Hmm, a documentary about found footage of paranormal aliens? Ok, I’m listening. Now, these aren’t just a few of my favorite things. They’re “Things that freak me out. For $700 Alex!” Or should I say, Ash Hamilton (Play With Me (2018), the writer, and director of Holes In The Sky. …
Read More »Overlook Film Festival 2023 – ‘GODLESS: THE EASTFIELD EXORCISM’ is a Dark, Troubling Tale
There are two types of exorcism films out there. The first type is where the dark, good-looking priest guides the family and saves the afflicted person’s life. The second type is the one where the family seems terribly misguided and things just go disastrously wrong. Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism, directed …
Read More »Early Bloomer: Carter Smith’s ‘The Ruins’ (2008) 15th Anniversary Review
What?! The Ruins (2008) is turning 15 years already? Sheesh. Well, let’s look back at 2008, a hard year for horror films featuring killer plants. It was a decade of ‘torture porn.’ Audiences craved more horror sequels to Saw (2004) and Hostel (2005), while thrillers like The Ruins and The Happening (2008) …
Read More »‘SUMMONING SYLVIA’ (2023) Brings Laughs, Fun and Suspense! – Review
Summoning Sylvia is a lighthearted, fun, horror comedy highlighting some important themes. One of which is the relationships between queer and hetero folk. Tend to stay away from films that “beat you over the head” with messages? I mean, every film you watch has themes and messages. Some just have …
Read More »Overlook Film Festival 2023: ‘CLOCK’ is Fascinating and Traumatic
There’s an expectation most women find themselves faced with from their early 20s, on: “When are you going to have kids?” But as Ella (Dianna Agron – Shiva Baby) in Clock has discovered, her biological clock just hasn’t kicked in. As a woman who has never felt the urge to …
Read More »‘LIVING WITH CHUCKY’ Review and Interview With Creator Kyra Gardner
Most people wouldn’t put “heartfelt” and “Chucky” in the same sentence. After all, the red sneaker-clad doll is a brutal little guy who shows no mercy. However, with her new documentary Living with Chucky, which heads to Screambox and all major digital platforms on April 4, Kyra Gardner manages to …
Read More »Polish horror film ‘FUGUE’ Makes Its North American Debut – Review
Fugue: “a loss of awareness of one’s identity, often coupled with flight from one’s usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.” According to Google’s dictionary, the definition of Fugue is as unnerving and ambiguous as Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska’s (The Lure 2015) 2018 release of the same …
Read More »Something Witchy This Way Comes: ‘Grammaton Punch’ Issue 2 SPECIAL PREVIEW!
Are you into action horror comics like BPRD, Hellblazer, or Something is Killing the Children? Did you happen to enjoy our review of issue 1? Well, thanks again to Comixology Originals, we have something special for you today: a special sneak-peek of issue 2 of Grammaton Punch! Per the promotional …
Read More »Arm Bars, Choke Holds, and Laughs – ‘KARATE GHOST’ (2023) Review
Bobby Canipe Jr’s KARATE GHOST, aka BLACK BELT JOE: A review… Karate Ghost (2023) Synopsis: “Death and destruction fall upon all who enter the dojo from the Karate Ghost! The undead legend of Black Belt Joe is as real as a judo chop cutting though a wood board. One thing …
Read More »Review – Anthony DiBlasi’s Brutal Exercise In Occult Terror: ‘MALUM’
Billed as a “reboot” of Director Anthony DiBlasi’s 2014 underground classic Last Shift, Malum further fleshes (pun intended) out the premise of premise of the first film, and adds more context, details and intricacies to the occult shocker. MALUM Synopsis “On a search to uncover the mysterious circumstances surrounding her …
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