I’ve never done acid, but I imagine the experience must be something akin to watching Michael Reich’s (Video Town 2013) hallucinatory film, She’s Allergic to Cats. The film stars Mike Pinkney (Video Town 2013), Sonja Kinski (Dark Hearts 2014), Flula Borg (Pitch Perfect 2 2015), and Mike Daze (I Love …

Getaway, the new thriller by Lane Toran (in his directorial debut), features a clever plot and a fantastic cast, but still somehow fails to rise above the average fare. The film stars Toran, Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween 2007), Landry Allbright (Feral 2017), Jamil Walker Smith (Stargate Universe 2009), Jaclyn Betham (Dear White …

As a huge anime fan, I was excited to watch Jason Axinn’s new animated horror film To Your Last Death. The film starred the voices of Morena Baccarin (Deadpool), William Shatner (Star Trek), Ray Wise (Twin Peaks), Bill Mosely (3 From Hell), Damien C. Haas (Unravelled), Dani Lennon (The Love …

When you lay your loved one to rest, you assume that they will stay there undisturbed forever. But, what if that wasn’t the case? What if human greed was greater than human decency? This terrible scenario is explored in Tommy Baker’s new documentary, Facing East. Synopsis: This story follows the …

I have to admit, it’s pretty eerie to be reviewing a film about a killer virus while Covid-19 sparks fear in people like it’s literally the end of the world, but here I am, reviewing an apocalyptic film about a killer virus. Only is directed by Takashi Doscher (Hear Us …

Writer/Director Richard Green’s Tokoloshe: An African Curse (2020) opens with an original, very catchy rap song, “Tokoloshe” by Bliss, blaring while the camera pans over a young woman named Thembi (Shezi Sibongiseni) out jogging. I am sad to say, for me, that this scene and song are the highlights of …

Guilt is a powerful emotion – one that can drive people to do things they might never dream of doing otherwise. In director Matthew Pope’s Blood on Her Name, troubled garage owner and single mother Leigh (Bethany Anne Lind), accidentally kills a man late at night, then makes a snap …

During Women in Horror Month the amazing Final Girls Berlin Film Festival takes place for three days, celebrating films that are directed, written, or produced by women and non-binary filmmakers. I had the pleasure of watching the Graveyard Shift Short Film Block, which was made up of six short films: Neurotica …

I’ve loved Takashi Miike films for years, ever since my brother first introduced me to the wonder and the horror that is Audition. So I was so excited to get to review his new film, First Love. The film stars Masataka Kubota, Sakurako Konishi, Takahiro Miura, Jun Murakami, Shota Sometani, …

There is a scary, unthinkable underground world that exists where human life is simply a commodity to be bought and sold. In Catherine Fordham’s new film, Kaya, a young woman is searching for her missing sister who has been kidnapped and forced into child prostitution. The film stars Shakira Barrera …