Category: Film
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It’s not often that a language catches my attention. I watch movies from all over the world, so I don’t usually care what language a film is in. But An Taibhse (The Ghost) was different. This is the first horror movie shot completely in Irish, so it’s a milestone for the genre. It’s a must-watch…
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Growing up, I always wanted to know what it was like to be back in the heyday of the slasher, you know? I’ve always wondered what it’d be like to witness a classic slasher evolve and become a global icon right before my very eyes. You know what? I think I finally have. Enter, Art…
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In 2022, writer-director Brandon Espy creeped the hell out of parents everywhere with his short film Mr. Crocket, released as part of Hulu’s short film showcase Bite-Size Halloween. Every episode in the series was a macabre short film filled with imaginative ideas, but Mr. Crocket was one of the all-time highlights. The setup was straightforward.…
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Howdy friends! Welcome back to our coverage of Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. I don’t have any fun or exciting UAP/UFO news for you this week. Twitter has been too frustrating the past few days so I have decided to stay off of it for a bit. That means you don’t have to deal with…
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The second half of SCFF resumes with a convincing nod to Art Bell-type radio shows in Distant Signals (Dir. Marielle Brinda), about a paranormal radio host whose childhood experience with a strange man (whom he believes to be an extraterrestrial) in the woods becomes the defining moment in his life, to the point where he…
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The name alone—Sick Chick Flicks—creates a set of expectations, which the festival’s offerings met and confounded all at once. The day opened strong with Hannah Franklin’s The Sitters, a fun animated short with the vibe of an old-school Saturday morning cartoon from Hell about a hapless cat sitter getting unexpected help. There is a bit…
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Creepy kids have been a horror staple for decades, but what about creepy parents? There have been some, like Margaret White, but they’re relatively few and far between. However, when I watched the trailer for Children of the Pines, I thought this film had the potential to buck that trend. It seemed eerie and atmospheric…
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This week’s episode keeps much of what made the series premiere series premiere so effective, though there is a noticeable drop in the quality of the animation. Still, the horrors of the spiral contamination in Kurouzu-cho are fascinating and disturbing to witness, even if this episode highlights some of Ito’s humor more than last week’s…
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There are only so many adult party games that can be made into sinister horror films. Truth or Dare has been done multiple times in a variety of ways. Mafia, aka Werewolves Within, aka Among Us, is pretty much a formula for horror whodunit at this point, being used in Bodies Bodies Bodies, Cryo, and…
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I’ve never been a huge fan of found footage. Sure, there are some exceptions, like Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity, but as I’ve said before, I think the format is usually more of a gimmick than anything else. However, my feelings towards it have started to change recently. After watching Hostile Dimensions, Invoking Yell, and V/H/S…