Celebrating its 10th year, the Panic Film Festival kicks off on April 28th at the historic Screenland Armour Theatre in...
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This review was originally published as part of our 2021 Fantasia Film Festival coverage. Filmmaking is a family affair for...
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Ruth Paxton’s debut feature A Banquet is filled to the brim with horror that cuts deeper than any slasher ever could while it explores a multitude of real world themes and emotions that will take you on a dizzying ride all the way up to its paralyzing conclusion. Written by Justin...
78.75%
You Won’t Be Alone is a sprawling, experimental film about human nature, the power of love, and the everlasting resentment...
After making 6 movies together, and recording a tiny mountain in unreleased music, it’s safe to say that the Adams’...
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[#Fantasia2021 Review] Occult Indie Horror HELLBENDER puts Mother-Daughter Relationships to the Test
Filmmaking is a family affair for the creators behind indie horror Hellbender. Who better to conjure a film about the bonds of family, motherhood, and coming-of-age than a real-life family — the Adams family; made up of matriarch co-writer/director plus actress Toby Poser, patriarch co-writer director plus actor John Adams,...
Nothing brings a scene together like a perfectly placed song. Add a choreographed fight and a couple buckets of fake...
67.5%
I love me a good witch movie. Having cut my teeth on The Craft in the roaring ’90s, I spent...
Looks can be deceiving when it comes to director Natasha Kermani’s film, Lucky. On its surface, the film recounts the odd home invasion tale of May. A self-help book author (portrayed by the film’s real-life writer Brea Grant), May finds herself the focus of a mysterious man who breaks into...
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In a time when most of us can relate to themes of loneliness and isolation perhaps more than ever, the...
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There’s a certain finesse, a careful craft, that should be applied whenever a filmmaker decides to revisit a considerably popular...
If you were watching NOFS’s coverage of this year’s Fantasia Fest, you no doubt are already familiar with 12 Hour Shift. Written and directed by horror headliner Brea Grant, 12 Hour Shift follows Mandy, a drug-addicted nurse on a nightshift from hell. To make ends meet, Mandy harvests organs from dead patients...
