I had the great thrill of reviewing several short films from the Nightmares Film Festival 2020. There were several stories in the Recurring Nightmares – B film block that were absolutely incredible. By Sunrise Directed by Mason C. MacDonald and starring Emily Tynan McDaniel (The Ebbing), Andie Morgenlander (Luke and …

I adore a good atmospheric story. Great scenery can sometimes help the viewer forgive a multitude of sins in a film. But atmosphere only takes a film so far, and the story still must sustain the finished product. The story in Fionn and Toby Watt’s new film, Playhouse, almost holds …

One of my favorite types of films to watch (and one of the films I am most critical of) fall into the category of the mindbender: the film where nothing is what it seems, and even memories and identities are unreliable. It’s not often that I am faced with a …

Lets face it, I watch horror films for lots of reasons, but the main one is to escape reality. Lately, the headlines in the news are often more terrifying than anything your average director can dream up – well – maybe except David Lynch… I don’t know what the hell …

We are very excited this month to celebrate the birthday of a true master of horror cinema, a master in the genre of Giallo, Dario Argento. He was the director that introduced me to wonders of foreign horror films via the darkly beautiful Phenomena (1985 – read our retro review …

The horror film that stays in my mind and heart the most is one that melds something I’m passionate about with gore. Dario Argento’s Phenomena does both. I’ve always loved bugs and have studied them as one of my hobbies. I also love horror. This film was my introduction to not …

If there is one thing that I dearly love, it’s a good witch movie. And one thing that you can say about Pamela Moriarty’s feature film debut film, A Deadly Legend, is that, well … there are witches in it. the film stars Lori Petty (Tank Girl 1995), Corbin Bernsen …

Amulet is a moody, atmospheric, dazzling new horror film written and directed by the very talented Golden Globe nominee Ramola Garai (Atonement 2007). It stars Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter franchise), Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049 2017), Alec Secarenu (God’s Own Country 2017), and Angeliki Papoulia (Dogtooth 2009). Primarily known as …

Director Jeff Barnaby’s (Rhymes for Young Ghouls) Blood Quantum brings something new, fresh, and ingenious to the zombie genre: an indigenous horror film. The film stars Michael Greyeyes (Woman Walks Ahead), Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant 2015), Kiowa Gordon (The Red …

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 …