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 26, 2024 | Events, Film Festivals, Foreign, Horror Comedy, Indie, Movies, News
For its 16th edition, A Night of Horror International Film Festival moves from Australia to the United States — Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to be exact — from March 1–3, 2024, and the fest’s first wave announcement promises something for horror fans of every stripe....
by Joseph Perry | Jan 24, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
It is January 22, 2024 as I write this review, and I have my first strong candidate for my list of best films of 2024: writer/director Fabio D’Orta’s genre-blending Italian chiller The Complex Forms. With his film, which he himself lensed in luscious black-and-white,...
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...
