Tag: FrightFest


  • FrightFest 2024: Fright Is a Super Fun Homage to a Bygone Era

    I grew up watching old-school horror the way normal kids watch Disney movies. In fact, I’ve still never seen The Lion King, Pocahontas, or Beauty and the Beast in their entirety, but I recite the plots of films like Frankenstein, Psycho, and Creature from the Black Lagoon in my sleep. I just adore those black-and-white…

  • FrightFest 2024: A Liminal Space Sci-Fi Thriller Promises ‘Things Will Be Different’

    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…

  • FrightFest 2024: All’s Fair in Love and Murder in Strange Darling

    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…

  • FrightFest 2024: In the Name of God Shows How Dangerous Cults Can Be

    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…

  • FrightFest 2024: I Will Never Leave You Alone Is the Best Kind of Emotional Gut Punch

    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…

  • FrightFest 2024: Test Screening Rails Against Compulsory Conformity

    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…

  • FrightFest 2024: Broken Bird Displays an Unnerving Affinity for the Dead

    You always want to start a film festival on a good note, so when I had to choose which FrightFest screener to watch first, it was a no-brainer. Broken Bird wasn’t just one of my most anticipated movies of the entire festival. It was also FrightFest’s opening film, so I figured it had to be…