Author: Sean Parker
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This year’s Salem Horror Fest theme is “The Horror Within,” stories and truths about ourselves we haven’t yet entertained, the fundamental aspect of identity, and who we are to ourselves and others. All of the films I’ve seen over the festival weekend massively embody the theme on personal levels, but Get Super Rad’s (Directing duo…
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Influencer horror is probably the subgenre that has taken me the most time adjusting to, but it is absolutely one that is on the rise. Movies like Influencer, #ChadGetsTheAxe, The Seed, Sissy, and Deadstream have blown up over the past few years telling stories about what’s beneath the veneer of internet personalities. My biggest gripe…
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It’s exciting to see where the horror genre is these days, especially in places all over the world. However, it seems that one Southeast Asian region is specifically embracing it, pumping out some seriously formidable horror titles. With its catalog of horror films growing significantly over the last decade, Vietnam is emerging as a force…
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When word of an Until Dawn movie came to light last year, there was a lot of buzz. The PlayStation game, beloved by fans all over the globe, seemed perfectly suited for a horror adaptation. The story of a snowed-in mountaintop retreat where monsters, a masked flamethrower-wielding psycho, a sanatorium, and a collapsed mine all…
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At the prehistoric dawn of the internet era, back in the days of AOL dial-up, burned CDs, and independent film renaissance, Artisan films took a chance on a longshot title with no-name actors shooting on a handheld camera. The Blair Witch Project cost an eerily low $35,000 to produce, but an aggressive and strategic marketing…
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I applaud any film attempting to bridge the challenging conversations of soldiers’ mental health. It’s an important issue that doesn’t get a lot of the attention it deserves. Carl Rimi’s new film iPossessed tends to lean a little heavily into haunted house concepts, but any awareness helps. About a month ago, I reviewed the more…
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There are many different horror subgenres out there for the horror fan. Some come pouring on the blood and guts, while others methodically bore themselves into your psyche, preying on your paranoia and deep-seated fears. When people think of horror films, they typically describe the former, but the latter’s methods can wreak havoc on your…
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Hell House LLC is one of the best found footage series of the last decade. Beginning in 2015, Stephen Cognetti’s films helped fill the void between the lackluster end of the Paranormal Activity franchise’s Ghost Dimension and its disembodied attempt at resurgence in 2021’s Next of Kin, which felt more like its own film that…
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Well, that’s a wrap on the 25th annual Boston Underground Film Festival. This year was packed with weird, wild, and wonderful shorts and a diverse offering spanning genres and decades. From the Cage-rage Australian coasts to battles across time, the programmers of BUFF 25 packed a punch with this year’s festival. Thematically on point and…
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When you see a new movie on the way out from Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell, you have to get excited. Those names may look unfamiliar to some, but the directors make up two-thirds of directing trio RKSS and have been responsible for heavy genre hitters like Turbo Kid and Summer of 84. Seeing the…