Foreign Articles

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 on originality, I’m open minded, however, in finding new discoveries with a unique take on things. Director Thea Hvistendahl’s...

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, the 2024 expansion of his 2021 short film. The result is a mixed bag, as Bell addresses the tragic aspect of Australia’s infamous...

Movie Review: Cuadecuc Vampir (1971)/Umbracle (1972) – Severin Blu-ray

Jess Franco made himself an adaption of Bram Stoker’s classic fang bang terror tome Dracula back in 1970 (refresh your memory on that release, the Christopher Lee starring Count Dracula, right here) and hired Spanish filmmaker Pere Portabella to...

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 Claire, Wisconsin, to be exact — from March 1–3, 2024, and the fest’s first wave announcement promises something for horror fans of...