Bloodline...Director: Henry JacobsonWriters: Avra Fox-Lerner, Will HonleyStars: Seann William Scott, Mariela Garriga, Dale DickeyReviewEvan is living a blessed life with a beautiful wife, a nice house and a job that he loves. Working as a high school counselor with at risk kids, Evan hears about physical abuse, drug addicted parents and the always present creepy... Continue Reading →
Review: Candy Corn [-FILM-]
Candy Corn...Director: Josh HastyWriter: Josh HastyStars: Tony Todd, P.J. Soles, Courtney GainsReviewIt’s Halloween weekend in a nondescript small town that is inhabited by token weird guy Jacob Atkins and the asshole kids who find enjoyment in their yearly tradition of hazing him. Also in town is a carnival with Dr. Death’s Sideshow Spook House Spectacular:... Continue Reading →
Interview With Abner Pastoll [-INTERVIEW-]
Abner Pastoll Interview...Lisa Fremont had a chat with Abner Pastoll director about his new film A Good Woman Is Hard To Find, which is the closing night film for Arrow Video Frightfest 2019.Director Abner Pastoll is riding high on a wave of positive reviews for his newest film, A Good Woman is Hard to Find. Starring Sarah Bolger... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2019 Review: Door Lock [-FILM-]
Door Lock...Director: Kwon LeeWriters: Park Jung-Hee, Kwon LeeStars: Hyo-Jin Kong, Ye-Won Kim, Seong-oh KimReviewKyung-min lives alone in a studio apartment in a large building under the false assumption that this filing cabinet for humans is safer for her. With so many tenants, surely she will be one of the many faceless people and will be... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2019 Review: A Good Woman Is Hard To Find [-FILM-]
A Good Woman Is Hard To Find... Director: Abner Pastoll Writer: Ronan Blaney Stars: Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson Review With his second feature length film, director Abner Pastoll has gifted us once again with a movie that places ordinary people into extraordinary predicaments. Written by Ronan Blaney, A Good Woman is Hard to... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2019 Review: Knives And Skin [-FILM-]
Knives And Skin...Director: Jennifer ReederWriter: Jennifer ReederStars: Kate Arrington, Marika Engelhardt, Tim HopperReviewWritten and directed by Jennifer Reeder, Knives and Skin is a quirky, complex dissection of human needs, desires and the interactions we choose to meet those needs. In a small, midwest town, local teen Carolyn Harper goes missing and this event impacts everyone... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2019 Review: The Wretched [-FILM-]
The Wretched...Directors: Brett Pierce, Drew T. PierceWriters: Brett Pierce, Drew T. PierceStars: Azie Tesfai, Piper Curda, Kevin BigleyReviewCelebrating it’s world premiere at the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival, The Wretched is a m odern day fairy tale that clings to the grim reality of what a fairy tale actually is. You won’t find any gorgeous young... Continue Reading →
Review: Bit [-FILM-]
Bit...Director: Brad Michael ElmoreWriter: Brad Michael ElmoreStars: Nicole Maines, M.C. Gainey, Diana HopperReviewStarring Nicole Maines (Supergirl) as Laurel, Bit gifts us with a feminist vampire film that celebrates all of the colors of the Pride flag without ever hitting us over the head with preachiness or slowing down the action in favor of heavy handed... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Piercing
Piercing...Director: Nicolas PesceWriter: Nicolas Pesce, Ryû Murakami (Novel)Stars: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa ReviewBased on the 1994 book of the same name, Piercing is the kind of story that can only come from the mind of Ryu Murakami (Audition). More of a novella, Piercing focuses on a man who is grappling with long festering... Continue Reading →
Haddonfield Horror’s Best Of 2018
Haddonfield's Best Of 2018...Another year is almost in the books and once again we've all found a bunch of horror (and a bit of non horror) related stuff that we love. Check out the lists of what we loved below and let us know your top horror stuff in the comments below.Ryan's Top Horror Stuff... Continue Reading →
Recap: AHS Apocalypse, Apocalypse Then – E10
