Hanna Bergholm’s Nightborn marries the folk horror of Avery Crounse’s Eyes of Fire with the newborn terror of Rosemary’s Baby and the reality-melting of Darren Aronofsky’s mother! While the film
Month: July 2026
The Singles Bar: Jonathan Something – Country RoseThe Singles Bar: Jonathan Something – Country Rose
B-Sides & Badlands favorite Jonathan Something ventures down the dusty trail to Western folk music with his new song, “Country Rose.” Cosmic finger-plucking and the soft tear of country &
Fantasia 2026: ‘Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson’Fantasia 2026: ‘Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson’
First-time director Nick Taylor brings special effects makeup artist Steve Johnson’s life and work to pulsing vitality in a brand new documentary. Out of Fantasia Film Festival, Rubberhead: The Life
Record Revue: Brent Funkhouser – HomegrownRecord Revue: Brent Funkhouser – Homegrown
A whole world can change in five years. Since his 2021 studio record, Americana singer-songwriter Brent Funkhouser witnessed his world shapeshift and expand in surprising ways. His art sprouted wings
Fantasia 2026: ‘The Last Footage’ goes absolutely nowhereFantasia 2026: ‘The Last Footage’ goes absolutely nowhere
Out of Fantasia Film Festival, Arkar Soe Oo’s The Last Footage packs every found footage cliché into its 88-minute runtime and fails to generate any level of fear. Many filmmakers
Stream & Scream: FoundTV (August 2026)Stream & Scream: FoundTV (August 2026)
August is here, and I have just one question for you, dear reader: Why aren’t you subscribed to FoundTV yet? It is the go-to hub for all things found footage, screenlife,
Record Revue: Bird – Held Here TogetherRecord Revue: Bird – Held Here Together
Bird haunts like a ghost trapped in purgatory. That’s most evident right from the start in “The Film,” a stormy, reflective ode that could soundtrack a disastrously somber story about
Fantasia 2026: ‘Corpus’ is pure queer cinemaFantasia 2026: ‘Corpus’ is pure queer cinema
1990s media (film, television, etc.) portrayed New York City as a sticky, sweaty, and thrilling concrete jungle of sexual liberation and pure abandon. It makes sense, then, that filmmaker Corrin
The Singles Bar: Babbling April – All the Shine is GoneThe Singles Bar: Babbling April – All the Shine is Gone
Babbling April have had about enough. All they can do is scream until the veins pop out of their necks and their lungs deflate. That’s the experience of listening to
Video Killed the Radio Star: Taylor Bickett – If OnlyVideo Killed the Radio Star: Taylor Bickett – If Only
We’ve all had situationships—those yes-no-maybe-so relationships when the other half can’t seem to make up their mind. With her new song, “If Only,” singer-songwriter Taylor Bickett calls out the cowardice
Fantasia 2026: ‘Unholy Night’ is a welcome addition to Christmas horrorFantasia 2026: ‘Unholy Night’ is a welcome addition to Christmas horror
Out of Fantasia Film Festival, Michael Gabriele’s Unholy Night twists together the campiness of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, the cheery terror of Krampus, and the sobering aftertaste of Camille Griffin’s
Fantasia 2026: ‘Insectasy’ never fully hatchesFantasia 2026: ‘Insectasy’ never fully hatches
Out of Fantasia Film Festival, Angus Silver’s Insectasy aims for bizarro eroticism, but it neither gets gross and weird enough nor sexually charged enough to arouse the senses. Its sticky
Fantasia 2026: ‘Home Bodies’ goes through the motionsFantasia 2026: ‘Home Bodies’ goes through the motions
Out of Fantasia Film Festival, Casey Walker’s Home Bodies robotically shuffles between homage and a sleepy The Twilight Zone carbon copy. Sci-fi thrillers can so easily fall into the Black
Fantasia 2026: ‘Ancestral Beasts’ lacks bite, vision, and purposeFantasia 2026: ‘Ancestral Beasts’ lacks bite, vision, and purpose
Out of Fantasia Film Festival, Tim Riedel’s Ancestral Beasts follows a well-trodden path of familial roots, burying the past, and learning to move on. But it fails to generate anything
Fantasia 2026: ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ spins a harrowing queer folk taleFantasia 2026: ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ spins a harrowing queer folk tale
Out of Fantasia Film Festival, Kasper Kalle’s No Rest for the Wicked adapts the 1884 short story, Manor, written by German author and out gay man Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, and
