In films and television, child vampires are often depicted as willful, angry, and petulant. They illustrate an ongoing theme of the difficulties of an immature mind being trapped an eternally young body. But the new movie, All the Moons, directed by Igor Legarreta (When You No Longer Love Me), chooses …
Read More »Available Now on Digital and On Demand: Josh Tessier’s ‘Overrun’ (2021)
Available now on Digital and On Demand is a new film from Strike Back Studios and director Josh Tessier called Overrun. The film stars Omid Zader (Vice), Johnny Messner (Tears of the Sun), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), and William Katt (Carrie 1976 – read our retro review here, House 1986 – …
Read More »Fantasia Fest 2021: Kier-La Janisse’s ‘Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched’ (2021): A Comprehensive, Immersive Look At Folk Horror – Movie Review
Author/editor/Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies founder Kier-La Janisse’s (From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film, Warped and Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive) new documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, is a fascinating, …
Read More »Available on Digital and VOD Soon: Sean King O’Grady’s ‘We Need to Do Something’
Coming soon to Digital and VOD from IFC Midnight and director Sean King O’Grady is a new horror film called We Need to Do Something. The film stars Lisette Alexis (Waltz of the Angels), John James Cronin (Second Act), Pat Healy (Compliance), Sierra McCormick (Land of the Lost), and Vinessa …
Read More »Coming Soon to Theaters: John Pollono’s Pitch Black Comedy Drama, ‘Small Engine Repair’
Coming soon to theaters from Vertical Entertainment and Director John Pollono (Stronger) is a new drama called Small Engine Repair. The film stars Pollono, Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead TV series), Shea Whigham (Take Shelter), Jordana Spiro (To the Stars), Ciara Bravo (Cherry), and Spencer House (The Society TV Series). …
Read More »Fantasia Fest 2021: ‘Things That Go Bump In The East’ Short Film Block Review
Recently, I had the opportunity to review a very interesting set of eight short films (one of my favorite genres!) for 2021’s Fantasia Fest in a shorts block called Things That Go Bump In The East. Chewing Gum (Chingum) Directed by Mihir Fadnavis and starring Ratnabali Bhattacharjee (Sold), Bandita Bora …
Read More »Mart Sander’s ‘Behind the Random Denominator’ Hits DVD and Digital Soon
Coming soon to DVD and Digital is a new horror film from director Mart Sander (Eerie Fairy Tales) called Behind the Random Denominator. The film stars Sander, Liis Tarvis Flack, Louis Zezeran (Kimmo TV series), and James Paul Arney. It will be available September 28, 2021. Synopsis: A bizarre duel …
Read More »Mart Sander’s New Horror Anthology, ‘Eerie Fairy Tales,’ Coming Soon to DVD and Digital
Coming soon to DVD and Digital from director Mart Sander (The Spring of Solitude) is a new horror anthology called Eerie Fairy Tales. The film stars Lisette Pomerants (The Women’s War), Jekaterina Novosjolova (Living Images), Kadri Rammeld (Detour), and Merle Palmiste (Golden Beach). It will be available September 28, 2021. …
Read More »Available Now On Demand and DVD: Jared Masters’ ‘Quartz Vein’
Available now On Demand and DVD from director Jared Masters (After School Massacre) is a new horror film called Quartz Vein. The film stars Masters, Bad President’s Dawna Lee Heising (read our interview with her here), Jeffrey Dean Gray (Roller Junkies), and Elizabeth Rath (Roller Junkies). Synopsis: 2047. After the …
Read More »‘Chapelwaite’: A Dark, Brilliant Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘Jerusalem’s Lot’
I am a massive Stephen King fan, so I was delighted when I found out that the new Epix TV show, Chapelwaite, was based on his short story, Jerusalem’s Lot, from his short story collection, Night Shift. Synopsis: Set in the 1850s, the series follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates …
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