...The Mannequin could have been a fun, thoughtful and somewhat campy horror movie, but its self-seriousness makes it more of a relationship drama that has a side of paranormal...
REVIEW: THE MANNEQUIN
REVIEW: STREET TRASH
As a blunt sledgehammer of an allegory for how the government and society treat and view the homeless...
Review: Dementer (2021)
Dementer is unapologetically writer/director Chad Crawford Kinkle's film. Personal and with sharp focus, Kinkle brings straight in a head long mix of stark reality and horrifying manipulations.
Now On Netflix – Recap: Hannibal – Primavera – S3 E02
It's time to revisit Episode 2 of Hannibal Season 3 with revised 2020 Notes!
Film Review: The Beach House (2020)
Brown manages to make the beach setting a frightening place. Isolated, the vast ocean presenting a canvas for unspeakable horrors, which may or may not ever appear.
Film Review: Relic (2020)
Relic employs a slow, steady pace that allows this black, intangible entity to creep through the house and create suspicion, confusion and fear before trying to consume the family entirely.
Review: Becky
There may be no greater fury than an angry thirteen year old girl and to prove this point, writers Nick Morris and Lane Skye have gifted us with Becky.
Review: Luz (UK Release)
Luz... Director: Tilman SingerWriter: Tilman SingerStarring: Luana Velis, Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt Review Luz is a cryptic, supernatural chiller and the directorial debut from writer-director Tilman Singer. It hearkens back to the horror style of the 1980s, offering grainy 16mm film, a creepy mood and an unsettling, synth-heavy score. It is the kind of film... Continue Reading →
Review: The Lurker
The Lurker... Director: Eric LiberackiWriter: John Lerchen Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Emery, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese Review Slasher films set in a high school are a lot like people wearing pajamas to Walmart. Both are a bit too ubiquitous for my taste, but both offer the opportunity to delight and surprise or merely disappoint and make me... Continue Reading →
Review: Blood Quantum
A recently and oft heard complaint is that the zombie genre is played out. The people that say this will be made to eat those words with Blood Quantum
Review: Powerbomb
Powerbomb... Directors: R. Zachary Shildwachter, B.J. Colangelo Writers: Wes Allen, R. Zachary Shildwachter, B.J. Colangelo Stars: Matt Capiccioni, Roni Jonah, Josh Miller, Britt Baker, Wes Allen, Cash K. Allen Review Growing up, I had two big loves: genre movies and wrestling. Who am I kidding? Those are still my biggest loves. I love nothing more... Continue Reading →
Review: Why Don’t You Just Die!
Why Don't You Just Die...Director: Kirill SokolovWriter: Kirill SokolovStars: Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy Khaev, Evgeniya KregzhdeReviewWhy Don't You Just Die! is a kinetic, bloody splatterfest, that from minute one isn't concerned about film 'rules' and blazes its own path through what can only be described as a Tarantino/Boyle/Ritchie filter with over the top of cartoonish violence... Continue Reading →
Review: Tingle Monsters (Short Film)
Tingle Monsters... Director: Alexandra Serio Writer: Alexandra Serio Stars: Alexandra Serio, Kareem Rahma Review In Tingle Monsters Alexandra Serio (Writer, Director and Star) takes aim at how female are viewed on the internet and that words and their intent are a jumping off point for violence or at the very least the possibility of violence... Continue Reading →
Review: Queer Horror Shorts (Final Girls Berlin Film Festival)
Queer Horror Shorts...Queerness is an integral part of horror’s tapestry and has been throughout the genre’s histories in both literature and film. It’s only natural considering the genre is where we bear witness to our anxieties and re-consume them. And, though LGBT themes in horror often appeared coded in the past, like in the case... Continue Reading →
Review: We (Wij)
We (Wij)... Director: Rene Eller Writers: Rene Eller, Elvis Peeters (novel) Stars: Aimé Claeys, Tijmen Govaerts, Pauline Casteleyn Review Aimless, despicable teens are nothing new in films (Kids, Thirteen or generally any Larry Clark or Harmony Korine film) but the kids in We give them all a run for their money. So, you might say... Continue Reading →
Film Review: VFW
VFW... Director: Joe Begos Writers: Max Brallier, Matthew McArdle Stars: Martin Kove, Stephen Lang, Sierra McCormick, William Sadler Review Joe Begos continues to showcase his talent for untamed and unapologetic cinema nurtured by the grit of uninhibited cult gems in his latest feature, VFW (from Fangoria Films), which has already gained quite the reputation before... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Swallow (Final Girls Berlin Film Festival)
Swallow... Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis Writer: Carlo Mirabella-Davis Stars: Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O'Hare Review We may be in the #MeToo era, but women are still living in a reality of being the “lesser” gender and many women still find themselves trapped in McMansion prisons while convincing themselves that they are lucky and happy to... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Dark Whispers Volume 1 (Final Girls Berlin Film Festival)
Dark Whispers Vol 1...Directors: Angie Black (Birthday Girl), Jub Clerc (Storytime), Lucy Gouldthorpe (Grillz), Katrina Irawati Graham (White Song), Janine Hewitt (The Intruder), Briony Kidd (Watch Me), Isabel Peppard (Gloomy Valentine), Marion Pilowsky (The Ride), Madeleine Purdy (Little Sharehouse of Horrors), Megan Riakos (The Book of Dark Whispers), Kaitlin Tinker (The Man Who Caught a... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Daniel Isn’t Real
Daniel Isn't Real...Director: Adam Egypt MortimerWriters: Adam Egypt Mortimer, Brian DeLeeuw from his novel ‘In This Way I Was Saved’Stars: Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Mary Stuart Masterson, Sasha Lane, Chukwudi Iwuj, Hanna Marks, Griffin Robert Faulkner, Nathan ReidReviewDaniel Isn’t Real is a vivid psychological horror from director Adam Egypt Mortimer, which centres around troubled college... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Color Out Of Space
Color Out Of Space...Director: Richard StanleyWriter: Scarlett Amaris, Richard StanleyStars: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeline Arthur, Brendan Meyer, Julian Hillard, Elliot Knight, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Tommy Chong ReviewThere are so many wackadoo elements at play in Color Out of Space that it’s hard to pinpoint how well the movie does, or does not, work. An adaptation of... Continue Reading →