by Joseph Perry | Nov 24, 2022 | Documentaries, Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
Cryptid Writer/director Brad Rego’s Cryptid is a nifty creature feature that serves up The X-Files vibes with a dash of Kolchak: The Night Stalker for good measure. Former big-city journalist Max (Nicholas Baroudi) is working as a freelance reporter for a small-town...
by Joseph Perry | Nov 24, 2022 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Paranormal, Reviews
Among its many offerings this year, Blood in the Snow Film Festival serves up some fine new horror short-shorts hailing from Canada. Here are reviews of three of them. The Cradle Rich in brooding atmosphere, writer/director Massimo Meo’s The Cradle sets the tone with...
by Joseph Perry | Nov 22, 2022 | Events, Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews
AlieNation Director Ray Raghavan’s AlieNation (Canada, 2022) finds a young girl named Maria (Maria Frazer) and her mother (Margarita Iturriaga) being chased through the woods by border patrol agents who aren’t shy about using their guns. Maria makes an astounding...
by Joseph Perry | Nov 18, 2022 | Documentaries, Events, Film Festivals, Foreign, Horror Comedy, Indie, Movies, News, Thriller
If you are a cinephile interested in the weird, the wild, the woolly, and the wonderful, San Francisco’s Another Hole in the Head Film has you covered. This year’s version, the 19th edition, takes place from December 1st–December 18th, 2022 with screenings and...
by Joseph Perry | Nov 15, 2022 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Paranormal, Reviews
Contorted Writer/director Kang Dong Hun’s Contorted (South Korea, 2022) looks great and is well acted but its screenplay is weighed down with horror movie cliches. The film opens intriguingly with preteen girl HeeWoo (Kim BoMin) seeing a paranormal occurrence while at...
