Movie Reviews

The found footage films released recently are absolutely killing it. The latest entry is a thrilling, kinetic, and fun film directed by Nick McAnulty (Uncle Brian) and Brian Allan Stewart (Annie and the Dog) called Capture Kill Release. Synopsis: A couple plots to murder a random stranger just for the …

Filmmaking collective Astron-6—Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matt Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, and Steven Kostanski—have produced some highly entertaining flicks in the last decade. Though now dissolved, members of the group have continued to produce quality content. For example, 2016’s The Void (read our review here), co-directed by Gillespie and Kostanski, was …

As a reviewer of horror films, I’m used to seeing depravity depicted onscreen in many ways, but I was still taken aback by the depths of cruelty in Barak Barkan’s (Killing the Fiddler) new film, Silence & Darkness. Synopsis: Blind and deaf sisters, Anna and Beth, live happily in a …

Christopher Alan Broadstone’s Human No More: The Feature is quite a winding road. I use that analogy too often in my reviews, but permit me to use it again here, because it absolutely applies. In fact, it does not seem adequate to write a conventional review here. This movie is …

Every once in a while, a documentary will be released so perfectly timed with current events that it feels almost surreal. With the attacks on the Capital and the continued calls for insurrection, this film feels more important than ever. Narratives of Modern Genocide, directed Paul Allen Hunton, invites the …

My Dead Ones (AKA O Segrado de Davi) is the feature length directorial debut of Diego Freitas (Flush 2020) from a script co-written by Freitas and Gustavo Rosseb (O ir evir das coisas 2018). The film stars Nicolas Prattes (Crashing Into The Future 2018), João Côrtes (Rising Sun 2016), Neusa …

Close quarter roommate situations where privacy is a rare commodity can be challenging to say the least. Throw in clashing personalities and mental instability mixed with murderous intent and you have a recipe for upheaval and disaster. In Heart Of The Home, a newly released indie horror inspired by true …

Happy Face is a new Canadian movie directed by Alexandre Franchi (The Wild Hunt 2009) and stars Robin L’Houmeau (Goddess of the Fireflies 2020) and Debbie Lynch-White (Windex 2017). Film Synopsis: Estranged from his manipulative cancer-stricken mother, Stan, a quixotic 19-year-old, dons a disguise and joins a therapy workshop for disfigured patients …

As much as I love all types of horror films, my favorite genre will always be found footage. Even a terrible found footage film is a lot of fun. But I love when directors find a new way to make their genre unique and fresh like Butterfly Kisses. This is the case …

Climate Of The Hunter is a new horror film directed by Mickey Reece (Mono 2017) and stars Ginger Gilmartin (Fingerprints 2006). Film Synopsis: Two sisters, Alma and Elizabeth, along with a dog who’s described as a “philosopher,” have come to Alma’s remote house to reconnect with Wesley after twenty years. Alma is …