Fantasia 2020 In response to the current pandemic, many film festivals around the world have either been canceled, postponed, or moved online. Like many industries and...
Bryan Bertino’s The Dark And The Wicked, Tsutomu Hanabusa’s Project Dreams – How To Build Mazinger Z’s Hangar, John Hyams’ Alone, Mathias Malzieu’s A Mermaid In...
Fantasia 2019
The Odd Family Zombie On Sale South Korea cinema is known for producing some of the best serial killer thrillers this century, but as of late,...
Marietta Subong delivers one of the best performances of the year in the art-horror hybrid from the Philippines.
When The Most Dangerous Game was made in 1932, it was released in the era known as “Pre-Code Hollywood,” a time when filmmakers were able to...
In 1998, Hideo Nakata’s Ringu became an international phenomenon and with it, one of the most terrifying contemporary horror film characters was born. Sadako was her...
FANTASIA’S 23rd EDITION TO OPEN WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF HIDEO NAKATA’S SADAKO The Fantasia Film Festival is just around the corner and we can’t be...
David Robert Mitchell’s third feature is a mess of a film, but it’s also an incredibly entertaining mess that had me glued to the screen from...
Widely recognized as one of the godfathers of guerrilla filmmaking, Larry Cohen was a rare, fully-fledged cinematic auteur who relished working independently, enabling him to approach...
Focused on the youth of Japan, Wilderness is an oddly assembled film. Its main narrative centered around Shinji (Masaki Suda) and Kenji (Ik-joon Yang) is enrapturing,...
Released originally as a ten-episode series for Amazon, Tokyo Vampire Hotel is the kind of film that could only have come from the mind of Sion Sono. While...
Akin to last year’s The Florida Project, Tigers Are Not Afraid centers around youth trapped in an inhospitable environment. They are always on the run, always keeping an eye behind...
Mean-spirited, bloody, and over-the-top; these seem to be the driving forces behind the creation of Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich. Serving as a soft reboot to the...
Battle rap, the musical subspecialty that’s better known today for its parodies, makes a triumphant return in Joseph Kahn’s Bodied. Kahn’s film is often thrilling, and...
'Heavy Trip' has got enough jokes to sustain itself, and the music is all really good — if you like metal.
From the title alone, you might expect The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot to be a grindhouse spoof with excessive violence, exploding pustules, and other...
What begins as a mystery involving a missing body and a tormented detective devolves into a boring procedural that by its conclusion thinks it’s the smartest...
'Pledge' succeeds in large part due to the strength of Weiner’s screenplay about a horrific fraternity, as well as the talents of the actors involved.
While 'Satan’s Slaves' doesn’t quite reach lofty heights, it carries itself with enough confidence and tension to satisfy horror fans.
