The Found Footage Phenomenon, 2021. Written and directed by Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott. Featuring André Øvredal, Patrick Brice, Ruggero Deodato, Eduardo Sánchez, and Stephen Volk. SYNOPSIS: An independent documentary charting the origins of the found footage subgenre, tracking it through to the technique’s current form and asking what the future is. No subgenre has […]
Movie Review – Laguna Ave (2021)
Laguna Ave, 2021. Directed by David Buchanan. Starring Dan Crane, Stephanie Brait, Jeff Hilliard, James Markham Hall Jr., Russell Steinberg, and Sheridan Ward. SYNOPSIS: A disaffected former musician with a prosthetic hand is drawn into the mysterious and sinister world of his downstairs neighbor. Likely to be one of the more polarising films of this […]
Movie Review – Followers (2021)
Followers, 2021. Written and Directed by Marcus Harben. Starring Tanya Burr, Harry Jarvis, Nina Wadia, Loreece Harrison, and Erin Austen. SYNOPSIS: A struggling social media influencer discovers the house he shares is haunted. The ghost brings him and his friends fame and fortune, but with deadly consequences. There aren’t many riper subjects for satire these […]
Movie Review – The Changed (2021)
The Changed, 2021. Co-written and directed Michael Mongillo. Starring Tony Todd, Clare Foley, Erik Bloomquist, Nina Wisner, and Jason Alan Smith. SYNOPSIS: A group of ordinary people band together in a suburban home to battle imposters who have replaced their families, friends, and neighbours. Executing high-concept sci-fi horror on a low budget isn’t easy, and […]
Movie Review – King Knight (2021)
King Knight, 2021. Written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. Starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Angela Sarafyan, Aubrey Plaza, Barbara Crampton, and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery. One of the stranger entries on this year’s Frightfest docket […]
Movie Review – Brain Freeze (2021)
Brain Freeze, 2021. Written and directed by Julien Knafo. Starring Iani Bédard, Roy Dupuis, Marianne Fortier, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, and Claudia Ferri. SYNOPSIS: A fertiliser used in a rich gated community becomes the source of a genetic mutation that transforms its residents into zombies. Can a teenager and his baby sister break free from the quarantined […]
Movie Review – The Love Witch (2016)
The Love Witch, 2016 Written and Directed by Anna Biller Starring Samantha Robinson, Elle Evans, Jeffrey Vincent Praise, Lily Holleman, Dani Lennon, Laura Waddell, Stephen Wozniak, Jennifer Ingrum, Gian Keys SYNOPSIS: A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, in a tribute to 1960s pulp novels and […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Shadow of the Cat
Shadow of the Cat, 2021. Directed by José María Cical. Starring Danny Trejo, Peter O’Brien, Mónica Antonópulos, Clara Kovacic, and Guillermo Zapata. SYNOPSIS: Gato lives with his teenage daughter Emma and a small group of people on an isolated farm without phone or internet. But Emma, tempted by her curiosity, gets a mobile phone. While […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Isolation
Isolation, 2021. Directed by Alix Austin, Adam R. Brown, Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, Andrew Kasch, Kyle I. Kelley, Alexandra Neary, Christian Pasquariello, Zach Passero, Bobby Roe, and Keir Siewert. Starring Larry Fessenden, Marieh Delfino, Dennie Gordon, Damien Gerard, and Sunny Roe. SYNOPSIS: An anthology of nine horror shorts filmed under the social distancing and self-isolation […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 Review – Ultrasound
Ultrasound, 2021. Directed by Rob Schroeder. Starring Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Breeda Wool, Tunde Adebimpe, and Rainey Qualley. SYNOPSIS: After his car breaks down, Glen spends one hell of an odd night with a married couple, setting in motion a chain of events that alter their lives plus those of several random strangers. Rob Schroeder’s […]
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