You might think comedy is the genre for “weird families,” but I’d argue it’s horror. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...
Being a teenager almost always feels like an inescapable curse, but the 17-year-old girl at the center of Thomas Robert...
In Aaron B. Koontz’s The Pale Door, a gang of outlaws bite off more than they can chew after a simple train robbery turns sour. Seeking shelter and medical attention for their injured leader, the gang find themselves in a mysterious brothel run by a coven of witches. It’s a modern...
Justin McConnell’s Clapboard Jungle documents five years in the life of an indie filmmaker. The documentary is not only a must-see...
With so much misinformation flying around these days, we don’t readily attach credence to any movie claiming it is “based...
The religious dark drama Nothing But the Blood – written and directed by Daniel Tucker—depicts a fundamentalist takeover of a small town. There are many reasons why people go to church. It could be a family tradition, or some people might find comfort and meaning in having faith after suffering...
At one point or another, we have all found ourselves laying on the bedroom floor, staring up at the ceiling,...
Serving as the debut feature for actor turned director Dave Franco, The Rental sets out to “do for home-sharing what...
Found footage films have always had an interesting relationship with film scores. Due to their inherent nature, it often makes narrative sense to have a very minimal score or in some cases, no score at all. Followed is not one of those found footage films. In the new film from...
In a time where nothing is certain and a global pandemic continues to spread through much of the world, a...
The Oak Room (2020) is a love letter to the gothic thrillers of the past, which is fitting, since the...
It’s ironic that the fantasy genre, for all its promises to sweep us away to a world of, well, fantasy, has fallen into such a pattern of predictability. Despite an abundance of dreams, magic, and epic quests, most fantasy worlds still look like medieval Europe. There are exceptions of course....