Josh Korngut is a Canadian entertainment journalist, critic, editor, and podcast host specializing in genre film, music, and lifestyle. He served as Editorial Director and acting Editor-in-Chief at Dread Central, one of the world’s leading horror entertainment publications.
A GALECA voting member and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, Korngut has become known for incisive criticism, filmmaker interviews, and cultural analysis spanning horror cinema, music, and pop culture. His work has also appeared in Exclaim!, Paste Magazine, CBC, and The Advocate, alongside festival coverage from events including Sundance, SXSW, Sundance, TIFF, and Fantasia. His interviews include Stephen King, Keke Palmer, Tori Amos, JADE, Sarah Michelle Gellar, John Lithgow, Amy Adams, Alison Brie, Elvira, Willem Dafoe, and countless others.
Korngut is also the creator and host of “Development Hell,” a documentary-style horror podcast exploring the untold stories behind unmade and troubled genre films. The series was named one of Variety’s Top 10 horror podcasts, has surpassed 500,000 downloads, and regularly charted in the Top 5 of Apple Podcasts’ Film History category across the U.S., Canada, and U.K. Through the podcast, he has interviewed major genre voices including Elvira and Radio Silence.
His reviews and pull quotes have appeared across major horror film marketing campaigns, trailers, and theatrical posters, including Obsession, Exit 8, The Substance, Eddington, Talk to Me, Smile 2, and Nightbitch, among others.