Film Festivals Articles

Spoiler-Free Reviews: Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion and Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (Japan Society’s “Meiko Kaji: A Retrospective”)

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion and Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 may not be straight-ahead horror films, but these thrillers are infused with fear-fare elements aplenty. These films and others screen as part of Japan Society’s film series...
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Our Frightening Four: A Quartet of Recommendations for Unnamed Footage Festival

The 2026 edition of San Francisco’s Unnamed Footage Festival kicked off on March 24 and runs through March 29, featuring its biggest lineup of found footage features and shorts ever. I’ve had an advance look at some of the features on tap and would...
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Scotland’s Dundead Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup

Dundee Contemporary Arts presents the eerie, the weird, and the wild with this year’s edition of Dundead. Offering both cutting edge new horror and cult films along with a selection of curated classics, Dundead is serving up a top-notch selection...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: Camp and Folk Horror Short Films (Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2026)

Camp (Canada, 2025) Official synopsis A story of impossible redemption, modern witchcraft, and duels that repeat themselves like cursed cycles. Review If you allow yourself to just give in to writer/director Avalon Fast’s trippy dream...
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