The Fantasia International Film Festival delivered a variety of unique stories including the horror-comedy, Kratt. This film was directed and written by Rasmus Merivoo. It’s an Estonian exotic mix of horror and family film that stars Mari Lill, Nora Merivoo, Harri Merivoo, Elise Tekko, Roland Treima, and Ivo Uukkivi.   …

I recently had the privilege of watching Hellbender for the Fantasia International Film Festival, which is the sixth feature from Wonder Wheel Productions, the family-run production company founded by Poser and Adams and their children, Zelda and Lulu. The Adams family first screened at Fantasia with their award-winning The Deeper …

In films and television, child vampires are often depicted as willful, angry, and petulant. They illustrate an ongoing theme of the difficulties of an immature mind being trapped an eternally young body. But the new movie, All the Moons, directed by Igor Legarreta (When You No Longer Love Me), chooses …

Established in 2009, Horrible Imaginings Film Festival has become a genre fave. According to their website, HIFF “showcases the newest voices in horror, sci-fi and fantasy genre cinema.” From September 2 – 5, 2021, the festival is not only going virtual for those of us not in the Santa Ana …

Sometimes a documentary comes along that is so much fun to watch and even teaches you something new. I have to embrace those moments because usually, I would rather watch anything else. But Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, a new film chronicling the very best—and history of—folk horror is one …

Author/editor/Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies founder Kier-La Janisse’s (From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film, Warped and Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive) new documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, is a fascinating, …

Recently, I had the opportunity to review a very interesting set of eight short films (one of my favorite genres!) for 2021’s Fantasia Fest in a shorts block called Things That Go Bump In The East. Chewing Gum (Chingum) Directed by Mihir Fadnavis and starring Ratnabali Bhattacharjee (Sold), Bandita Bora …

Director Edoardo Vitaletti’s The Last Thing Mary Saw premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival 2021 on August 15 and 17 and is, hands down, one of my favorite films I’ve seen this year. The Last Thing Mary Saw is a period occult drama set in an isolated farmhouse in the …

The Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is back with a digital/live hybrid festival! The California-based film festival will showcase the newest voices in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genre cinema. The event will take place over a multi-day event that will consist of film screenings, diverse panels, parties, and networking sessions. Featuring …

A wannabe serial killer, a warped filmmaker, and a murderous cult on a blood-soaked rampage. When The Screaming Starts is a darkly comic tale of how far we will go in order to achieve our ambitions. Riotous Films in association with FOUR plus10 Films and Little Narwhal Films are delighted …