Movie Reviews

I had the opportunity to review Mackenzie Bartlett’s The Party for the 2019 Boston Underground Film Festival. As you probably know by now, I am a short film super fan. I honestly didn’t have any idea what this was about when I selected it to review, other than its very …

In director/musician Matt Cannon’s (also known as Lapses – read our interview with him here) filmatic debut, Hexercise, there is something special. I can’t quite nail down what it is just yet, whether it’s the killer soundtrack pumping throughout the entirety of the film, the humor that permeates despite not …

When I was tasked with the review of Kirill Sokolov’s film, Why Don’t You Just Die!, I had absolutely no idea what I was walking into. However, I got a pretty good idea once I got into the first twenty minutes of the film, which operates in the live action Looney …

Blended families are not uncommon nowadays. It can take some time for everyone to adjust to their new family members. Dani Viqueira’s Limbo is a short film that takes a closer look at the struggle a man is having difficulty while adjusting to his new life and family. We are …

Those of us who live in apartments or condominiums know all about communal living. It sometimes isn’t quiet and you hear a lot happening in the hallways, right? Sometimes, it even goes a step further. A few weeks ago, I was taking a cat nap after work, and I woke …

Ever since the 1995 movie, Se7en, I have found the idea of the seven deadly sins intriguing. Every interpretation of them is different, although always dark and depressing. All of my favorite things! But all kidding aside, there’s been a buzzing in the underground about an upcoming anthology called 7 …

A couple of years ago, comedian turned filmmaker Jordan Peele took the horror world by storm with his directorial debut, Get Out (read our review here). While some found it to be a masterpiece, others found it to be predictable and derivative. For me, it fell somewhere in the middle (to …

Welcome back, victims, for our second ever FEAR HAUS weekly recap. I hope you’ve recovered from last week’s descent into the depraved depths of American Hell (recap for that episode here). But if you’re expecting mercy from our malevolent mistress of the macabre, Blair Bathory, you clearly don’t know Blair (read …

Blackwood is a short horror film written and directed by Andrew Montague (Attic 2016) and starring Danielle Butlin (Love You To Death 2019), Rowan Howard (The Lucifer Killings 2016), Jim Koutsoukos (Thicker Than Water 2009), and Alanah Parkin (The Anchor 2016). The story is about a film crew that is …

Knife + Heart is a breath of fresh air from the euro cinema scene. I wasn’t sure what I was in for after seeing the trailer, but as soon as I saw Vanessa Paradis, I knew I wanted to see more. Growing up in Quebec, we were all well aware …