Film Festivals Articles

Spoiler-Free Review: BEST WISHES TO ALL (Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film)  

Japanese feature Best Wishes to All (2023) tackles that country’s problem with its aging population in a fright-fare context that combines folk horror and supernatural elements. The result is an intriguing work that starts off in slow-burn style...

Award-Winning Horror-Comedy ‘Follow The Dead’ Hits Streaming Services

Looking for something to watch this weekend? How about the Irish horror-comedy Follow the Dead? After scoring an incredible 19 film festival wins and 12 more nominations, the zombie movie is out now on streaming services.   "In a generation...

Spoiler-Free Review: RAGING GRACE (Fantasia)

Writer/director Paris Zarcilla’s U.K. feature Raging Grace (2023) combines social commentary about class divisions with classic elements of both British horror and British farce.    Joy (Max Eigenmann) is a Filipina working illegally as a...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: LOVELY, DARK, AND DEEP and STAY ONLINE (Fantasia)

Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023)   Followers of Fortean phenomena and aficionados of surreal and sylvan horror should find plenty to admire in writer/director Teresa Sutherland’s slow-burn creeper Lovely, Dark, and Deep. Ranger Lennon (Georgina...