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  • Another Satisfied Customer of Love Potion #666

    This review is dedicated to Jimmy Whiskers. Have you ever felt whiplash from reading a book? Have you ever seen a fully realized film in your head from reading a book? Have you ever read a book that left you turned on, disgusted, sad, and slightly optimistic? If you haven’t, then hot damn, do I…

  • All You Need Is Death Unleashes an Ancient Evil with a Song

    I’m a big fan of folk horror. Whether it’s classics like The Wicker Man and Witchfinder General or modern gems like Midsommar and A Field in England, I’m always down to watch a film that puts a folksy twist on the horror genre. So naturally, when I first heard about All You Need Is Death,…

  • BUFF24: Femme is a Gripping Revenge Thrillride

    In 1974, a moment in Liliana Cavani’s The Night Porter made our hearts stop as Charlotte Rampling saw Dirk Bogarde at the desk of the Vienna hotel she was staying in. Any audience watching, knowing what the picture was about, remembers it vividly as it sends Rampling’s character, Lucia, into a spiral of trauma. Bogarde’s…

  • Blackout Is a Diamond in the Lycanthropic Rough

    Good werewolf films are notoriously hard to find. Sure, there are a handful of diamonds in the rough, but they’re few and far between. For some reason, this subgenre is just awash in mediocrity, so I’ve been pretty down about it for the past several years. But when I first heard about Blackout, I felt…

  • BUFF24: If You Don’t Fear Spiders, You Will After Infested

    It seems as if we’re celebrating an arachnid Spring in horror this year. Wyrmwood director Kiah Roache-Turner’s Sting is about to spread the creepy crawlies in theaters next week (April 12). Then there’s Chandler Riggs’ horror take on Spider-Man, The Spider, a fan-made film garnering widespread attention for an imminent YouTube direct release. And finally,…

  • The First Omen Is a Surprisingly Worthwhile Prequel

    I have to be honest, I can’t say I’ve been terribly excited for The First Omen. Sure, I love the original The Omen just like everyone else, but do we really need to know more about Damien’s backstory? I wasn’t convinced that we did. In fact, I was concerned that the movie might tell us…

  • Sting Targets the Arachnophobe in All of Us

    I hate spiders. With a burning passion. I hate all bugs, but spiders are the worst. There’s just something about them that grosses me out in the worst way possible, so like any self-respecting arachnophobic horror fan, I’ve been dying to see Sting ever since I first heard about it. I couldn’t wait to confront…

  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Is a Giant-Sized Triumph

    I’ve been deliriously excited for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Not only am I a huge kaiju fanatic, but this film also features two of my favorite fictional characters of all time, so I couldn’t wait to see them team up to face a threat neither one could defeat alone. I bought a ticket…

  • BUFF24: Perspective and Serenity Allure in Chris Nash’s In A Violent Nature

    After ten films, a crossover, a reboot, and an upcoming television series, you’d think every avenue in the Friday the 13th franchise had been thoroughly exhausted. Honestly, finding any originality in the slasher genre is difficult. However, on rare occasions, the horror gods favor us with something special. Last weekend, The Boston Underground Film Festival…

  • Immaculate Hides a Sinister Secret Behind Sacred Walls

    I walked into Immaculate with a mix of curiosity and trepidation. On the one hand, several early reviews (including one from our own Sean Parker) painted the film as a not-so-subtle critique of Catholicism, and since I’m Catholic, that didn’t exactly bode well for me. But on the other hand, plenty of critics were completely…