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The Singles Bar: Willow Avalon commits a ‘Cardinal Sin’ (with Jason Isbell)
Willow Avalon‘s voice is not unlike a lark. She sculpts her images with a raspy smoothness that torments the senses. Add the one and only Jason Isbell into the mix, and you have a recipe for one of the year’s best collaborations. With “Cardinal Sin,” Avalon confesses that she’s fallen in love “with him while
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Panic Fest 2026: Shorts Roundup, Volume 2
Panic Fest 2026 is still not quite over yet. As I dash to the finish line (I have a few films to watch, as of this writing), numerous reviews and interviews in the can confirm that this year’s festival might be the best in a long time. Various short blocks have been particularly rich with
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Review: ‘Better Anything’ digs up regret & retribution
Horror uniquely weaves many genres into one. That’s part of what makes it such a special medium. With his new short film, writer/director Jonjo Lyons knits drama, mystery, and horror into a gripping tapestry. Better Anything feels akin to An Unquiet Grave in tone, story, and visual identity. But it firmly carries its own gnarly
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Panic Fest 2026: ‘Creature of the Pines’ redefines found footage
Found-footage freaks will want to put Creature of the Pines on their watchlist immediately. Playing this year’s Panic Fest, the film, co-written and co-directed by Tyler Transue and Chris Ruppert, makes camping scary again. It’s easy to draw comparisons to The Blair Witch, but that’s simply reductive. Creature of the Pines uses its 1999 predecessor as a
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Overlook Film Festival 2026: ‘The Holy Boy’ delivers a twisted religious experience
Paolo Strippoli’s The Holy Boy, which plays the 2026 Overlook Film Festival, bears a striking (emotional) resemblance to Rose Glass’ 2019 breakout, Saint Maud. Both films analyze modern religion, the exploitation of the vulnerable, and the role the hive-mind plays in perpetuating evil in God’s name. Strippoli co-wrote the razor-sharp script with Jacopo Del Giudice
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Review: ‘The Fuzzies’ will make you nightmarishly cozy
There are horror films like Josh Funk’s The Fuzzies that just make you all, well, warm and fuzzy inside. Co-written with Dustin Vaught, the film retools childhood wonder into an agonizingly bizarre stroll down memory lane. In adulthood, society tells us that we need to put away childish things, like our love of cartoons, anime
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Panic Fest 2026: Shorts Roundup, Volume 1
My head is still spinning from Panic Fest 2026, much like Regan in The Exorcist (minus the possession). And I’m far from done! What impressed me the most was the talent of writers and directors making short films. From concepts to execution, the filmmakers are undoubtedly ones to watch. The new wave of horror tastemakers
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Overlook Film Festival 2026: ‘Exit 8’ twists liminal space
Genki Kawamura guides you into a relentless loop.
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Panic Fest 2026: ‘Jump Scare’ is the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ sequel we deserve
Donnie Hobbie proves that riffing on the 1974 classic can be done.
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Overlook Film Festival 2026: ‘American Dollhouse’ brings evil next door
Writer/director John Valley delivers a strong look into modern life.
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Review: Freidrich$ gathers career-best songs for compilation, ‘I Wanna Be Adored: The Best of Freidrich$’
The writer/singer/producer swings for the fences.
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Thank you so so so much Nessie, for your beautiful words ❤️ This really warmed by heart and left me…
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