Director Nicholas Pesce generated considerable buzz with his directorial debut, The Eyes of my Mother (2016). Now, with Piercing, he...
As film fans, we are constantly in search for new, exciting and fresh material. This fact extends to franchises and...
Ask any horror fan what they consider the best decade of horror filmmaking is, and more likely than not they’ll say the 1980s. While the great films and unique artistic developments of other decades can’t be discounted, the 80s saw a surge of horror filmmaking and creativity that forever impacted...
When democracy fails, it’s not hard to believe in a “deep state” conspiracy. Whether it’s the Illuminati or Lizard People,...
There is a special magic in the folk tale. Modern media can give you great stories, for sure. But folklore...
When our fearless leaders, Jon and Kim, saw Starfish at this year’s Fantastic Fest, they were quite confused, to say the least. When I saw the post-apocalyptic cosmic horror the week after, I also struggled to wrap my head around the story. I had no idea what to ask director...
“People like sex and violence. And if that bothers them, they call it romance and adventure…but every great movie has...
Just in time for Halloween comes a comic book movie about becoming possessed by an entity that turns you into...
The new Indian horror-fantasy Tumbbad is a dark and dangerous story of one man’s greed for a fallen god’s gold. Like all men blinded by visions of unearned prosperity, our main character is clever but foolish enough to believe he has outsmarted the god, keeping him under control and at bay. He soon...
The horror-comedy One Cut Of The Dead (Kamera O Tomeru Na!) contains what is probably the silliest premise for a zombie...
A last-minute addition to the 2018 Fantastic Fest schedule, Richard Shepard’s The Perfection was definitely not a hard decision. Fitting right...
[Fantastic Fest Review] THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK is A Brilliantly Tense Noir Fueled By Paranoia
Henry Dunham’s The Standoff At Sparrow Creek celebrated its US premiere at the 2018 Fantastic Fest, stunning and disarming every single person in attendance. At least, I assume it did because I stumbled out of the theater in a daze, unable to even formulate words. Like the first time I saw...
