News and reviews on past and future films and series.
Los Angeles : IT meets THE BABADOOK in director Talal Selhami’s ACHOURA, now available on DVD and Digital from Dark Star Pictures.
Following raves at Cinepocalypse, Brussels Fantastic Film Festival, Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival and more, North America gets to now witness the terrifying tale of a Moroccan legend.
Read MoreLondon, UK - Arrow Video is excited to announce the ARROW release of Noel David Taylor's bizarre film-making comedy Man Under Table, available exclusively to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and newly launched in Ireland.
Read MoreThe Etheria Film Festival was founded by former Viscera Film Festival staff Heidi Honeycutt, Stacy Pippi Hammon, and Kayleviteo in 2014 as an LA-based genre film festival for short films directed by women.
Read MoreA horror film set in the American Northeast that pulls references from not one mythos of American folklore and paranormal query, but two. Director Bruce Wemple (Monstrous) delivers a familiar horror film setup, yet a story that never quite falls into the “boredom of predictability'' of which many films of this type seem to culminate.
Read MoreIf you’re craving a movie that is like Goodfellas meets Shaun of the Dead, look no further than Witness Infection. Directed by Andy Palmer (Camp Cold Brook) and written by Carlos Alazraqui (Rocko’s Modern Life, Reno! 911, The Funhouse Massacre) and Jill-Michele Melean (MAD TV, Reno! 911, Taco Shop) , this movie is one you definitely want to sink your teeth into.
Read MoreCurse of the Blind Dead, a post-apocalyptic horror flick with Satanic rituals, doomsday cults, gore and zombies - sign me up.
Read MoreThe gore is cool, the camera work is competent, the setting is intriguing, and most importantly, what is shown on the box art is what you get in the film
Read MoreTo look at the title fonts, the presentation, and the overall mood, if you were to get a Stranger Things / Goonies / Monster Squad vibe, you would be correct; this movie wears its inspirations on its sleeve.
Read MoreIn Mass Hysteria, when a tourist dies on Halloween night in Salem, the crowd seeks justice by mounting a modern-day witch hunt.
Read MoreThe Mortuary Collection is a pleasantly pulpy and Gothic ode to the creepy collections of olde. Premiering on Shudder on October 15th, The Mortuary Collection features mad mortician Montgomery Dark (Clancy Brown) and Sam (Caitlin Fisher), a young vagrant looking to master the mortuary arts.
Read MoreWith an ending I didn’t expect, fantastic practical effects, plenty of tension, and a great tapestry of history and fiction, Blood Vessel delivers one of the finest vampire movies I’ve seen in a long time. If you like historical horror, vampires, gory action, or a solid, dark tale, you will do yourself a favor by watching this one.
Read MoreA recluse on the family farm since her father’s death, Teresa (Nicole Fancher, Unchained Love) is tinkering around with the space-time continuum for her capstone project, and well; you know that’s never been a good idea.
Read MoreSometimes horror, sometimes wacky, and sometimes downright gory… having a style and competency in film all their own, not to mention inimitable styles of both humor and horror beats, Aussie films are testament to the adage "you never know what you are in for". This film embodies that statement
Read MoreEtheria is a refreshing anthology of shorts that can be enjoyed in one evening. The show is distributed by The Horror Collective, which aims to advance independent filmmakers and connect their work to hungry genre fans.
Read More…I can unequivocally tell you this was one of the most enjoyable horror films I have seen this year. The stories are varied, the acting is on point, the gore is nicely done, and I even found myself startled at some of the beats in a couple of the shorts.
Read MoreHorrific flavors merge in Alex Bourne’s Clownface, a new film from Wild Eye Releasing (available August 18 On Demand and DVD) serving up a delicious sundae, made with a big, campy scoop of “Masked Stalker Urban Legend” double-dipped in “Killer Clown” iconography, topped with “Badass Heroine” sprinkles, and drizzled with an award-winning score composed by Hans Michael Enselmo Hess.
Read MoreSet in 1983 Russia, the height of the Cold War, Sputnik tells the story of cosmonaut Konstantin Veshnyakov and his disastrous return to Earth after a mission to space.
Read MoreWerewolves are back in the public imagination after Universal announced an upcoming Wolfman feature to follow up on the success of this year’s The Invisible Man. Unfortunately, production on Wolfman is up in the air due to COVID-19 so we might not get a new werewolf movie for some time. But if you’re like me and hunger for those hairy monsters, Ginger Snaps-- written by Karen Walton and directed by John Fawcett-- turns 20 this year and is worth a watch (or rewatch).
Read MoreThe Silencing is an example of a thriller that succeeds because of the talent of its lead actors and the brilliance of cinematography and score. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau does a wonderful job of portraying the world-weary and gruff Rayburn that truly makes the audience feel a pang of sympathy for his character’s plight. This is a film that shouldn’t be missed, despite its slightly rushed climax.
Read MoreWhile the predictable inevitability of the events of this film were not surprising, it is the characters and actions taken by them that propelled this film; displaying a gory good thrill-ride, while staying cognizant of its heraldry - as well as making it one of the most enjoyable films of the desiccated zombie genre in the past several years.
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