Reviews
Knives and Skin [Frightfest 2019 Review]
Knives and Skin, the fourth feature from writer-director Jennifer Reeder, features a rendition of “Kids in America” that recalls the CW’s mega-hit teen show Riverdale (though it̵...
Extracurricular [Frightfest 2019 Review]
Extracurricular opens with an all-too-familiar slasher movie setup; a happy couple rolling up to an isolated cabin in the woods for a weekend they most definitely will not survive. Sure enough, within...
Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary [Frightfest 2019 Review]
With a title like Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary, it’s safe to assume we’re in for some bloody, silly carnage. And yet, this nifty little Brazilian export (original title: Exterminadores do ...
Monsters Are Closer Than They Appear in Come, Said the Night
Musician Kinky Friedman once said “A happy childhood…is the worst possible preparation for life.” One of the first things one can’t help but noticing in Andres Rovira’s ...
Dolls is a Thrilling Modern Fairy Tale for Adults [Retrospective]
Dolls takes place on a dark and especially stormy night. The film finds an eclectic group of people taking refuge from the storm at the home of a seemingly sweet but ultimately creepy older ...
Halloween Meets Freaks in Josh Hasty’s Candy Corn [Review]
Halloween meets Freaks in Josh Hasty’s second feature, Candy Corn. The film tells the story of Jacob (Nate Chaney), an intellectually disabled young man who works as part of a “freak sho...
One Cut of the Dead Exceeds the Hype [Review]
One Cut of the Dead opens with a character played by Chinatsu (Yuzuki Akiyama) leveling an axe at Ko’s character Ken (Kazuaki Nagaya). He’s a zombie, and she begs him, “Ken! Stop!...
Death of a Vlogger [Frightfest 2019 Review]
Internet horror is big business right now, but for every Unfriended: Dark Web there’s a…Smiley. Death of a Vlogger, the third feature from Scottish writer-director (and star, editor, and p...
The Dead Don’t Die Reanimates Romero Leftovers [Blu-Ray Review]
Whether or not someone will like Jim Jarmsuch’s The Dead Don’t Die is predicated on whether or not they find deadpan reactions to zombies funny. The star-studded cast delivers nearly eve...