Film Festivals Articles

Spoiler-Free Reviews: INVITED and PINS AND NEEDLES (Blood in the Snow Film Festival)

Invited (Canada, 2024) Director Navin Ramaswaran heaps on the harrowing in his screenlife/cult horror feature Invited. Recovering alcoholic Linda (Martina Schabron) has strained relations with her extended family members after causing an accident...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: ADVENT, THE BITTER TASTE, and THE DRAFT! (Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Halloween)

Advent (2024) In director Airell Anthony Hayles’ U.K. chiller Advent  (AKA The Krampus Calendar), skeptical YouTuber Hayley (Rasin Pavlova) and her enamored camera operator Charlie (Cian Lorcan) record her latest project to disprove the...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: THE KILLGRIN and DECIBEL (FilmQuest)

The Killgrin (2024) Canadian chiller The Killgrin — winner of FilmQuest’s Best Makeup–Feature award — finds a young woman named Miranda (Konstantina Mantelos) dealing with profound grief after a tragic loss. Exploring alternative methods to deal...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: DELIVERY RUN and THE BELDHAM (FilmQuest)

Delivery Run Finnish English-language thriller Delivery Run is an absolute blast that recalls the heyday of drive-in movie and TV Movie of the Week fare — 1971’s Duel is an obvious influence — but with a decidedly modern spin. Lee (Alexander...
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