I saw 13 Cameras at Screamfest last year, and it was probably the most effective movie in the fest. It doesn’t really have set pieces you might talk about or put in a trailer, but it’s got a very clear agenda and sets about delivering on that goal precisely. It’s way more sure of itself […]
There were lots of things I liked in Patchwork and lots of things I did not. That’s fitting considering the film is about a woman made up of different parts, so the film itself is a mix and match of different parts, some more successful than others. The good parts are well deserving of the […]
Julia, a unique revenge film, opened this weekend. Ashley C. Williams plays a woman who is raped and recovers via an unorthodox therapy. The therapy consists of luring men from a bar, but she is never allowed to seek revenge against her own attackers. Naturally, Julia feels conflicted about this when she is faced with […]
The Ghost Dimension is the final Paranormal Activity like The Final Chapter was the last Friday the 13th. There’s nothing final about it whatsoever. They may close one or two loops but it doesn’t bring any resolution to the big loose threads. I actually welcome final chapters, because the feeling of closure inevitably leads the […]
My gut reaction to the Martyrs remake was that it was exactly what I expected an Americanized Martyrs to be, but having settled down a bit I want to give it the benefit of the doubt. The filmmakers intentionally set out to make a different Martyrs so I’m not being clever by pointing out that […]
Every year at Screamfest there is a movie so crazy, it is legendary. Last year it was Parlor, now called Anarchy Parlor for VOD listings. The year before that, The Gauntlet would qualify. This isn’t a qualitative judgement. It is just an objective statement. There are things in these movies that no other filmmaker would […]
Screamfest 2015 kicked off with Tales of Halloween, a collection of 11 horror shorts from 11 different directing teams. Everyone is going to have their favorite stories out of the 11, but even if you don’t love them all, I loved seven out of the 11 which is a pretty solid ratio. Even of the […]
This weekend, in theaters or on VOD, you can watch a different sort of monster movie, one starring Kevin Durand as the hero instead of a villain, and focusing on the family drama of a grieving couple. Dark Was the Night stars Durand as a sheriff of a small town plagued by what he first […]
