One of my favorite films coming out of the 2015 Fantasia International Film Festival was Gabriel Carrer’s surreal vigilante study The Demolisher (our review and behind the scenes look)....
Put the kiddies to bed, this Claymation movie isn’t for the little tykes. Put the grandparents to bed while you’re at it because it might make...
“70 million Nigerians exist without access to safe drinking water.” Therein lies the premise of director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s zombie film Ojuju. Part of Nigeria’s Nollywood...
“You scientists and your god complexes.” When a time travel movie takes its science seriously, it’s easy for a layman like myself to get hung up...
Revenge never goes out of style. It’s one of cinema’s benchmark themes and as far as reliabilities go, it’s hard not to root for the vigilante....
From his vantage point in a dilapidated apartment, private investigator Parker is watching the beautiful woman across the street. Every day he observes her, listens in...
Cruel, the directorial debut of celebrated crime novelist Eric Cherrière, takes an interesting approach to the serial killer film. As the title suggests, its killer, Pierre...
The Indian film Ludo, co-directed by Q (Gandu) and Nikon, shrugs off cohesiveness and a palpable message in favor of bloody havoc as it hurls its...
The grind gets us all down sometimes, man. Doubly so if you’re trapped in a cubicle and forced to deliver phony smiles all day to coworkers...
The good landlords are the ones who never pull the surprise pop-in, but are always there when the toilet gets backed up. The bad landlords are...
Before watching Un Homme Idéal (A Perfect Man), grow your fingernails out a few days because those bastards will be bit down to the quick while...
We’ve already had one uproarious vampire send-up this year, What We Do in the Shadows. Do we really need another one? Oh hell yes. And its...
If the title Dude Bro Party Massacre III doesn’t make you chuckle at east a little bit, then take a hike, Professor Highbrow. This ain’t your...
Looking to get your Amityville fix until the long-delayed release of Franck Khalfoun’s Amityville: The Awakening? Well, the direct-to-video The Amityville Theater will not relieve those withdrawals. The...
Nowadays, if you aren’t getting those “likes” on Facebook or those views on YouTube, you ain’t shit. This is, at least, the distorted worldview of Josh...
Early in Toad Road director Jason Banker’s new film Felt, friends Amy (Amy Everson) and Allana (Allana Reynolds) joke about a killing spree against men. It...
After a five year hiatus from filmmaking, Joe Dante is back with the zom-com Burying the Ex. Despite the undead elements and the gore, it’s a very relatable...
Finnish director Jalmari Helander first made international waves four years ago with his morbid spin on the Santa Claus myth, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. For...
While I haven’t seen Green Inferno or Knock Knock yet, I was wicked underwhelmed with Aftermath, Eli Roth’s first collaboration with Chilean filmmakers Guillermo Amoedo and...
Ireland has seen a bit of a revival the past few years in its horror output. There are some forgettable ones and some definite highlights (Citadel,...
The Stanley Film Festival really had it in for kids this year, man. From the rabid hordes of youngsters in Cooties to the haunting memory of...
Ted Geoghegan has been in the horror business for over a decade now. Initially a producer and writer, Geoghegan has moved himself behind the camera for his...
All I knew when I sat down for Shrew’s Nest was that it was produced by the always-interesting Álex de la Iglesia (Witching & Bitching, The...
Like I said in my review out of the Stanley Film Festival, Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein is a truly bizarre experience. It takes the existing film from...