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With its blurred line between fiction and reality, Pasqual Gutierrez’s Serious People sets out to explore creativity, identity, and fatherhood in the age of self-branding. It’s an intriguing concept on paper: a filmmaker hires a doppelgänger to take over his directing duties while he navigates impending fatherhood, only to find …

Whether the short story is in book or movie format, I am a mega fan of short stories. I always look forward to reviewing these the most. I was ecstatic to review the ‘Women in Horror’ short film block for the 2025 Happenstance Horror Fest. Read on to find out …

Taking over Salem, Massachusetts, Happenstance Horror Fest (HHF) provides an opportunity for horror of all subgenres to be shared with blood thirsty horror fans. For fans of queer cinema, HHF celebrates the LGBTQ+ community with its first-ever queer horror block, Fears With Queers. Pride~In~Our~Steps Directed By: Jonathan Riles Synopsis: Artists …

Nuremberg is a movie you have to approach with a heavy heart, given the political and historical weight behind its subject matter. It’s not just a film—it’s an experience that forces you to confront one of humanity’s darkest chapters while witnessing some of the finest filmmaking and acting of the …

The Happenstance Horror Fest is coming to Salem, Massachusetts, on November 8th, and there is a lot to cover. I would, of course take the music  short films, as I love music. I wasn’t let down one single bit with these stories. They are quite original, and that’s how I …

Elijah’s current success didn’t happen overnight. After years of experimenting and trying to fit into the “Warped Tour pop punk” mold, he stopped chasing expectations and started confronting his own emotions — the ones he’d spent years keeping hidden. The result? lowest — a 13-track collision of post-hardcore chaos and emo-rock introspection …

I remember watching TV one night when I was a kid and they showed the trailer for Alligator since it was going to be premiering on network television a few days later. Since I was obsessed with JAWS – and any movie that featured killer aquatic animals – I nearly …

Epic Pictures’ horror label DREAD returns with Dorothea, a true-crime shocker from writer-director Chad Ferrin (Pig Killer, Ed Kemper). The film dives into the terrifying real-life story of Dorothea Puente, the Sacramento grandmother who murdered her elderly tenants and buried them in her garden. Following a raved-about world premiere at …

I’ve always been a huge fan of shorts! I am amazed when a filmmaker can tell an entire story in a just a few minutes. I was delighted to have the opportunity to review the Local Love: Homegrown Horror series of shorts at the Happenstance Horror Fest this year. The …

The A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is the most recognized name among non-horror fans. Elm Street 2 was one of the first movies I watched as a kid. I was terrified of Freddy Krueger; however, I also had an attraction to the series. My parents let me watch all …