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As a fan of Travis Stevens’s previous film, Girl On The Third Floor, I had a pretty good sense that Jakob’s...
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The survival film Pledge premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival July 24th, ready to welcome audience member into a crash...
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The Brothers Grimm and the like laid the groundwork for modern storytelling. From damsels in distress to wicked parental figures who sacrificed their own young, these antique fables have shaped today’s narratives in countless ways. Although their undiluted forms can be entirely too gruesome for younger listeners, these often morbid...
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Harpo & Lenny Guit’s Mother Schmuckers (Fils de Plouc) is a filthy, revolting gonzo-comedy that would put a smile on John...
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Justin McConnell’s Clapboard Jungle documents five years in the life of an indie filmmaker. The documentary is not only a must-see...
The 2018 Overlook Film Festival was proud to host the world premieres of several highly anticipated films this year. Among them was a nasty little picture, that only the most depraved minds would find entertaining. So, of course, we lined up an hour early to guarantee our spot for Puppet Master:...
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Lights, camera, howls! Larry Fessenden’s latest indie gem Blackout recently celebrated its World Premiere at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival. An...
On the 200 year anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, veteran horror director Larry Fessenden set out to retell the story...
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Japanese/South Korean co-production Missing weaves a tangled web of death and deception that ensnares a father and daughter in the twisted mind of a ruthless serial killer. It’s an ever-evolving story that goes from bad to worse before folding back in on itself to reveal hidden truths and ring dry every...
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Thanks to horror movies, I’ve become more and more suspicious of high society-types and what depraved acts might take place...
It was a huge surprise to me that Travis Steven’s sophomore feature Jakob’s Wife was a gattdang vampire movie! Starring...
What puts the ‘haunt’ in a haunted house for you? Is it small spaces? Creepy crawlers? Morphed rooms? Masked monsters? A depraved man with a chainsaw? Haunted houses, and the more modern alternative of extreme haunts, are an annual opportunity to place yourself in the throes of artificial peril. The...
