Tag Archives: psychological

I’ve been meaning to read The Warrior Retreat by John Lynch for a long time. Recently a good friend and fellow reviewer told me it was in his top reads for the year, which was just the nudge I needed. I SHOULD NOT HAVE WAITED! This ended up being one …

Dark Star Pictures’ The Elderly, AKA Viejos, is a Spanish psychological horror film directed by Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez (read our interview with him HERE), whose sci fi horror debut, The Passenger, premiered at Sitges Film Festival 2021. The script was written by Cerezo, Javier Trigales (El Semblante …

To The Moon is a new psychological thriller from young director Scott Friend. The official trailer has been released by 1091 Pictures, and To The Moon which stars Friend, Will Brill (The OA 2016, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 2017), and Madeleine Morgenweck (The Dark End of the Street 2020), will …

The Swerve is not your conventional horror film. It doesn’t rely on cheap scares or gore. What the movie does best is overwhelm you with a sense of anxiety. The Swerve stars Azura Skye (One Missed Call), and was written and directed by Dean Kapsalis (Sara Goes To Lunch). The …

Although I do enjoy possession films, they are not my favorite horror subgenre. There’s just so many out there filled with too much regurgitated material, so it takes a compelling story to peek my interest. IFC Midnight has released several killer titles this year, and when I heard about Welcome …

As someone who was bullied throughout junior and high school, as well as backhanded compliments from family members, I’ve always wondered what it would be like to say or even do exactly what I was thinking. In my mind, it never ends well, so I mostly just kept it all …

I’ve only done a handful of interviews in my lifetime, and most of them are through email because I tend to get tongue-tied and spew nonsense that makes me look like the star-struck fan that I am. And I don’t mind looking like a fan. But when I was offered …

You can tell Robert Partridge is crazy because he sets his alarm clock for 6:07 in the morning. The problem is, his alarm goes off a minute-and-a-half into I Am Going to Kill Someone This Friday, and there’s still 102 minutes to go. It doesn’t take much longer for co-writer-director …

In life, there are certain fates that are hard for us to accept. The hardest, of course, is losing a loved one. Some never come to terms with that kind of loss. Director and writer Andrea Niada (Here We are Now 2014), brings something new and fresh on this concept with …

Christopher Butler’s The Scopia Effect is a unique reincarnation-themed horror story. What makes it unique? It blends concepts of hypnosis, reincarnation, mind, body and soul, and suggests that delicate minds shape the violence of the past, present and the future. Starring Joanna Ignaczewska, Akira Koieyama, and Julian Seager, The Scopia …