Reviews
Hellbender is a Wonderfully Twisted Family Folk Horror [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Hellbender is arguably the most anticipated movie playing Fantasia 2021, picked up by Shudder even before it premiered, and for good reason as it turns out. We’ve been so preconditioned not to ...
Junk Head Is A Stunning Piece Of Stop Motion Animation, And A Sure Cult Classic [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Over 7 years in the making, Takahide Hori’s stop motion epic Junk Head has had a long journey to this year’s Fantasia Fest. Initially a well received 2013 short, the feature length cut was...
Frank and Zed is a Gloriously Gory Puppet Show [Fantasia 2021 Review]
There’s a recurring mini challenge on Ru Paul’s Drag Race in which the queens are tasked with making puppets of each other and then using them in a performance, typically while making in...
Coming Home In The Dark Is A Brooding Indictment Of Institutionalized Violence [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Coming Home In The Dark opens on the sort of family vacation I’m not sure exists outside of the movies. The sky is clear, the rural New Zealand scenery whizzing past the windows breathtakingly g...
Tin Can is a Phantasmagorical Treat for the Senses [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Claustrophobia is something most people struggle with, even if they don’t really think they do – nobody is comfortable being trapped in a small space for hours on end. Suffering through ...
Kratt is a Devilishly Dark Delight [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Earlier this year, the brilliant Psycho Goreman gifted a couple of bratty kids their very own monster to play with and cart around town to do their bidding. Kratt could almost be considered the Estoni...
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Most time travel movies get bogged down trying to over-explain themselves, but Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes sidesteps that issue by making its setup so intensely complicated it’s stupid even...
Tailgate is an Intense Thrill Ride That Will Leave Drivers Thinking Twice
I’ve said before that the horror of human nature scare me the most, and Tailgate is a shining example of that dark side of humanity. One of my biggest real-life fears is murderous road rage, an...
King Car Is A Bumpy Apocalyptic Ride [Fantasia 2021 Review]
In synopsis, King Car/Carro Rei is the stuff that midnight movie dreams are made of. Uno (Luciano Pedro Jr), was born in the back of his father’s taxi, which may explain why he’s had the l...