Let's be real: pregnancy is already a biological body-horror movie. When cinema actually leans into that primal...
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Real Boys Don’t Leave Witnesses: ‘Pinocchio: Unstrung’ Making Its Festival Debut
If you thought Disney's version of a wooden puppet getting catfished by a fox was traumatic, hold onto your childhood...
Ultra-Violence Goes Global: ‘The Last Temptation of Becky’ Set for World Premiere at Fantasia
Everyone's favorite knit-cap-wearing, blood-soaked antihero is trading her woodland survival gear for a passport and a...
Make Believe Seattle Film Festival’s Year Two Lineup Is a Doozy
From coming-of-age horror and science fiction offerings to darker genre offerings to offbeat documentaries, the second...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “Nian,” “Days of Spring,” Mosquito Lady,” and “A Dire Strait” (Final Girls Berlin Film Festival)
Following are reviews of four of the offerings that screened as part of the 2024 Final Girls Berlin Film Festival's...
Supernatural Thriller ‘Queen of Bones’ Will Haunt You (Trailer)
Prepare for a chilling cinematic experience.The supernatural thriller Queen of Bones has now secured theatrical...
Spoiler-Free Film Review: “Handling the Undead” (Sundance Film Festival)
I’m a very hard sell on new zombie movies. In a subgenre of horror films that I personally feel is growing ever weaker...
Spoiler-Free Film Review: “The Moogai” (Sundance Film Festival)
Writer/director Jon Bell combines post-pregnancy horror with social commentary in his Australian feature The Moogai,...
16th A Night of Horror International Film Festival Announces First Programming Wave
For its 16th edition, A Night of Horror International Film Festival moves from Australia to the United States — Eau...
Spoiler-Free Film Review: “The Complex Forms” (Slamdance Film Festival)
It is January 22, 2024 as I write this review, and I have my first strong candidate for my list of best films of 2024:...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “The Looming” and “Dream Creep” (Sundance Film Festival)
THE LOOMING So often in horror films the elderly are portrayed as scary or creepy subjects, something to fear, run...
Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “Legend of El Cucuy,” “PU EKAW TNOD,” “Blockbuster,” and “Welcome to the Enclave” (Slamdance Film Festival)
Legend of El Cucuy Folklore horror meets problems of modern parenting in writer/director Cynthia Garcia Williams’...