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Movie Review – The Horror Crowd (2020)

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The Horror Crowd, 2020. Directed by Ruben Pla. Starring Russell Mulcahy, Lin Shaye, Darren Lynn Bousman, and Ryan Turek. SYNOPSIS: A revealing, intimate documentary from veteran actor insider Ruben Pla, The Horror Crowd puts a spotlight on the dedicated nightmare-creators that form Hollywood’s horror community. We’ve all watched a horror film and pondered on who […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Cult of VHS

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Cult of VHS, 2022. Directed by Rob Preciado. SYNOPSIS: A feature-length documentary featuring interviews with collectors, film directors, and VHS enthusiasts as they take a trip down memory lane and take us through their first experiences with the medium and what it means to them. If this documentary about the continued, even resurging popularity of […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Next Exit

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Next Exit, 2022. Written and directed by Mali Elfman. Starring Katie Parker, Rahul Kohli, Karen Gillan, and Rose McIver. SYNOPSIS: After humanity confirms the existence of an afterlife, a research scientist launches a study in which volunteers commit painless suicide. Traveling from New York to San Francisco, two strangers share a rental car as they […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Incredible But True

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Incredible but True, 2022. Written and directed by Quentin Dupieux. Starring Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, and Anaïs Demoustier. SYNOPSIS: Alain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may well change their lives forever. French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux’s one-man […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Deep Fear

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Deep Fear, 2022. Directed by Grégory Beghin. Starring Victor Meutelet, Sofia Lesaffre, Joseph Olivennes, and Kassim Meesters. SYNOPSIS: Paris, the eighties. Three students decide to celebrate their graduation with a visit to the Paris Catacombs when they discover the legendary 717 Bunker. As Above, So Below proved the dramatic potential of staging a horror film […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – Midnight Peepshow

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Midnight Peepshow, 2022. Directed by Andy Edwards, Airell Anthony Hayles, Ludovica Musumeci, and Jake West. Starring Chiara D’Anna, Richard Cotton, Sarah Diamond, and Roisin Browne. SYNOPSIS: A madame owns a Soho peepshow with a difference – the sights on offer are tailor-made to its customers’ deepest sinful fears. Horror anthologies are a bit like pizza; […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 Review – The Summoned

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The Summoned, 2022. Directed by Mark Meir. Starring Emma Fitzpatrick, J. Quinton Johnson, Salvador Chacon, and Angela Gulner. SYNOPSIS: Two high-profile couples are forced to examine the cost of success when they’re invited to an exclusive self-help retreat with a sinister side. Mark Meir’s directorial debut The Summoned is sure to be compared to both […]

Movie Review – Swan Song (2021)

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Swan Song, 2021. Written and directed by Todd Stephens. Starring Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie, Ira Hawkins, and Stephanie McVay. SYNOPSIS: An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home and embarks on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman’s hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way. Whether […]

Movie Review – Call Jane (2022)

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Call Jane, 2022. Directed by Phyllis Nagy. Starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, and Cory Michael Smith. SYNOPSIS: A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time where she can’t get a legal abortion, and works with a group of suburban women to find help. Oscar-nominated Carol writer […]

Movie Review – Orphan: First Kill (2022)

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Orphan: First Kill, 2022. Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Rossif Sutherland, and Julia Stiles. SYNOPSIS: After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2009 horror film Orphan may have been a modest box office success […]