by Joseph Perry | Sep 1, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
SALT ALONG THE TONGUE (Australia, 2024) Official FrightFest synopsis: After her mother [Dina Panozzo as Mina] dies, Mattia [Laneikka Denne] moves in with her estranged aunt [Panozzo in a dual role as Carol], her mother’s identical twin. But from beyond the...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 28, 2025 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
DEATH CYCLE (Canada, 2025) Official synopsis: This giallo-inspired revenge slasher follows a woman who — following the death of her sister — is visited by a man looking to solve a series of murders committed by a motorcycle maniac. As tensions grow, the killer’s...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 27, 2025 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
NOSEEUMS (U.S., 2025) Official synopsis: When college student Ember is invited to join her white friends for a fun weekend at the country home of school Queen Bee Abigail, she finds the place unsettling and oddly familiar. Drawn to an unkempt grave in the backwoods,...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 26, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Radiance Films unveiled a double feature of brand new 4K restorations for Belgian auteur Harry Kümel’s Daughters of Darkness and Malpertuis at London’s FrightFest film festival. DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (Belgium/France/West Germany, 1971) Official synopsis: Kümel...
by Joseph Perry | Aug 25, 2025 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews
SELF HELP (U.S., 2025) Official synopsis: A young woman infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader. Erik Bloomquist and Carson Bloomquist do it again — the pair cowrite and Erik directs —...