From Director Mitch McLeod (Arc 2016) comes Silhouette, a moody new horror drama about loss and a past that continues to haunt us. The film stars April Hartman (Howlers 2018), Tom Zembrod (Knucklebones 2016), and Jessica Dawn Willis (Breakers 2019). Synopsis: Silhouette is the story of Jack and Amanda Harms …
Read More »‘Sell Your Body’ (2019) Is The Best Short Of The Year
I recently had the pleasure of viewing a 2017 short film written and directed by Jaanelle Yee (Teeth And Lungs) called Sell Your Body. It stars an amazing cast including Nadira Foster-Williams (Whatever This Is 2013), Pauline Sherrow (Sex, Drugs And Rock & Roll 2015), and Menuhin Hart (Dean Supreme …
Read More »Horror Short ‘9 Pasos’ (2017) Is A Masterclass In Establishing Dread
Written and directed by Un Lugar Mejor’s (2013) Marisa Crespo and Moisés Romera, 9 Pasos (9 steps) is a horror short that packs a lot of terror into seven minutes. The film stars Jordi Ballester (The Sea Inside 2004) and the debut of Pablo Muñoz. Synopsis: Saul’s father is losing …
Read More »‘Kill Ben Lyk’ (2018) Is Hysterical Fun – Movie Review
There is nothing more fun than a great horror comedy, and Director Erwan Marinopoulos has a hit in the incredible Kill Ben Lyk. It stars Martyn Ford (Kingsman: The Golden Circle 2017), Simone Ashley (Pokemon Detective Pikachu 2019), Eugene Simon (Game of Thrones TV series), Ashley Thomas (Black Mirror TV …
Read More »‘Brotherhood’ (2019) Is A Beautifully Intimate Story – Movie Review
From Meryam Joobeur, the director of Born in the Maelstrom (2017) comes Brotherhood (2018), a short film on the short list for the 2020 Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short film. The film stars a mainly amateur cast including Mohamed Grayaâ (Eli Lik Lik 2018), Salha Nasraoui (Dementia 2006) …
Read More »‘A Rough Draft’ (2019) Is A Beautiful Disaster – Movie Review
From Sergey Lukyanenko, the mind that created the dazzling novels, Night Watch and Day Watch, comes a new sci-fi thriller directed by Sergey Mokritsky (Battle for Sevastopoi 2018) called A Rough Draft. It stars Nikita Volkov (Dance To Death 2017), Severija Janusauskaite (Unburied 2018), Vilen Babichev (Beyond the Edge 2018), …
Read More »Revisting My Favorite Sociopath: 20th Anniversary Retro Review of ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ (1999)
“It’s better to be a fake somebody, than a real nobody!” — Tom Ripley Of all the sociopaths I’ve seen on film, my favorite one has always been Tom Ripley. On Christmas Day 2019, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s …
Read More »Paulo Leite’s ‘Inner Ghosts’ (2019) Is A Truly Original Ghost Story
“If ghosts are real and haunt a specific location, then they must have some memory of who they are.” In the new film, Inner Ghosts, which was written and directed by Paulo Leite (Desencontros TV series), we meet Helen (Celia Williams: The Hunchback 2016), a gifted medium who lost both …
Read More »Horror Comedy ‘Tennessee Gothic’ (2019) Is Riotous, Sinister Fun
“I met a lady in the meads full beautiful – a faery’s child her hair was long, her foot was light and her eyes were wild.” La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats So begins the horror comedy Tennessee Gothic, a wild romp of a film directed by Jeff Wedding …
Read More »‘Greenlight’ (2019) Is A Sharp, Wicked Thriller – Movie Review
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 …
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