AHS Apocalypse Recap...“Purple is for royalty, dear. Not middle management.” If Myrtle hadn’t had such a presence in this season, would it have even been tolerable? Rumor has it, Frances Conroy was only supposed to be in a few scenes this season, but she pulled a Jesse Pinkman and expanded the longevity of her character... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Cam
@lcfremont reviews...Director: Daniel GoldhaberWriters: Isa MazzeiStars: Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh, Melora WaltersReviewCAM will be gracing the netflix screens and limited cinemas on November 16 and quite simply it is not to be missed. A psychological thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock, CAM trains it’s uniquely insightful eye on the world of cam girls. Oftentimes, sex workers... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Blue My Mind
@lcfremont reviews...Director: Lisa BrühlmannWriter: Lisa BrühlmannStars: Luna Wedler, Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen, Regula Grauwiller Review Swiss film Blue My Mind is not to be missed. This debut feature from writer/director Lisa Brühlmann is a body horror/coming of age tale drenched in melancholy and violence.Fifteen-year-old Mia (Luna Wedler) has just moved to a new school and she... Continue Reading →
Recap: AHS Apocalypse, Fire and Reign – Ep 9
@lcfremont recaps... When the Apocalypse season began, the prospect of a story being told in 10 episodes seemed to be a promise of how tight the writing was. Then we spent more than half of the season in flashback and unless I missed the part where that plane in the first episode was actually Oceanic... Continue Reading →
Recap: AHS Apocalypse, Sojourn – Ep 8
@lcfremont recaps...In honor of the eighth episode, titled Sojourn, I am going to put as much effort into this recap as they did into cutting the wigs for Evan Peters and Billy Eichner. Minimal.In a season with only ten episodes, it is beyond concerning that they spent an entire episode in a flashback road trip... Continue Reading →
Recap: AHS Apocalypse, Traitor – Ep 7
@lcfremont recaps...Jennifer Lynch came right out of the gate with beauty and gore colliding in a crazy voodoo ritual opening. Lynch appears to have become one of the regular directors on AHS and I’m here for it. Now we know for certain that Dinah is the new Queen of Voodoo, but she is only motivated... Continue Reading →
Recap: AHS Apocalypse, Return To Murder House – Ep 6
@lcfremont recaps...Forgive me Lucifer, for this post may be a bit of a jumble. I am simply too overwhelmed with the amount of information that was presented in the highly anticipated Return to Murder House.Michael Langdon: An Oral History in Three PartsThe worst possible version of Heidi Klum and Seal (ie) Behold and Madison, have... Continue Reading →
Film Review: The Cannibal Club @ The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
@lcfremont reviews...Director: Guto ParenteWriter: Guto Parente Stars: Tavinho Teixeira, Ana Luiza Rios, Pedro DominguesReviewHorror and satire can be such wonderful bedfellows and this is on brilliant display in The Cannibal Club. With it’s North American premiere at the 2018 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, writer/director Guto Parente’s send up of classism is brutal, bloody and clever.Otavio... Continue Reading →
Recap: AHS Apocalypse, Boy Wonder – Ep 5
@lcfremont recaps...Episode five has been touted as the one that would change everything this season. In Roanoke, when they said everything would change, they really, truly meant it, but in Apocalypse, what we get with episode five is a very long flashback. After a short, but strangely glamorous, moment of being eaten alive while a... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Housewife
@lcfremont reviews...Director: Can EvrenolWriters: Can Evrenol, Cem ÖzüduruStars: Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai, Alicia KapudagReviewWith his second feature film, writer/director Can Evrenol is certainly not grappling with the sophomore slump. Although a bit of a departure from the film that put his name on the map (Baskin), Housewife finds Evrenol toying with dreams and a dreamlike... Continue Reading →