Starring Pete Ferry, Bogdan Pecic, Michael Grossi, Jolie Jackunas Directed by J.R. Bookwalter Distributed by Tempe Digital Shooting a low-budget feature film can usually be done in around 16 days, more or less. Some sadists can do it in as… Continue Reading
Starring Dania Ramirez, Parker Croft, Vanessa Angel Directed by Bev Land “The werewolves are coming, the werewolves are coming!”…see? No one has the same reaction to those words much anymore, whether it be a stagnant grouping of sub-genre examples over… Continue Reading
Starring Kelly Connaire, Stephanie Pearson, Rod Hernandez-Farella, Anthony Kirlew, Alexa Yeames, Jason Tobias, Aion Boyd Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura More and more these days, we’re seeing single location horror/thriller films. In theory, it makes 100% sense. They’re cheaper, production doesn’t… Continue Reading
Starring Virginia Newcomb, Cannon Bosarge, Michael LaCour Directed by Michael Williams There are a few things that I can check off of my internal list of “what not to have happen in a horror film,” and those checked boxes usually… Continue Reading
Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris Directed by Darren Aronofsky “What is the definition of a ‘movie’?” I found myself wondering as I exited the theater after a press screening of mother!, Darren Aronofsky’s latest film. I… Continue Reading
Starring Danny Trejo, Jake Busey, Elysia Rotaru Directed by Roel Reine Distributed by Universal The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – True Grit – High Noon – Unforgiven – all of these are widely regarded as some of the… Continue Reading
Starring Alana Elmer, Bowen Harding, Peter Higginson Directed by Justin Harding and Rob Brunner Ah, the fun things that can be discovered in the woods, especially in a horror short! In the co-directing duo of Justin Harding and Rob Brunner’s… Continue Reading
Starring Dan White, Robert Fleet, Paul Rae Directed by Andrew Hamer Whether it be riptides, hungry sharks or a floating plague adrift in the ocean, every time I manage to see one of these films that involves the sea, it… Continue Reading
Starring Chris Sarandon, John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Robert Romanus Directed by Dan O’Bannon Distributed by Scream Factory The prose and peculiarity of H.P. Lovecraft’s work has proven to be difficult for feature film adaptation, with only a handful of titles… Continue Reading
Starring Will Bryant, Paige Smith, Cullen Ries Directed by Michael Bardon and Blair Hoyle Past trauma leaves an already damaged man into thinking that his home is haunted – a frightening proposition, especially considering that his home is where he’s… Continue Reading
Starring Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon, David Bradley Directed by Brian O’Malley Set against a backdrop of a nation that only just found its independence, The Lodgers is a gothic supernatural horror/drama that follows twin siblings Edward and Rachel… Continue Reading
Starring James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, Scott Haze, Clifton Collins, Jr. Directed by Dan Bush Horror hybrid films are hardly new but usually fall into the categories of “horror/comedy” or “horror/fantasy.” Recently, however, we’ve been treated to a relatively… Continue Reading
Starring Ingrid Jungermann, Ann Carr, Sheila Vand Directed by Ingrid Jungermann Dry-deadpan comedy, especially in a film with somewhat dark overtones, always was more appealing to me than the slapstick, off-the-wall stuff. In Ingrid Jungermann’s black-comedy, Women Who Kill, the… Continue Reading
Starring Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth, Eddie Marsan Directed by Juan Carlos Medina The Limehouse Golem is a gruesome Gothic murder mystery set in London’s dangerous Limehouse district in 1880, as even the seediest side of the city is… Continue Reading
Starring Lina Romay (as Candy Coster), Nadine Pascal, Joelle Le Quement, Claude Boisson Directed by Jess Franco Distributed by Severin Films According to IMDb, Jess Franco directed 203 films during his career and, yet, despite being so clearly prolific there… Continue Reading
Starring AJ Knight, Gregory Shelby, Kelsey Boze Directed by John C. Clark & Brie Williams Looking to strip the basic fundamentals right out of any religion, the directorial duo of John C. Clark and Brie Williams’ latest film, A Closer… Continue Reading