Author: JP Nunez
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I’m a sucker for all things monstrous, ghostly, and supernatural, so it should come as no surprise that The Monster Beneath Us was one of my most anticipated films at FrightFest this year. The title alone was enough to catch my attention, and when I read the plot synopsis and watched the trailer, I was…
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I’m a big fan of religious horror. Whether it’s cults, exorcisms, or just religious people being evil, the combination of faith and fright resonates with me on a deep level. I’m a religious guy myself, so seeing something I value so highly get twisted for nefarious purposes gives me the same horror high many fans…
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Remakes get a bad rap in the movie world, and understandably so. Sure, there are some great ones out there, like The Thing and Scarface, but more often than not, these films end up being pale imitations of their far superior originals. So naturally, this new remake of The Crow had an uphill battle from…
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Directorial debuts are always a crapshoot. Sometimes they turn out great like Get Out, and other times like, say, Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix, they’re downright awful. You never know what you’re going to get. When I heard that actress Zoë Kravitz was stepping into the director’s chair for a psychological thriller called Blink Twice, I…
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Look at that featured image up there. If you’re a horror fan, you’re almost guaranteed to find that picture irresistible, so it should come as no surprise that I was instantly intrigued by I Will Never Leave You Alone. I’m a sucker for anything ghostly or monstrous, so even before I knew what this movie…
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As I said in our FrightFest curtain raiser, I love movies about people who love movies. For example, I’m a big fan of Scream, The Monster Squad, and The Final Girls, so it should come as no surprise that Test Screening grabbed my attention the minute I heard about it. The name alone sounded like…
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You always want to start a film festival on a good note, so when I had to choose which FrightFest screener to watch first, it was a no-brainer. Broken Bird wasn’t just one of my most anticipated movies of the entire festival. It was also FrightFest’s opening film, so I figured it had to be…
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I love multiverse stories. I just find the idea of alternate realities utterly fascinating, so films like Coherence, Deadpool & Wolverine, and From Beyond are right up my alley. I’m always down to watch a movie that explores this mind-boggling concept, so when I first heard about the found-footage film Hostile Dimensions, it immediately caught…
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In the world of super low-budget horror, you’d be hard-pressed to find anybody more beloved than the Adams family, and I don’t mean Gomez and Morticia. I’m talking about the filmmaking team of Toby Poser, her husband John Adams, and their kids. They’ve made some of the best indie horror flicks in recent memory, like…
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My love of music is one of the few things that can rival my love of horror, so it should come as no surprise that Art of a Hit caught my attention the minute I heard about it. It’s a horror film about a fictional rock band from the ‘90s, and as a huge fan…