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Movie Review: Shepherd (2022) Is Equally Stunning And Disturbing

Writer-director Russell Owen's chilling new horror Shepherd, set to be released this May,  centers on a man mourning the death of his wife. To get a change of scenery he takes a job as a shepherd on a remote Scottish island. Haunted by visions of a...

Movie Review: The Exorcism Of God Is Something New And Scary

I've seen at least a hundred exorcism movies, and they were all pretty much the same, and the majority were just plain terrible, always featuring the same recycled ideas shuffled around to try and make a plot look new.  When I sat down to watch The...

Short-Film Reviews: “Talisman,” “Wendigo,” “SMAHORROR,” and “Spare Body” (National Film Festival for Talented Youth)

Talisman One person’s belief system is another person’s superstition, and director Reangsei Phos’ Talisman (Canada) finds school-age Yi (Sean Lu) torn between those two schools of thought. His family has just moved into a new house, and as his...

Movie Reviews: “Upurga” and “God’s Petting You” (Fantaspoa)

Upurga Director Ulges Ote blends blends folk horror, eco horror, surrealism, and absurdism to mystifying, eerie effect in his Latvian narrative feature debut Upurga. Andrejs (Igors Selegovskis) is a river rafting guide haunted by his inability to...