In Tomas Street’s (The Plan 2011) feature length directorial debut, Fugue is about an amnesic named Malcolm (Jack Foley: Lifechanger 2018). The film immediately put me on edge as I watched Malcolm wake up, unsure of who or where he was. It was such an uneasy feeling that, if it wasn’t for …
Read More »WIHFF 2018 Movie Review: ‘Bugs: A Trilogy’ Will Make Your Skin Crawl
I have Entomophobia or Insectophobia, a massive phobia of bugs. They make my skin crawl. It’s been this way since I was a child… sadly, it’s only gotten worse throughout my adulthood. I once saw a cockroach in my apartment and refused to go back inside, so I slept in …
Read More »BITS Festival 2018: Bloody Bits Shorts Showcase Part II
This year, I had the opportunity to review the Bloody Bits Shorts Showcase Part II for Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival. As you all know by now, I am in love with short films and always look forward to the opportunity to view as many as I can. …
Read More »BITS Festival 2018: ‘Hammer of the Gods’ Movie Review
Director Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Hammer of the Gods is the story of a band called Sled Dog, whose members need some inspiration for new songs and creativity. It’s been ten years since their last hit single, “Backfire,” and as such, they are in desperate need to do something new. Songwriter/guitarist Eric (Rob …
Read More »Blood Fest (2018) Movie Review
I first saw Blood Fest at Horrorhound Weekend Indianapolis earlier this year. I remember enjoying the film, but there was a drinking game involved, so my memory was a little hazy. Recently, I picked up Blood Fest on Blu-ray to revisit it. Was it just as fun without booze? Read …
Read More »BITS Festival 2018: Hilarious Mockumentary ‘The Hoard’ Turns Reality TV Upside Down
From the brilliant minds of writer Tony Burgess and directors Jesse Thomas Cook and Matt Wiele comes the uproarious mockumentary film The Hoard, a hilarious look at modern reality television that takes a wildly horror twist. Burgess might be best known for Pontypool, a powerfully inventive spin on zombie films, but he has …
Read More »BITS Festival 2018: ‘Montreal Dead End’ Movie Review
The Blood In The Snow Canadian Film Festival, celebrating its seventh year, again brings some of the best genre entertainment from our neighbors to the North. One of the films selected for this years festival and making its Toronto premiere, was Montreal Dead End, an eclectic depiction of the havoc …
Read More »BITS Festival 2018 ‘Alive’ – Movie Review
As a fan of extreme horror, it takes a lot of gore to make me uneasy. Having no idea what’s going on, though… that’s freaky. I don’t like being in unfamiliar, uneasy situations, so films like the Saw franchise, Would You Rather? and Tusk – all about being forced into a position …
Read More »‘The Devil and I’ (2018) – The Devil’s In the Details Movie Review
I’ve been a fan of Bad Cookie Pictures since I first saw their short, Ready to Burst, back in 2016. Created by filmmakers Ariel Hansen and Christopher “Topher” Graham, the company has creeped out the indie community in quite a few ways, including body horror with Ready to Burst (read our …
Read More »‘Nervous Breakdown’ (2018) – Broken Down Horror Short Review
Nervous Breakdown is an interesting, confusing horror short by director Dan Robinette (Tethered 2017). It’s often strange seeing a movie like this, because I feel I missed something along the way. Maybe there was a sparse detail I didn’t catch, or some piece of unfamiliar mythology that slipped by me. Basically, …
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