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Movie Review: Demon Pond (1979) – Criterion 4K

School teacher Yamasawa (Tsutomu Yamazaki) spends the summer of 1913 wandering the mountainous countryside of Japan, where he hopes he may find a sign of his colleague and best friend Akira (Gô Katô) who exited the city and disappeared into the...

Horror Fantasy Film ‘Backwood Madness’ Goes to War in First Trailer

Part horror and part fantasy, the Finnish film Backwood Madness has just released its first trailer. It takes viewers into a world of goblins, trolls, and shame. Both humans and the other races are locked in a battle. But amongst the death and...

Movie Review: A Dog Called… Vengeance – Severin Blu-ray

Down South America way, political prisoners on the lam are dealt with by means of playing a slightly more unsavory version of “Chase the Chuck-wagon” with said prisoners becoming kibble for a German Shepard with a serious taste for long pig! Enter:...

Spoiler-Free Review: YOU ARE NOT ME (Spain, 2023)

Official synopsis: Aitana (Roser Tapias) returns home for the first time in three years, excited to introduce her wife (Yapoena Silva as Gabi) and their adopted infant son to her extended family and celebrate Christmas together. The family villa in...

The Sinister Seven: A Septet of Short Films We Recommend for Panic Fest 2025

Mar 27, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Short Films

Kansas City’s Panic Fest 2025 opens March 27 with an in-person festival running through April 2 and a virtual version...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: THE HOUSE WAS NOT HUNGRY THEN and ONE LAST DANCE (Cinequest 2025)

Mar 24, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Reviews

The House Was Not Hungry Then (U.K., 2025) Official synopsis: An abandoned house in the Scottish countryside holds a...

Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: BY THE THROAT and CONVEYANCE(Pigeon Shrine FrightFest Glasgow)

Mar 14, 2025 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Reviews

BY THE THROAT (U.K., 2025) Director David Luke Rees crafts an impressively eerie observation of grief and PTSD in his...

Spoiler-Free Film Review: “Witch”

Apr 29, 2024 | Foreign, Movies, Reviews

In Witch (U.K, 2024), codirectors Craig Hinde and Marc Zammit — who cowrote the screenplay with David Baboulene — have...

Spoiler-Free Review: “Loch Ness: They Created a Monster” (Calgary Underground Film Festival)

Apr 25, 2024 | Documentaries, Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Paranormal, Reviews

Director John MacLaverty’s terrific documentary Loch Ness: They Created a Monster looks at the personalities involved...

Movie Review: The Devil’s Honey (1986) – Severin 4K/Blu-ray combo

Apr 23, 2024 | Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Trailers

Our gal pal Jessica (Blanca Marsillach) spends her days getting’ her bean flicked courtesy of her saxophone player...

Movie Review: The Great Alligator (1979) – Severin 4K/Blu-ray combo

Apr 20, 2024 | Foreign, Movies, Reviews

Hot-shit photog Daniel (Claudio Cassinelli, who you may recall was Zeus in Luigi (Starcrash) Cozzi’s mid-’80s Hercules...

Spoiler-Free Short Film Reviews: “Bookworm,” “Hevel,” “Souling,” “Dark Mommy,” “Spooky Crew,” “I Could Just Die, and That Would Be Alright” (Overlook Film Festival)

Apr 16, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Short Films

Following is a capsule review roundup of six of the short-film shockers that screened at this year’s edition of New...

Panic Fest 2024 Spoiler-Free Film Reviews: “Blind Cop 2” and “Keratyna”

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