Reviews

When I agreed to review Scott Lake’s short, Killing Time, all I had to go on was the synopsis: Ethan, a caring husband and loving father, is awakened by a masked man with a gun. Upset and looking for answers, what Ethan learns will leave him terrified to his very …

Many of us grew up with the Wrong Turn franchise, and know that those films hold a special place in our hearts. Although I was hesitant about the announcement for the reimagining of Wrong Turn, the trailer, poster, and stills looked promising. The film was directed by Mike P. Nelson (read …

The crime drama Respite (2021) wants to make a point about how past sins can prompt revenge. And it does so in some ways… it just gets a little too predictable and imitative. Gravitas Ventures recently snagged North American rights to Saro Varjabedian’s (Me To Play 2021) gritty feature film. Private …

Recently, I had the opportunity to watch the documentary, Morgana, for the San Francisco Indie Fest 2021. I believe that pornography films, especially in the United States, are more times than not associated with being “dirty.” That wasn’t the vibe I got from the synopsis at all, and this is …

I have to admit, I was unaware of this film until I saw it. I know of the director’s work so I had an understanding on what to expect. The film, Crucified by Claudio Lattanzi (Zombie 5: Killing Birds), is a story about the end of the world and vampires.  The …

Adam Egypt Mortimer (read our interviews with him here and here) is a filmmaker I have come to deeply admire. Beginning with the supernatural, bully, revenge film of Some Kind of Hate (2015) to the thoughtful yet terrifying look into the horrors of mental health with Daniel Isn’t Real (2019 …

“Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?” Hunted is the live-action, English-language, and solo directorial debut for acclaimed French filmmaker and comic artist Vincent Paronnaud (Cannes Jury Prize Winner Persepolis, Chicken With Plums). Co-written by Paronnaud alongside Léa Pernollet, the film stars Magritte Award-winning actors Lucie Debay (The Confession) and …

Shudder has been killing it with their releases lately, and one of their new psychological thrillers is A Nightmare Wakes from Writer/Director Nora Unkel. This film is based on Mary Shelley’s writing of Frankenstein, which is steeped in accurate period details but told with a modern perspective. It stars Alix Wilton …

There’s a million ways to deal with the death of a partner. Therapy, religion, meditation… hell, even multi-level marketing, if that blows your hair back. But Truly, Madly (2020) is the only movie I’ve seen where a recently widowed religious woman, Barbara (Sondra Carver), seeks solace in a murderous obsession …

The vampire is one of Hollywood’s favorite monsters and has been played by countless actors over the decades, although none could reach the influence and magnitude of Bela Lugosi’s (The Wolfman 1941) performance in Dracula (1931). Released on February 14, 1931, Dracula has made our hearts yearn and bleed for …