolific music video director Grant Singer is a twisty tale of murder, conspiracy, and revenge. Here's what the ending means.
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The fourth and final season of the beloved Netflix super series The Umbrella Academy is coming: here's everything you need to know.
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Five Nights at Freddy's director Emma Tammi's goal was to balance scary and fun elements to create an enjoyable film that avoids scarring younger fans for life.
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The puppet massacre in the latest episode of Gen V leaves us wondering whether Sam has always experienced these visions, or if something else is going on.
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Five Nights at Freddy's director Emma Tammi has a strong grasps on the beloved property, making her the ideal choice to direct any and all future sequels.
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The relatability of Gen V is its biggest difference from The Boys, and its greatest strength that helps keep it from ever feeling too similar.
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The Usher family at the center of The Fall of the House of Usher is clearly inspired by the Sacklers, the family closely associated with the opioid crisis.
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The real-life wrestling family the Von Erichs take center stage — er, center ring — in The Iron Claw trailer, which comes from talented director Sean Durkin.
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The new Goosebumps show might be the best adaptation of R.L. Stine's books yet, perfectly balancing both fun and fright. Here's our review.
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Lorehounds, you're gonna be eatin' good. The Five Nights at Freddy's video game movie adaptation is a feast for rabid Easter egg hunters.
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David Gordon Green, the director of the new horror sequel The Exorcist: Believer, tells us about the difference between directing that and his Halloween films.
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The new Exorcist movie does something the original actually never did: celebrate some actual religious blasphemy.
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David Gordon Green's The Exorcist: Believer, nobly attempts to de-center white, male, Catholic saviors in its story. Here's how and why.
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Chucky season 3 invades in the White House, resulting in the wildest season yet. Read our spoiler-free review of the horror series right here.
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Action maestro John Woo returns to Hollywood after two decades with Silent Night, a mostly dialogue-free Christmas action film starring Joel Kinnaman.
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Captan Planet, he's a hero, gonna take pollution down to zero. But now he's also gonna kinda hurt the environment in an assortment of new Funko POPs.
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Hocus Pocus has become one of the most beloved Halloween movies ever made, but after the success of Hocus Pocus 2, is there a chance a franchise has been born?
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Hannibal Lecter is one of the most infamous and beloved villains in horror history. If you're looking to binge the Lecter films, here's the correct order.
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Gen V is just as brutal, nasty, and sexy as The Boys, but is not only playing in the sandbox of superhero shows, it's also an unapologetic teen drama.
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The directors of Disney's new animated film Wish tell us what they hope audiences take away from it, and talk about working with Chris Pine and Ariana DeBose.
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We spoke with Wish co-writer and Walt Disney Animation head Jennifer Lee about the new film, channeling rage into action, and her position in Disney history.
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This year, Disney is celebrating 100 years of magic in a variety of ways, but their new fairy tale Wish might be the most magical part of the festivities.
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Wishes do come true in the new trailer for Disney's original animated fairy tale Wish, featuring the voices of Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine.
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A few YouTubers associated with Five Nights at Freddy's have confirmed cameos in the upcoming film, but that leaves a couple strange omissions.
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'I'm Just Ken' began as a short ditty. However, Barbie director Greta Gerwig loved it so much she kept pushing for more, resulting in a massive musical number.
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Are Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, and Will Poulter returning for a We're the Millers sequel? Is it happening? Or has too much time gone by?
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Brian Duffield and Kaitlyn Dever have crafted an incredible horror heroine in No One Will Save You's Brynn, but her lack of dialogue wasn't exactly intentional.