Foreign Articles

Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “The Foreboding: Fractured,” “Sour Milk,” and “Dolly Molly’s Playhouse” (Romford Horror Festival)

THE FOREBODING: FRACTURED (U.K., 2024) In director Kemal Yildrim’s short The Foreboding: Fractured, four university friends go camping in the woods, which is never a good idea when it comes to horror movie characters. Neither is telling scary...
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Spoiler-Free Film Review: “Out of Darkness” 

Director Andrew Cumming’s U.K. feature Out of Darkness  (originally titled The Origin) is a magnificent-looking slice of survival horror set in the Stone Age, complete with a language devised just for the film (with English subtitles provided)....
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Spoiler-Free Short-Film Reviews: “Nian,” “Days of Spring,” Mosquito Lady,” and “A Dire Strait” (Final Girls Berlin Film Festival)

Following are reviews of four of the offerings that screened as part of the 2024 Final Girls Berlin Film Festival's Folk Horror short-film block. Nian  Short chiller Nian (U.S., 2023), finds a Chinese American schoolgirl (Lauren Mei in a delightful...
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‘The Animal Kingdom’ Trailer Reveals Mutations and Mysteries

Be transported to a world where humanity and nature collide in a thrilling new sci-fi film, The Animal Kingdom. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Thomas Cailley, this story dives into a future where genetic mutations trigger extraordinary...
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