Category: Reviews
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Review: ‘Rum Go!’ serves up striking monkey’s paw tale
“The cycles of suffering spring from desiring things to be different than they are,” reads an end credit placard of the new short film. Therein also lies the crux of “The Monkey’s Paw,” a spooky short story written by W.W. Jacobs and published in 1902. The three-wishes tale, in which a person gets to see
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Review: ‘We are the Missing’ runs high on concept, low on pay-off
Now streaming free on YouTube, Andrew Robinson's first feature doesn't quite stick the landing.
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Review: ‘A Creepshow Animated Special’ shocks the system
Hitting Shudder this week, the Greg Nicotero-directed animated special is quite the delicious treat.
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FrightFest 2020: October Edition Round-Up
In our FrightFest 2020 review round up, we review Heckle, Babysitter Must Die, Dangerous to Know, CYST, The Nights Before Christmas, and The World We Knew.
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FrightFest 2020: ‘Don’t Look Back’ swaps fate for karma in timely thesis
Playing FrightFest 2020, Jeffrey Reddick's directorial debut showcases great promise.
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Nightstream 2020: ‘Darkness’ captures ongoing struggle of women against the patriarchy
Playing Nightstream 2020, Emanuela Rossi's directorial debut grinds to the center of women's plight.
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Nightstream 2020: ‘Detention’ pulses with tremendous, gutting heart
Playing Nightstream, John Hsu explores the real life White Terror through an adaptation of a popular video game.
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Nightstream 2020: ‘An Unquiet Grave’ carves to the core of death & grief
Making its world debut at Nightstream, Terence Krey's new feature confronts death and grief head-on.
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Nightstream 2020: ‘It Cuts Deep’ marries mumblecore and slasher
Playing this year's Nightstream, Nicholas Payne Santos' feature directorial debut goes hard into the paint.
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Review: ‘The Cleansing Hour’ energizes exorcisms for the digital era
Now streaming on Shudder, Damien Leveck's new feature offers up a damn good time.
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Review: ‘Play. Pause. Kill’ gushes with high-voltage carnage
Filmmaker David Teixeira's new short is a delight.
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Review: ’12 Hour Shift’ lets the bodies hit the floor
We spoke with actors Angela Bettis and Chloe Farnworth about Brea Grant's bloody and delightful new feature.
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Review: ‘Alone’ is a lean and mean survivalist thriller
Hitting digital platforms this week, John Hyams' new feature keeps things streamlined and unsettling.
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Review: Dolly Valentine picks apart heartfelt truths on new album, ‘How to Be Good’
Formerly one-half of Holy Golden, Leslie Schott steps out with a new moniker and a debut album.
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Review: ‘Spiral’ examines vilification of queerness
Hitting Shudder this week, Kurtis David Harder's new feature examines queerness and cycles of bigotry.
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I thought it was a pretty mean doc. As a Woman, I wanted to love it. Many of the moments…
Can’t wait to see the whole film! Great sets, and I love the puppets. Plus, the kid in the little…