by Joseph Perry | Feb 25, 2025 | Film Festivals, Reviews, Short Films, Thriller
Romford Horror Festival is renowned for curating a terrific lineup of fear fare each year that ranges from mind-blowing new independent films to well-respected classics. This year’s edition runs February 27–March 2 at Lumiere Cinema in Romford, U.K. Following are...
by Joseph Perry | Feb 25, 2025 | Film Festivals, Reviews
LEAD BELLY (U.S., 2025) Writer/director Stephen King Simmons’ sophomore fright-fare feature Lead Belly finds young teen Kyle (Bastian Carrasco Betemps) and his older teen brother Marcus (Liam Foehl) spending summer vacation 1997 at their father Michael’s (Danny James)...
by Joseph Perry | Feb 19, 2025 | Documentaries, Film Festivals, Horror Comedy, Paranormal, Short Films
The Slamdance film festival is renowned for presenting cutting edge feature films and shorts, and chillers and thrillers are definitely on the menu. Slamdance’s 31st edition will take place in Los Angeles from February 20-26, 2025. I’ve had an early peek at some...
by Joseph Perry | Feb 14, 2025 | Foreign, Reviews
Official Mermaid Legend synopsis from Third Window Films: Celebrating its 40th anniversary, yet receiving its very first ever release internationally, Toshiharu Ikeda (Evil Dead Trap) brings us a beautiful and bloody revenge film. In Mermaid Legend, Migiwa (Mari...
by Joseph Perry | Feb 6, 2025 | Foreign, Reviews, Sci-Fi
Japanese director Nobuhiko Ôbayashi is best known to American horror film fans for his outrageous 1977 feature House (Hausu), but he was a prolific, genre-spanning filmmaker with 78 directing credits. Among his dozens of films that he helmed are two science...
