by Kelli Marchman McNeely | Mar 15, 2024 | Movie News, Movies, News, Trailers
The chilling masked figures from 2008’s cult classic The Strangers are back, ready to terrify a new generation. The Strangers: Chapter 1 kicks off a brand new reboot trilogy from Lionsgate and director Renny Harlin with a fresh new take on the terrifying home invasion...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 14, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Thriller
Writer/director Annick Blank’s French-language Canadian thriller Hunting Daze blends harshly realistic scenarios with dizzying drug-trip sequences. The result is a fascinating, often disturbing look at toxic masculinity. Sex worker Nina (Nahéma Ricci), after...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 14, 2024 | Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Reviews, Thriller
Writer/director Helena Stefansdottir’s Icelandic thriller Natatorium is the type of film where you just know that something is off from the onset, and the mystery as to what exactly is happening keeps you wrapped up until the climactic reveal. The dark family drama at...
by Joseph Perry | Jan 11, 2024 | Events, Film Festivals, Movies, News
This year’s takes place, as always, in Austin, Texas — this year from March 8–16, 2024 — and the fest has just announced its first-wave lineup. Following is the list of Midnighters, which SXSW says are “Exciting after-dark features for genre lovers and the terminally...
by Joseph Perry | Mar 29, 2023 | Film Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Short Films
Every House Is Haunted Maya (Kate Cobb) and her husband Danny (Kevin Bigley) move into a new house that their real estate agent said was haunted by friendly ghosts in writer/director Bryce McGuire’s short film Every House Is Haunted. Danny doesn’t think it’s a...