I’m going to preface this review by saying I was not alive in the 70’s, and did not get the...
The German possession film Luz celebrated it’s North American premiere July 20, at the the 2018 Fantasia film festival. Writer/Director were welcomed...
“Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself, always.” The lines of Charles Dickens’ dark classic tale of holiday spirit, A Christmas Carol, continue to inspire thought and ignite emotion come the Christmas season. Hulu’s Into The Dark series has released its own dark Christmas story, but has replaced the dreadful Jacob Marley apparition...
Brandon Christensen’s Still/Born was named Scariest Feature at the 2017 Overlook Film Festival. His second feature Z celebrated its world premiere at the...
Two films deep, I’m pretty sure we can crown Ari Aster with the [Paimon] crown as king of grief-stricken cinema....
Fair or not, films that have their release dates pushed back or flat-out shelved indefinitely tend to be looked down upon. In many instances, it suggests creative disputes among filmmakers and executives took place, or even a studio acknowledging they have a dud on their hands. Polaroid fell victim to a...
Some people collect stamps. Others collect books, records or mini slasher action figures. And then there’s Nathan Barr. Along with...
When analyzing the meaning of the word “relic”, one will find descriptions such as “object surviving from an earlier time”,...
There’s a certain finesse, a careful craft, that should be applied whenever a filmmaker decides to revisit a considerably popular genre film. Sequels, remakes, retellings, continuations, and all the variances in between are born with the automatic stigma of a lesser than status, marking them as a challenge from the...
Conceived, created, and cobbled together all under Covid-19 lockdown measures in Britain, Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth was unleashed on the...
Like the re-emergence of perennial plants every spring, the elusive horror subgenre Folk Horror seems to sprout up incrementally throughout...
Horror filmmakers often use a relevant perspective and adopt current issues to mimic socioeconomic problems and triumphs. Some are more obvious than others in their application of these themes while others tread lightly. Writer and director Ben Wheatley (Kill List) plants his post-pandemic horror, In The Earth, with unsettling care...