Tag Archives: Short film

Interview With Award-Winning Filmmaker Kelsey Bollig

I just watched the most amazing short film. Probably one of the best ones I have ever seen. The Fourth Wall, a pulse-pounding, non-stop ride,written and directed by Kelsey Bollig, just won the near impossible Best Horror Short at Academy-Award Qualifying Hollyshorts AND Best Screenplay at Molin Film Festival, not …

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Samuel Goodwin’s ‘Homesick’ (2018) Short Film Review

Homesick is a hypnotic short film that unfolds majestically. It’s a unique tale that features David (Samuel Goergen: Stranger Things TV series) as the young lead who has zero dialogue. I appreciated that it was intimate in its single location of the kid’s home. You could tell he was doing …

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Rene Rivas’ ‘The Tent’ (2020) Movie Review: A Run Into The Unknown

Throughout the years, up and coming filmmakers have put forth their dedication towards making their projects become a reality. Whether it be a feature length film or a short, these filmmakers invest the time and effort to make sure their films look the best they can. It’s this type of …

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Brittany Blanton’s ‘Ambrosia’ (2020) Short Film Review

Sometimes I get emails about projects to review that get me really excited. That was the case when I got a message from Concept Media’s Shawn Burkett about a short film called Ambrosia, the latest directorial effort from Brittany Blanton (who directed the excellent short film Breaking Vera – read …

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Ember Burns’ ‘The Motel’ (2020) Short Film Review

I absolutely love Ember Burns (read our interview with her here) ever since I first saw her as Heavenly Holly in Slaughterhouse: House of Whores 2.5 (2017). Ember is a woman of many talents: acting, writing, directing, and modeling. She really can do it all. Recently, she released her short …

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‘Dolly Deadly 1.5’ (2020) Short Film Review

Dolly Deadly is one of the first films I ever reviewed, way back when I was writing on Medium. Since then, I have had the chance to interview Dolly Deadly director Heidi Moore as well as break the news on the musical sequel, Kill Dolly Kill, which is currently in …

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PLAY. PAUSE. KILL. (2020) Short Film Review

The dating scene is crazy nowadays, with meeting people online and through dating apps being the primary means of finding each other. That is bound to be a little risky, right? But how risky could it be? Could it cost you your life? This is explored in the French short …

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Final Girls Berlin Film Fest 2020 Review – ‘Kaya’ (2019) A Terrifying Look at Sex Trafficking

There is a scary, unthinkable underground world that exists where human life is simply a commodity to be bought and sold. In Catherine Fordham’s new film, Kaya, a young woman is searching for her missing sister who has been kidnapped and forced into child prostitution. The film stars Shakira Barrera …

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Final Girls Berlin Film Fest 2020 Short Film Review: ‘South Shore (Rive-Sud)’

There are certain moments in life we wish we could live over, or things that we wish we could have done differently if given the chance. These issues are explored in the short film, South Shore (Rive-Sud), written and directed by Xavier Hamel (The Last Roadkill 2017). The film stars …

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Final Girls Berlin Film Fest 2020: ‘Satan’s Barn (Children of Satan)’ (2019) Short Film Review

Children have impressionable minds, even more so than those who become seized by religious zeal. In the Norwegian short film, Satan’s Barn (Children of Satan), directed by Thea Hvistendahl (Virgins4lyfe 2018), two girls become swept up with religious fever and make a terrible mistake. Synopsis: Louise (11) and Maria (11) …

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