Movie Reviews

Almost everyone has lost someone they loved. Someone they miss. Some people say they’d do ANYTHING to see them again. If you had the opportunity to travel to an alternate reality to be runited with the one you love, would you? Not knowing why or how? This is what the …

The Cleansing Hour is a slow burn, but, at the same time, a rewarding watch if you can make it through to the ending. Throughout the duration of the film, I felt like it had a much longer runtime than 97 minutes. Writer/director/editor Damien LeVeck (Dark, Deadly & Dreadful 2018) …

It’s been awhile since we first talked to Filmmaker Micah Gallo (read our interview with him here) about his eight-legged creature feature, Itsy Bitsy. He had spent years working with Adam Green on the special FX for Frozen (2010) and the Hatchet franchise and was ready to create his first …

The Vice Guide to Bigfoot is a satirical mockumentary that follows a hopeless millennial reporter who longs for his dream job. Instead, he finds himself chasing Bigfoot. The film had its World Premiere at the 2019 Austin Film Festival tonight, Friday, October 25th. And it was freaking awesome. This paranormal …

Midnight Devils is a film I have been following since its pre-production when it was being billed as “Reservoir Dogs meets Evil Dead.” Since those are two of my favorite films, Midnight Devils is a film I was greatly interested in. Recently, I was given the chance to check out …

Presented as part of the Home Invasion Block of shorts at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2019, Meredith Alloway’s short film, Deep Tissue, is an opulent, charged film about the exploration of sensation and the power of human touch. We open on Liv (Alloway: Mutt 2017) in a motel room, in …

Opening recently at FrightFest 2019 this past August, Volition, directed to perfection by Tony Dean Smith (The Killer Downstairs 2019) and co-written with his brother, Ryan W. Smith (Next Gen 2018), is a brainy and brilliant crime thriller. The film stars Adrian Glynn McMorran (Arrow TV series), Magda Apanowicz (The …

One of the most propulsive horror trends of modern years has been the resurgence of the Creepy Cult. Perhaps I paint with too broad a brush, but a cult, to me, is any group of people united in a single ideology that subverts commonly held morals. Jordan Peele’s Get Out …

When the fight for the rights for Friday The 13th began between Sean Cunningham and Victor Miller, Friday fans like myself feared the worst. Namely, that we didn’t know when we would see a new Friday the 13th movie. Then something began to happen, indy directors who were Friday fans …

Philophobia: or the Fear of Falling in Love (2019) is like a talky ’90s relationship film mixed with supernatural haunting. Or, it’s all about a psychotic break borne of anxiety, booze, and stress. Take your pick. Damien Booster (Aaron Burt: Money? 2018) – and I’m sure his last name means …