From writer-director Graham Denman comes a fantastic, slick thriller called Greenlight that stars Chase Williamson (The Guest 2014), Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1986 – read our retro review here), Chris Browing (Westworld TV series), Nicole Alexandra Shipley (Criminal Minds TV series), Victor Turpin (Ma 2019), and Shane …
Read More »Travel Down An Atmospheric ‘Lost Gully Road’ (2019) – Movie Review
Lost Gully Road is a new thriller from Australia from Director Donna McRae (Johnny Ghost 2011). The film stars Adele Perovic (The Code 2014), John Brumpton (The Loved Ones 2009), and Jane Clifton (Prisoner: Cell Black H TV series). Synopsis: Lucy travels to an isolated house in the forest to wait …
Read More »Blu-Ray Review: ‘Mary’ (2019) Will Have You Steering Clear of the Open Sea
I’ll be honest… I’m more than a little petrified of the open sea. I’m also not crazy about closed-in spaces like on small boats. So add these two together and throw in some spooky happenings and you have the recipe for a big no thank you. Mary, a 2019 horror …
Read More »2019 BITS Film Festival: ‘Sky So Blue’ (2019) Horror Short Review
“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.” — Tom Waits. Clocking in at a speedy 15 minutes, Sky So Blue (2019), which screened recently at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, tells the story of a strange piece of music that has the power to …
Read More »‘The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan’ (2018) Is A Great Found Footage Film
Found footage films are a real Love It Or Hate It category of movie, and making a good one takes a careful touch and a little innovation. The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan (2018) is a new film directed by the trio of Burt Grinstead (9-1-1 TV series), and Concession’s …
Read More »2019 BITS Film Festival Short: New Woman Is A Stunning Achievement
Playing this weekend at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, is a stunning short film by Benjamin Noah (Frontier TV series) called New Woman. The film stars Rhiannon Morgan (Black Conflux 2019) and Stephen Oates (Riverhead 2016). Synopsis: New Woman is a Gothic romance surrounding …
Read More »2019 BITS Film Festival: Review Of Kyle Martellacci’s ‘She Must Vanish’
Showing this weekend at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, is a short film by Kyle Martellacci (The Scarlet Vultures 2018) called She Must Vanish. The film stars Anne-Carolyne Binette (Age Of The Living Dead 2018), Renny Jachowicz (Candy Skin 2016), Meri Spencer, (Message From …
Read More »Moody And Topical ‘Rojo’ (2019) Is A Terrifying Glimpse Of A Complacent Society
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” – Edmund Burke. In the case of the 2019 movie Rojo, directed by Benjamin Naishtat (History of Fear 2014), we see how the complacency of an entire population will allow a military dictatorship to slowly …
Read More »2019 BITS: ‘She Never Died,’ An Electric Companion Piece To ‘He Never Died’
Playing at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, is an amazing new film directed by Darken’s (2017) Audrey Cummings (read our interview with her here) called She Never Died. The film stars Olunike Adeliyi (The Prodigy 2019 – read our review here), Peter MacNeill (A …
Read More »‘The Tokoloshe’ (2018) Is A Tale Of Innocence Lost – Movie Review
A tokoloshe is a creature from Zulu mythology who terrorizes people (mostly children) in their sleep, leaving long scratches on their bodies before choking them to death. Director Jerome Pikwane’s debut film, The Tokoloshe, blends this myth with the story of a broken girl struggling to survive in modern Johannesburg. …
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