Film Festivals Articles

The 24th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival Announces Its Incredible Line-Up Of Genre-Shattering Films

Every year, genre-film aficionados can expect a wild, wooly mix of unusual cinematic fare from the Boston Underground Film Festival. This year's edition features slashers, spiders, and sleepers among its drool-worthy choices. Following is the...
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Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “The Funeral” and “Custom” (FrightFest Glasgow)

THE FUNERAL (CENAZE; Turkey, 2023) Hearse driver Cemal (Ahmed Rifat Sunger) takes a job of which he is leary from the start: driving away with the body of a murdered young woman named Zeynep (Cansu Türedi) and hiding away with the corpse for a...
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New ‘Arcadian’ Trailer Sees Nicolas Cage Face a World of Horrors

The official trailer for the action-packed horror-thriller Arcadian has arrived ahead of its debut at SXSW. The film, directed by Benjamin Brewer and written by Mike Nilon, stars Nicolas Cage and is edge-of-your-seat. Arcadian is set in the near...
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Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “The Activated Man,” “Escalation,” and “Ron” (Romford Horror Festival)

THE ACTIVATED MAN (U.S., 2023) Writer/director Nicholas Gyeney’s feature The Activated Man is an interesting variation on the “shadow people” subgenre. The film goes all-in on its exploration of psychic power and supernatural forces. Leaning...
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