Category: Film
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I’m not going to lie, when I first heard about Out Come the Wolves, I immediately thought of Rancid’s seminal 1995 album with almost the exact same name. That’s just how my punk rock-saturated brain works, but as irrelevant as that connection is, it proved to be quite fortuitous. It piqued my interest, and when…
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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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When I see the company “Rustic Films” attached to a movie, you can count on me being immediately interested. The production company is a way of saying Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, and David Lawson Jr. have given the movie you’re about to see their thumbs up, and you know with that endorsement, it’s likely going…
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In today’s world, your head has to be on a swivel, whether with the news, zeitgeisty trends, or Gen Z vocab, no cap. But that’s especially true in the world of online dating. It’s difficult to put yourself out there in the first place, but it’s even more complex when you decide to meet in…
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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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Horror fans have a lot of tolerance for schlock, sometimes tolerating movies with ridiculous names that take things way too seriously and other times rolling their eyes at films that don’t take their premise seriously enough. There’s something great about a horror-comedy that knows how to walk that fine line. Director Mike Hermosa and the…
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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…