Foreign Articles

Spoiler-Free Review: BEST WISHES TO ALL (Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film)  

Japanese feature Best Wishes to All (2023) tackles that country’s problem with its aging population in a fright-fare context that combines folk horror and supernatural elements. The result is an intriguing work that starts off in slow-burn style...
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Spoiler-Free Review: RAGING GRACE (Fantasia)

Writer/director Paris Zarcilla’s U.K. feature Raging Grace (2023) combines social commentary about class divisions with classic elements of both British horror and British farce.    Joy (Max Eigenmann) is a Filipina working illegally as a...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: LOVELY, DARK, AND DEEP and STAY ONLINE (Fantasia)

Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023)   Followers of Fortean phenomena and aficionados of surreal and sylvan horror should find plenty to admire in writer/director Teresa Sutherland’s slow-burn creeper Lovely, Dark, and Deep. Ranger Lennon (Georgina...
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Monsters, Murderers, and Mayhem Come Calling at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2023

London’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest announces its 24th edition with a new headline sponsor and 70 drool-worthy horror and genre films from around the world. From world premieres of cutting-edge independent fare to anniversary screenings of classics...
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