by Joseph Perry | Mar 22, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Short Films
Apotemnofilia The titular condition is the desire of amputation for a healthy limb, and writer/director Jano Pita’s Spanish horror short Apotemnofilia finds actress Clara (Lucía Azcoitía) dealing with that as her highly anticipated post-pregnancy comeback play is...
by Kelli Marchman McNeely | Mar 15, 2024 | Movie News, Movies, News, Trailers
The chilling masked figures from 2008’s cult classic The Strangers are back, ready to terrify a new generation. The Strangers: Chapter 1 kicks off a brand new reboot trilogy from Lionsgate and director Renny Harlin with a fresh new take on the terrifying home invasion...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 14, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Thriller
Writer/director Annick Blank’s French-language Canadian thriller Hunting Daze blends harshly realistic scenarios with dizzying drug-trip sequences. The result is a fascinating, often disturbing look at toxic masculinity. Sex worker Nina (Nahéma Ricci), after...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 14, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Thriller
Writer/director Helena Stefansdottir’s Icelandic thriller Natatorium is the type of film where you just know that something is off from the onset, and the mystery as to what exactly is happening keeps you wrapped up until the climactic reveal. The dark family drama at...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 11, 2024 | Events, Film Festivals, Movies, News
This year’s takes place, as always, in Austin, Texas — this year from March 8–16, 2024 — and the fest has just announced its first-wave lineup. Following is the list of Midnighters, which SXSW says are “Exciting after-dark features for genre lovers and the terminally...
