Foreign Articles

Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: GODS OF THE DEEP and THE VEIL (H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival)

Gods of the Deep (U.K., 2023)   Last year, prolific director Charlie Steeds’s Freeze played Portland’s H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and this year his new film Gods of the Deep had its world premiere there. Steeds makes practically all manner...
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The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra: A Horror Film Like You’ve Never Seen Before (Trailer)

A new kind of creature feature is born in the unique and weirdly charming film The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra. After becoming an award-winning festival favorite, it is now coming to the US this October.   "After a mysterious mold starts spreading...
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Spoiler-Free Short Film Reviews: MOTHER TONGUE, JANELLE’S BABY, and IHRUQAX (A Night of Horror International Film Festival)

Mother Tongue (Australia, 2023)   Jade (Amelia Foxton, who wrote the screenplay) and Alex (Chiara Gizzi) want to have a baby together, and Alex desperately wants to have it herself rather than adopting, but the couple has run out of almost all...
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Spoiler- Free Film Review: Aberrance (2022)

Baatar Batsukh is a cinematographer making his directorial debut with the Mongolian horror film Aberrance, which he also lensed. The movie is rich in beautifully framed shots and loaded with visual style, bolstering a plot that tries at times to be...
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