by Joseph Perry | Mar 28, 2025 | Documentaries, Film Festivals, Movie Clips, Reviews
Chain Reactions Official synopsis: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s impact on 5 artists — Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, Karyn Kusama — through interviews, outtakes, exploring how it shaped their art, psyche from childhood...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 28, 2025 | Documentaries, Film Festivals, Foreign, Horror Comedy, Indie, News, Sci-Fi, Short Films, Thriller
The Calgary Underground Film Festival has a distinguished reputation for annually presenting an incredible array of genre films among its program of narrative films and documentaries, and this year’s 22nd edition continues that trend. From creatures to killers and...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 27, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Short Films
Kansas City’s Panic Fest 2025 opens March 27 with an in-person festival running through April 2 and a virtual version running through April 6. More than 130 films are on tap, and I’ve been fortunate to have a sneak peek at some of the selections. Among them, I’d like...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 24, 2025 | Film Festivals, News
From a silent classic to the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to the latest in horror cinema, Brazil’s Fantaspoa has something for fright-fare fans of every stripe. Following is the official press announcement for this year’s jaw-dropping...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 24, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Reviews
The House Was Not Hungry Then (U.K., 2025) Official synopsis: An abandoned house in the Scottish countryside holds a terrible secret. Day after day, a man posing as a real estate agent lures visitors inside, and one by one they disappear. One night a young woman...
