by Michael Gingold | Feb 15, 2024 | News
New Anchor Bay Entertainment launches with “LEATHERFACE” doc and life-size puppet thriller “ABRUPTIO” By MICHAEL GINGOLD A familiar name from genre distribution’s past will bring us more horror and related movies in the future. Umbrelic Entertainment founders Thomas...
by Yasmina Ketita | Feb 15, 2024 | Rewind Zone
The Rewind Zone Gets Ahead With The Noggin-Snatching Antics Of “THE BORROWER” By YASMINA KETITA You can always depend on Cannon Video to deliver the goods. THE BORROWER is one film among many titles listed in their repertoire. Directed by John McNaughton...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 15, 2024 | News
The trailer and poster for “STING” will give you arachnophobia By MICHAEL GINGOLD Never mind MADAME WEB, here’s the spider-girl movie we’re looking forward to. STING opens wide in North American theaters April 12 from Well Go USA. Kiah Roache-Turner (WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 15, 2024 | Events, News
First wave announced for 2024 Unnamed Footage Festival, including “#BLUE_WHALE,” “FROGMAN,” etc. By MICHAEL GINGOLD The fest devoted to first-person, mock-doc and found-footage genre cinema has some creepy-looking features in store. The seventh edition of the Unnamed...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 15, 2024 | News
“GHOST MACHINE,” “ATROCIOUS THING” premieres and more at Make Believe Seattle Film Festival By MICHAEL GINGOLD The second year of the genre-centric event is packed with scary stuff. The 2024 Make Believe Seattle Film Festival will take place March 21-26, with...
by Shawn Macomber | Feb 15, 2024 | Reviews
Movie Review: One man’s internal darkness manifests externally in “THERE IS A MONSTER” By SHAWN MACOMBER Starring Joey Collins, Ena O’Rourke and Jesse MillinerWritten and directed by Mike TaylorGravitas Ventures “Everyone carries a shadow,” Swiss psychiatrist Carl...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 15, 2024 | Exclusives, News
Exclusive trailer and poster: “HOW WE ENDED US,” supernatural chiller from “GINGER SNAPS BACK” creators By MICHAEL GINGOLD The film will be presented at the European Film Market in Berlin this month. Genre specialist Raven Banner gave us the first look at the trailer...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 14, 2024 | News
“AMERICAN PSYCHO” author Bret Easton Ellis to make his directing debut on a horror film with “STRANGER THINGS” star By MICHAEL GINGOLD And he’s got some top-class creature creators on board. Variety reports that Bret Easton Ellis, author of AMERICAN PSYCHO, LESS THAN...
by Lindy Ryan | Feb 14, 2024 | Exclusives
EXCLUSIVE: A VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE MOVIE MARATHON WITH THE BOULET BROTHERS By LINDY RYAN If you find yourself drowning in the suffocating embrace of loneliness this Valentine’s Day, fret not. Your queens of darkness, The Boulet Brothers, who just wrapped the...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 13, 2024 | Reviews
Movie Review: A prehistory of violence in “OUT OF DARKNESS” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Starring Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young and Chuku ModuDirected by Andrew CummingWritten by Ruth GreenbergBleecker Street/Stage 6 Films Did the sun ever shine in humankind’s distant past? I...
