by Joseph Perry | Feb 9, 2023 | Movies, Reviews
Supernatural hospital horror meets psychological thriller in writer/director Michael Winnick’s (Malicious; Shadow Puppets) new feature Disquiet. The result is an interesting but uneven effort that ultimately warrants a watch. Winnick kicks things off with a nice...
by Joseph Perry | Feb 8, 2023 | Movies, Reviews
The lines of good and evil are blurred in U.K./U.S coproduction Consecration, the latest from director Christopher Smith (Triangle, Severance). It’s a religious-horror film that unfortunately doesn’t offer much new, but has enough redeeming qualities to recommend it,...
by Joseph Perry | Feb 1, 2023 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Sorcery Blending elements of dark folklore and revenge horror, Chilean-set Sorcery (Brujeria; Mexico/Germany/Chile, 2023) finds 13-year-old indigenous girl Rosa Rain (Valentina Véliz Caileo) seeking justice after her father is savagely killed when the head of the...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 26, 2023 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
birth/rebirth A provocative take on the Frankenstein mythos, director Laura Moss’s birth/rebirth finds pathologist Rose (Marin Ireland) — who doesn’t have the time or desire to deal with your petty life problems — forming an uneasy alliance with midwife Celie (Judy...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 26, 2023 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Short Films
Tooth A woman (Janine Peck) takes impeccable care of her teeth, brushing, flossing, and whitening on a regular basis. Now her teeth are going to take care of her, in the much more violent sense of the term. Director Jillian Corsie’s horror comedy doesn’t spare the...
