Tag Archives: documentary

Coming Soon to Select Theaters and VOD: Vera And Kendall Whelpton’s ‘The Sleepless Unrest: The Real Conjuring Home’

Coming soon to select theaters and VOD is a new horror documentary directed by Kendall Whelpton (The House in Between) and Vera Whelpton called The Sleepless Unrest: The Real Conjuring Home. It will be available on July 16, 2021. Synopsis: The world-famous house that inspired The Conjuring film has recently been …

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Interview With Documentary Filmmaker James Buddy Day For New Epix Docuseries, ‘Fall River’

Fall River, Massachusetts has seen its fair share of murder and mayhem. Once the hometown of Lizzie Borden, the city is no stranger to the brutality of humans. In 1979, three women were slaughtered in Fall River, spawning a manhunt and igniting Satanic panic. The new Epix docuseries, Fall River, …

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‘Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies’ Highlights The Life Of The Ultimate Film Lover

Star Wars, Alien, Blade Runner, The Omen, and Chariots of Fire are a few of history’s greatest films, but they all have one thing in common: producer Alan Ladd, Jr. He was the man whose love of films and belief in young filmmakers, women, and new talent made him one …

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‘Set Free Posse: Jesus Freaks, Biker Gang, or Christian Cult?’ Reveals Cracks In Evangelical Movement

I love movies about cults, so I jumped at the chance to review Set Free Posse: Jesus Freaks, Biker Gang, or Christian Cult?, the new documentary film by David Trotter (In Plain Sight: Stories of Hope and Freedom), based solely on its title. But the movie that unfolded was not at …

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The Truth Is Out There: ‘Volcanic UFO Mysteries’ (2021) Movie Review

Volcanic UFO Mysteries is brand new documentary written and directed by Darcy Weir (Beyond the Spectrum 2017) and stars Stephen Basset (The Day Before Disclosure 2010) and Jaime Maussan (Chasing UFOs 2012). Film Synopsis: The mystery of UFO sightings are now well a part of mankind’s oral and written history. …

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‘Stars and Strife’ Explores The REAL Nightmare… Our Current Political Firestorm – Movie Review

Lets face it, I watch horror films for lots of reasons, but the main one is to escape reality. Lately, the headlines in the news are often more terrifying than anything your average director can dream up – well – maybe except David Lynch… I don’t know what the hell …

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Fantasia Film Festival 2020: Pepe The Frog And ‘Feels Good Man’ – Movie Review

In Celtic folklore, faeries would often sneak their children into human households by disguising them as infants. They would steal the baby from the crib and slip their own offspring in its place. The deceiving faerie baby is known as a Changeling. Imagine the horror of those parents. They create …

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Fantasia Film Festival 2020: ‘Clapboard Jungle’ Moviemaking Documentary Review

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As a child, I had no idea that movies had creators. I grasped the idea of books and stories being the work of an author, and I could imagine them typing away at a typewriter the way my mom or dad would sit and type for their day jobs, or …

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‘Facing East’ (2019): A Sobering Look At A Cemetery’s Scandalous Past – Movie Review

When you lay your loved one to rest, you assume that they will stay there undisturbed forever. But, what if that wasn’t the case? What if human greed was greater than human decency? This terrible scenario is explored in Tommy Baker’s new documentary, Facing East. Synopsis: This story follows the …

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‘In Search of Darkness’ (2019) Is An Ecstatic Love Letter To ’80s Horror Films

At over four hours, David Weiner’s In Search of Darkness (2019), takes on the monumental task of exploring horror films of the ’80s without feeling overly long and bloated with information — and it manages it in spades. This film was made, in part, thanks to an Indiegogo campaign with …

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