Reviews

I’ll be honest… I’m more than a little petrified of the open sea. I’m also not crazy about closed-in spaces like on small boats. So add these two together and throw in some spooky happenings and you have the recipe for a big no thank you. Mary, a 2019 horror …

When the trailer for the horror movie version of The Banana Splits dropped earlier in 2019, it left us with a morbid sense of wonder. The film came across like the blackest of black comedies, as Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronics slashed people apart with brutality. Let’s break it down and …

“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.” — Tom Waits. Clocking in at a speedy 15 minutes, Sky So Blue (2019), which screened recently at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, tells the story of a strange piece of music that has the power to …

For many filmmakers – especially the ones in the independent scene – their first feature film can be a learning experience used to sharpen their crafts. Not only is Actor/Writer/Director Sean Murray’s (Track 31 2019) debut, Interment, a building block, but it also showcases his love and passion for the …

Found footage films are a real Love It Or Hate It category of movie, and making a good one takes a careful touch and a little innovation. The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan (2018) is a new film directed by the trio of Burt Grinstead (9-1-1 TV series), and Concession’s …

We live in a world consumed with outward appearances. What makes a person beautiful? Turn on the television, or page through a magazine, we’re bombarded incessantly with toned bodies and gorgeous faces trying to sell us everything we need to look our best on the outside. From fashion and makeup …

Playing this weekend at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, is a stunning short film by Benjamin Noah (Frontier TV series) called New Woman. The film stars Rhiannon Morgan (Black Conflux 2019) and Stephen Oates (Riverhead 2016). Synopsis: New Woman is a Gothic romance surrounding …

Showing this weekend at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, is a short film by Kyle Martellacci (The Scarlet Vultures 2018) called She Must Vanish. The film stars Anne-Carolyne Binette (Age Of The Living Dead 2018), Renny Jachowicz (Candy Skin 2016), Meri Spencer, (Message From …

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” – Edmund Burke. In the case of the 2019 movie Rojo, directed by Benjamin Naishtat (History of Fear 2014), we see how the complacency of an entire population will allow a military dictatorship to slowly …

Playing at the 2019 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, is an amazing new film directed by Darken’s (2017) Audrey Cummings (read our interview with her here) called She Never Died. The film stars Olunike Adeliyi (The Prodigy 2019 – read our review here), Peter MacNeill (A …