Charlie Cargile

Central Illinois based film journalist. Lover of cinema of all varieties but in love with films with an independent spirit. Elder Emo. Cat Dad. Metalhead.

Jason Trost’s ‘The Waves of Madness’ (2024) Movie Review

Are you a fan of side-scrolling video games? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a movie utilized this style? Let me introduce to you The Waves of Madness, the first side-scroller horror film. The Waves of Madness follows a lone special agent investigating a distress call …

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Jason Trost’s ‘THE WAVES OF MADNESS’ Coming to Blu-Ray and VOD

The Waves of Madness is a unique film, described as the worlds first side-scrolling horror film. The film comes from filmmaker Jason Trost (The FP series, All Superheroes Must Die). You can watch the trailer below! Synopsis The Waves of Madness follows a lone special agent investigating a distress call …

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James Dean’s ‘MY BLADE IS YOUR SALVATION’ Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

I’m a huge fan of Giallos so when I heard indie horror director James Dean was making a Giallo influenced horror film called My Blade Is Your Salvation, I knew it was something that was right up my alley. My Blade Is Your Salvation just launched a Indiegogo campaign. Read …

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Benjamin Wong’s ‘BA’ (2025) – Movie Review

What lengths would you go to to make sure your kids were taken care of? What would you do? Would you take on a job as a grim reaper? That’s what Daniel finds himself grappling with in Ba. Synopsis A single father deceived into a treacherous career as the grim …

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Stimson Snead’s ‘Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox’ (2025) – Movie Review

Time travel is something that I think offers endless opportunities for interesting storytelling. Some of the biggest examples are the Back to the Future series and Avengers Endgame. Well I’d like to introduce you to another excellent example: Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox. Synopsis It is called the …

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Interview with ‘THEY CALL HER DEATH’ Director Austin Snell

I came across They Call Her Death on Shudder recently and it was a fun bloody Western (my review). Afterwards I sought out director Austin Snell’s previous films Exposure and had a lot of fun with it. I reached out to Austin and asked if he would be interested in …

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