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Maxxxine’s Star Dims in the Third Act – Mia Goth Shines Throughout!

  The third film in Ti West's trilogy, MAXXXINE, starring Mia Goth (as Maxine), Kevin Bacon, and Simon Prast, was… okay. It's wonderfully shot, with a slick, totally 80's, neon noir vibe. I was intrigued, fully engrossed by the seedy...

Movie Review: Phantoms (1998) – Scream Factory 4K/Blu-ray combo

Hey, it's Joe Chappelle's (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers) adaptation of horror author Dean R. Koontz's (who also wrote the screenplay) Phantoms... a movie I have seen exactly once upon it's release (now considerably more thanks to this...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: “Indera” and “Help, I’m Alien Pregnant” (Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival)

Indera (Malaysia, 2024) Although Malaysian horror Indera is, according to the official film description, “set against the backdrop of the violent Memali Incident in 1985,” director Ming Jin Woo’s feature should work fine for viewers with...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: “Whale Bones” and “Six Singing Women” (Japan Cuts 2024)

Whale Bones (Japan, 2023) Horror-adjacent Japanese feature Whale Bones delivers social commentary about the fickleness, loneliness, and desperation of life on social media apps, along with a good deal of mystery. Salaryman Mamiya (Motoki Ochiai) is...