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Shorts Reviews: FAMILY NIGHT, SONAR, and WHERE’S WEIRDO (Romford Horror Festival)

Family Night Writer/director Alan Dunne serves up an absolutely harrowing experience in the Irish horror short Family Night. Eoin Quinn gives a riveting, unnerving performance as a father whose unpredictable behavior has his wife (Denise McCormack), teen daughter (Molly McLoughlin), and preteen son (Flynn Gray) walking on eggshells, fearing angry outbursts that could happen at any moment. Dunne builds the suspense expertly, leading things to a jaw-dropping climax. This one is a true chiller that viewers need to go into as cold as possible. It’s virtually impossible not to be shaken up by Family Night. You can watch the trailer at https://vimeo.com/688022245 Sonar One of the most beautiful looking genre shorts I have seen in recent memory, director James Hughes’ U.K. film Sonar finds a young woman (Amy Marie Campbell) swimming in a pool at night when she hears a sonar sound. She submerges into the deep end of the swimming pool to investigate, and finds . . . well,

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Joseph Perry

Feb 27, 2023

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Product Review: Techno Glow

It’s never too early to make plans for Halloween decorating or making a funhouse, but you want to add some flair to it to make it memorable. UV and glow-in-the-dark props always add a nice touch but sometimes it’s hard to find some good paint plus you don’t want to shovel out a lot of money. From my experience in building and painting sets and props for live theatre, we always said “Make your own!” and Techno Glow is where you should start! I want to thank Techno Glow for making this review possible as I feel their products are affordable with endless possibilities for uses. I was sent some chartreuse glow-in-the-dark powder along with aqua, along with a UV flashlight as I planned on using some UV resin for a part of this review. I ended up using a silicone ice cube tray that made the face of “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. I used a mix of UV

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Daniel S. Liuzzi

Feb 22, 2023

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Romford Horror Festival Announces Its Largest Lineup Yet for 2023 Edition

Witches, ghosts, demons, and other evil entities descend on the U.K. as the Romford Horror Festival takes place in mere days. Following is the official press announcement. The terror returns once again to Premiere Cinemas, as the Romford Horror Festival returns for its third year from February 23rd – 26th. With its biggest line up yet, audiences will have a choice between two screens where they will be able to view 102 features and shorts over the 4 days. The festival offers a variety of titles to cater all horror tastes from around the world, delivering a mixture of both classic films and new premieres. Budgets ranging from the low end of independent cinema to multi million epics. The festival includes several films from local filmmakers including See What She Did, Room 301 and the Uncut Premiere of Video Shop Tales of Terror which due to popular demand now has two separate screenings. There will also be several international films

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Joseph Perry

Feb 21, 2023

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San Francisco’s Unnamed Footage Festival Focuses on Cutting-Edge Found Footage Chills and Thrills

Found footage cinema is much more than just shaky cameras and running through the woods, and San Francisco’s Unnamed Footage Festival proves that every year. Their 2023 edition boasts some of the best new films in the subgenre along with some older favorites. From shiver-inducers to Shakespeare adaptations, check out the following official press release to see what’s on tap. The Unnamed Footage Festival returns to San Francisco for four days of mayhem from March 23rd through March 26th. Celebrating the 6th annual edition of the film festival with a satanic twist, UFF666 plans to summon the devil amidst a marathon of found footage horror, faux documentary, and first person POV cinema. The annual opening night Recalibration Party will be held at the Artist’s Television Access gallery, followed by an evening of features and shorts Friday at the Balboa Theatre, and then moving to the newly renovated 4-Star Theater in San Francisco’s Richmond District for a weekend packed with “in-world

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Joseph Perry

Feb 20, 2023

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Yellow Veil Announces New Horror From The Makers Of ‘Hellbender’

Yellow Veil Pictures has announced that the new horror film Where the Devil Roams, from the Adams Family, the family film-making team who brought your Hellbender, is heading to EFM. Today, we’ve got the first still from the film (above). The film has already wrapped principal photography in upstate New York. It is currently in post-production by the celebrated filmmaker trio composed of John Adams and Toby Poser. Their daughter, Zelda Adams — known together as “The Adams Family,” took the industry by storm two years ago with explosive indie horror hit Hellbender, which marked their first pairing with Yellow Veil Pictures. Acquired by Shudder ahead of its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021, Hellbender would go on with the festival’s Best Actor (Zelda Adams) and Best Score (John Adams) and earn the #1 spot on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of 2022’s Best Rated Horror Films. It is currently nominated for Fangoria Magazine’s Chainsaw Award for Best

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 10, 2023

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UFO WITNESS Star to World Premiere Her Documentary CODE 12 at MidWest WeirdFest

