by Kelli Marchman McNeely | Jan 24, 2025 | Adaptation, Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, News
Prepare to be chilled to the bone by The Ugly Stepsister, a twisted reimagining of the Cinderella fairy tale. Written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, this haunting Norweigen film will make its world premiere as the opening night Midnight section at the 2025...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 22, 2025 | Film Festivals, Short Films
Sundance Film Festival features highly anticipated feature-length and short horror films, and one of the most intriguing shorts this year is writer/director Joanna Fernandez’s familial fright-fare film The Things We Keep. We at Horror Fuel have had an advance look at...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 28, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
I’m a very hard sell on new zombie movies. In a subgenre of horror films that I personally feel is growing ever weaker on originality, I’m open minded, however, in finding new discoveries with a unique take on things. Director Thea Hvistendahl’s Norwegian feature...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 27, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Writer/director Jon Bell combines post-pregnancy horror with social commentary in his Australian feature The Moogai, the 2024 expansion of his 2021 short film. The result is a mixed bag, as Bell addresses the tragic aspect of Australia’s infamous “Stolen Generations”...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 23, 2024 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Short Films
THE LOOMING So often in horror films the elderly are portrayed as scary or creepy subjects, something to fear, run from, or even kill. Occasionally, they are treated with more reverence and respect than usual in fright-fare cinema, such as in director Natalie Erika...