Author: Sean Parker
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There is no shortage of religious horror films in the world these days, but anyone who once considered The Exorcist extreme could never have envisioned Pedro Cristiani’s monster hunter body-horror nightmare, Deus Irae. The title, which translates to “Wrath of God,” involves three former people of the cloth, a holy trinity if you will, of…
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If you’ve read any of my reviews on this site, then it’s pretty apparent I have a sweet spot for microbudget, b-grade, and independent film. Any film with practical effects and a halfway decent idea has pretty much locked me in for its runtime. Cranked Up Films has been pumping out some really cool titles…
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The second Dances with Films NYC film I had the opportunity to review this week comes from multihyphenate filmmaker Bari Kang. Kang’s 2021 indie crime thriller, The Scrapper, made a lot of headway for Kang when it was picked up for distribution by 1091 Pictures. His latest film, ITCH!, tweaks the zombie film formula by…
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Injecting supernatural elements into investigative thrillers is becoming increasingly mainstream these days. The incredible popularity of True Detective over the last decade has proved that a little cosmic mystery goes a very long way with investigative thriller fans looking to unravel an act so heinous it could hardly be grounded in reality. Enter The Soul…
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When it comes to vampire movies, there’s very little left to the imagination. We’ve seen period pieces like Last Voyage of the Demeter and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and then there are the more modern ideas like Abigail and Renfield. But as far as content, we’ve been locked into a tired pattern of predator and prey,…
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In 2021, the Sohome Horror Film Festival gave us a look at Bad Girls, Christopher Bickel’s underground road movie about a trio of women fed up navigating the misogynistic society that profits off their backs. The film heralded back to the grindhouse era as the women decide to rob a strip club with a chauvinistic…
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Twenty years ago, Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead introduced the world to a pair of super believable best friends. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s incredible chemistry led the pair to multiple team-up efforts, even beyond Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy. Pegg and Frost have since become household names. However, 2024 has been particularly loaded with Nick…
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Walking into a classroom at MIT to attend a screening of Kyle Mooney’s Y2K is about as meta as it gets. As a huge fan of those old William Castle gimmicks, the simple idea of seeing a film about the AI apocalypse on New Year’s Eve in 1999 in a place synonymous with building AI-driven…
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Exclusively premiering on Screambox this November alongside Cryptids is a found footage film from writer/director Jenni “JWoww” Farley. You may be asking yourself, “JWoww? Like Jersey Shore, JWoww?” And I’m here to tell you, yes, Jenni Farley made a horror movie. I would also say it’s a commendable first endeavor into the genre. Found footage films…
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It’s not easy getting older, and it’s even more difficult when you’re still chasing your dreams. Many of us have various aspirations in a multitude of fields, like tinkering with computers or cars, writing in our spare time, or dancing without our clothes on. Hey, no judgment. We’ve all done it. Some immensely confident people…