A new documentary on the secret nature of reality world premieres at the 7th annual MidWest WeirdFest. The feature-length film, CODE 12, is directed and presented by Melissa Tittl. She is star and host of the popular TV series UFO WITNESS, former Head of Content and Development at the Gaia network, and an established journalist, producer, and documentarian. The film festival takes place at Micon Cinemas in downtown Eau Claire, Wisconsin from March 3-5, 2023. “This film has been my research for the past 10 years on the idea of a matrix or living in a simulation. It spiraled into formidable places that connected in a pattern,” says Tittl. “As an investigative journalist, I never thought the stories I wrote, the cases I have investigated, and the places that drew my attention might all be part of a master plan, a plan designed by an unknown architect.” The documentary features interviews with geneticists, archeologists, biblical scholars, and quantum physicists that

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Joseph Perry

Feb 10, 2023

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Inaugural Make Believe Seattle Film Festival Boasts Great Movies and Intriguing Live Events

A new genre-film fest debuts in the Pacific Northwest next month as Make Believe Seattle Film Festival runs March 23–26, 2023. With a variety of new and classic fright-fare cinematic offerings featuring slashers, extraterrestrials, vampires, and more, the fest also serves up a tantalizing array of hosted events and fun activities. Following is the official press announcement. Announcing the debut of a brand-new film festival coming to the big screen in Seattle. The Make Believe Seattle Film Festival is the region’s first-ever dedicated genre film festival shining a light on horror, science fiction, fantasy, animation, and more. The festival will screen exclusively in-person at SIFF Cinema Egyptian, Northwest Film Forum, West Hall (part of Century Ballroom), and Queer/Bar from March 23-26, 2023. Festival passes are on sale now and are available at makebelieveseattle.com. Individual tickets go on sale February 22, 2023. Make Believe Seattle features 31 programs, including narrative features, documentaries, mid-length films, short film blocks, the Be Kind, Rewind

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Joseph Perry

Feb 10, 2023

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Shudder Announces ‘Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine’ Special

Joe Bob kicks off another year of holiday fun with the Shudder Original Valentine’s Day special, Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine. This Valentine’s Day, legendary horror host Joe Bob Briggs makes history and officiates the wedding of two fans on-air while hosting a double helping of films about the ultimate nightmare: True Love! RSVP to join Joe Bob, Darcy the Mailgirl, and the rest of The Last Drive-In crew as they bring two young lovers together under the neon and glitz of Las Vegas. Joe Bob Briggs said, “During this year’s demented double feature, I’ll be joining in unholy matrimony two young lovers thoroughly schooled in the twisted tenets of The Last Drive-In. And I’ll probably need an Elvis jumpsuit to do it.” “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” is produced by Matt Manjourides and Justin Martell and directed by Austin Jennings. The special debuts on Friday, February 10th, live on the Shudder TV feed at 9:00 p.m. ET.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 3, 2023

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The Buried Is For More Than Just Festivals

The Buried is an apparel shop that caters to those who attend festivals and live music events with clothing that can be described as wearable art. But if you’re a bit more of a homebody like me OR someone who attends different kinds of events, would these products still be worth a look? The short answer is yes, but keep reading on to learn how you can save 10% off from The Buried’s store! I want to give a big thank you to the awesome folks over at The Buried for sending over The Future Shawl that made this review possible, as well as for the discount code for you the reader! One of the featured products in The Buried’s store is the Future Shawls. These unisex one-size-fits-all shawls add a bit of fun to your experience at music festivals and shows, The Buried now offers new fleece versions of some of their shawls to help you get cozy, the

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Daniel S. Liuzzi

Feb 2, 2023

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Film Reviews: SORCERY and MY ANIMAL (Sundance Film Festival)

Sorcery Blending elements of dark folklore and revenge horror, Chilean-set Sorcery (Brujeria; Mexico/Germany/Chile, 2023) finds 13-year-old indigenous girl Rosa Rain (Valentina Véliz Caileo) seeking justice after her father is savagely killed when the head of the German colonist family for which she has been working has his dogs attack him. Bonding with elderly Mateo Parancán (Daniel Antivilo), who is accused of being the leader of a group of local sorcerers, Rosa seeks to learn the mystical secrets of the members. When the two young sons of the German family go missing — having possibly been either killed or turned into dogs — Rosa, Mateo, and the group members find themselves accused of murder. Director Christopher Murray, who cowrote the screenplay with Pablo Paredes, bases the film on actual historical events from the late 19th century. He addresses political and cultural elements in this atmospheric chiller, which is a slow burner that offers plenty of mystery and symbolism — such as

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Joseph Perry

Feb 1, 2023

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