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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 might’ve come up with […]

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 VHS movies is very […]

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 go to end […]

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 industry of singularly weird […]

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 in the Parisian Catacombs […]

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; even when they’re not […]

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 Get Out and Ready […]

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 you know his name […]

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 Phyllis Nagy makes her […]

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 and has endured as […]