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Hammer Films Presents the Survival Horror ‘Ithaqua,’ From the Director of In A Violent Nature
Hammer Film Productions, the legendary studio that defined classic gothic horror, is back to unleash a fresh wave of...
Spoiler-Free Reviews: Focus and Nameless (Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2026)
Once again, our coverage of Bucheon International Film Festival (BIFAN) reviews is cowritten by Film Festival Editor...
Spoiler-Free Short Film Reviews: “Bookworm,” “Hevel,” “Souling,” “Dark Mommy,” “Spooky Crew,” “I Could Just Die, and That Would Be Alright” (Overlook Film Festival)
Following is a capsule review roundup of six of the short-film shockers that screened at this year’s edition of New...
Panic Fest 2024 Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “Blind Cop 2” and “Keratyna”
Blind Cop 2 (2024) A sequel to a film that doesn’t exist, director Alec Bonk’s Blind Cop 2 follows the tropes of ...
Panic Fest 2024 Spoiler-Free Short Film Reviews: “Cereal,” “The Curse of the Velvet Vampire,” “We Joined a Cult,” “Up on the Housetop,” “Strange Creatures,” “Howl at the Dead”
Following is a roundup of six of the short-film shockers that screened at this year’s edition of New Orlean’s Overlook...
Panic Fest 2024 Spoiler-Free Review: “Ghost Game” (2024)
Director Jill Gevargizian’s sophomore feature Ghost Game is an effective offering that uses home invasion in a unique...
Panic Fest 2024 Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “The Ceremony Is About to Begin” and “The Hyperborean”
The Ceremony Is About to Begin (2024) Director Sean Nichols Lynch follows up his vampire comedy Red Snow (2021) with...
Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “Red Rooms” and “Dead Mail” (Overlook Film Festival)
Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges; Canada, 2023) Pascal Plante’s French-language Canadian chiller Red Rooms deftly...
Spoiler-Free Short Film Reviews: “Homebody,” “Extreme Gravity,” “Kelly,” “Beholder,” “Red Leather, Yellow Leather,” “Turtle?”, “What I Remember” (Unnamed Footage Festival)
Following is a roundup of seven of the short films that screened at San Francisco’s Unnamed Footage Festival 2024,...
Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “The Becomers” and “Omen” (Boston Underground Film Festival 2024)
The Becomers (2024) Writer/director Zach Clark’s science-fiction comedy The Becomers is one of the more unique...
Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” and “Property” (Make Believe 2024)
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant; Canada, 2023)...