Boy, Winona Ryder characters sure have bad luck in love, don’t they? From Heathers to Bram Stoker’s Dracula to more modern movies like Star Trek (2009) and now Eli Horowitz’s The Cow; it feels like her characters are destined for passionate yet very messy relationships. Synopsis for The Cow (2022): …
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The “greasiest horror film festival in all of Quebec” is back! Cabane à Sang returns to theaters to screen the world premiere of the feature film THE IMPALERS (JP Langlois) along with an eclectic selection of genre short films. The festival kicks off on Facebook and then moves to the …
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Sick and Wrong sound like terms best defined in notorious court decisions. For six years now, the Sick ‘n’ Wrong Film Festival has celebrated genre cinema of all codes, creeds, and countries that belongs in such beautiful ambiguity. In a word, Sick ‘n’ Wrong means different, and in these unprecedented …
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When given the option, I don’t often seek out funny horror films, but this time, I went ahead and gave the Blood In The Snow 2020 horror short block, Funny Frights, a shot to review. I’m so happy I did! Eat Your Carrots It’s a multimedia film, directed by Jack …
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One of the best movies to come out this year is Fried Barry. A psychedelic mindfuck of a movie about a drug addict who is an all-around bad guy, Fried Barry boosts an incredible score, opioid-powered hijinks, and extraterrestrials. While the film makes it festival rounds, I was lucky enough …
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As a writer, reviewer and overall lover of film in a time when we aren’t getting to see a lot of new releases, I am appreciative of The Fantasia International Film Festival. This year, they made their whole library digital, and I am forever grateful. The world right now is …
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Earlier this summer, Italian extreme horror mogul Domiziano Cristopharo announced the Scream Queer Film Festival, which is dedicated to those who would more than likely be rejected from more mainstream festivals, “to the most mistreated side/category of underground cinema, where avant-garde, sensuality, sexuality and – why not – pornography find …
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Mark your calendars folks because it’s that time of year again! You got it, the Phoenix Film Festival in conjunction with the Phoenix International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival takes over the Harkins Cinema Scottsdale 101 March 26 through April 5, 2020. And this year the festival is celebrating the …
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Written and directed by Leonel Dietsche (3000 2015), The New End is a post-apocalyptic fairy tale, full of knights, kings, jesters, and magicians rotted beyond recognition in radioactive dust. But in this decaying kingdom, there’s only one fair maiden left. The moral of this story, eulogized in the simultaneously hopeful …
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The reign of blue and orange color grading in movie-making is slowly fading away. As Hollywood leaves behind the tried-and-true contrasting color scheme, indie filmmakers have picked it up, rung it out, and pinned it up to dry. Director Brayden DeMorest-Purdy’s (Compulsion 2017) Beyond the Woods wears that rust and …
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