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Movie Review – Strawberry Mansion (2021)

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Strawberry Mansion, 2021. Written and directed by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley. Starring Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, and Constance Shulman. SYNOPSIS: In a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric. Forward-thinking authors over the decades […]

Movie Review – The Retaliators (2021)

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The Retaliators, 2021. Directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr. and Bridget Smith. Starring Michael Lombardi, Marc Menchaca, Joseph Gatt, Katie Kelly, and Abbey Hafer. SYNOPSIS: An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. The dead-ordinary revenge thriller is uneasily if entertainingly remixed in Samuel Gonzalez […]

Movie Review – The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)

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The Last Thing Mary Saw, 2020. Written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti. Starring Rory Culkin, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stefanie Scott, Carolyn McCormick, and Judith Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the […]

Movie Review – Torn Hearts (2022)

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Torn Hearts, 2022. Directed by Brea Grant. Starring Katey Sagal, Abby Quinn, Alexxis Lemire, and Joshua Leonard. SYNOPSIS: A country music duo seek out the private mansion of their idol and end up in a twisted series of horrors that force them to confront the limits they’ll go for their dreams. Director Brea Grant (12 […]

Movie Review – TikTok, Boom. (2022)

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TikTok, Boom., 2022. Directed by Shalini Kantayya. SYNOPSIS: With TikTok crowned the world’s most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists, and experts alike. Coded Bias director Shalini Kantayya’s follow-up doc challenges yet another window of our increasingly algorithm-controlled lives; social media, […]

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 […]