I’m always on the hunt for a new twist on the zombie genre. There’s only so much to be done with the undead, shambling shells of our former selves. One film on the Fantasia Film Festival circuit hopes to take up the challenge and make it less about the fight …
Read More »Lou Simon’s ‘3: An Eye for an Eye’ Delivers A Delightful Revenge Story (Review)
Lou Simon came onto my radar back in 2016 when I first saw All Girls Weekend. What stuck with me about this film was it was all women, made by a woman, with practical effects and enough of everything else to keep me interested. So when I was given the …
Read More »Fantasia Fest 2018: ‘Brothers’ Nest’ is a Pitch Black Family Affair
Our coverage of Fantasia Fest 2018 continues with Clayton Jacobson’s Brothers’ Nest, a pitch black comedy about brothers who are planning the elaborately detailed murder of their stepfather, hoping to inspire their dying mother to include them in her last will and testament. Though it sounds far from funny on …
Read More »‘Euthanizer’ (2017) – The Rainbow Bridge Movie Review
The hardest part of owning a pet is watching them get old and suffer, or so one would think. Try being the person that has to do the physical act of putting the animal down. The 2017 movie, Euthanizer, delves into the mind of such a person and shows the darkness …
Read More »The Strange Saga of ‘Caligula’ (1979) – Retro Review
It’s time to talk about one of the most infamous movies to ever hit the screen, a film based off one of the most infamous men in recorded history. Caligula the man and Caligula the movie both had similar twisted and disturbed paths that led to both of their fates …
Read More »Fantasia Fest 2018: ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ Will Rattle You
Fantasia Film Festival is underway, and if you’re attending, you may want to invest in a box of Kleenex before seeing Tigers Are Not Afraid (Spanish title: Vuelven). The profoundly moving film comes from writer/director Issa López, and follows a group of young children who have been personally victimized by the Mexican drug …
Read More »‘Martyrs’ Director in Razor Sharp Form with ‘Incident in a Ghostland’
Around the turn of the century, France gifted the horror-loving masses with a slew of powerful, intense, nerve-shredding films that came to be known as the New French Extremity movement. While no two movies were exactly the same, they were all commonly punctuated with extreme, uncomfortable, severe depictions of violence, …
Read More »Fantasia Fest 2018: ‘One Cut of the Dead’ is a Different Kind of Zombie Film
One Cut of the Dead simply can’t be reviewed without spoilers, so continue no further if you want to remain spoiler-free. Zombie films hold a special place in my heart. As someone who frequently comfort-watches Night of the Living Dead in order to unwind before bed, I’ve yet to fall …
Read More »Animals Gone Wild: ‘Rampage’ (2018) Movie Review
Growing up, Rampage was one of my favorite video games to play, whether it be console or arcade. When the feature film was announced, I was cautiously optimistic. After seeing the trailer to the film, which obviously took several liberties with the source material, I thought it looked like a fun …
Read More »‘Face of Evil’ (2018): Conspiracy, Chaos and Zombies Movie Review
When first hearing that filmmaker Vito Dinatolo’s full-feature directorial debut, Face of Evil, would tackle a viral epidemic and a nationwide conspiracy with a small, independent budget, I was skeptical, to say the least. Intending to feature a national crisis, government corruption and a quick spreading zombie plague on an estimated …
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