There’s been a surge in recent years of horror directors tackling social media influencer culture and #chadgetstheaxe is the newest attempt and succeeds largely because of its dedication to the authenticity of recreating the live stream experience through it’s personalities, chat integration and slick editing. Opening with one influencer, Steve Spice, showing his followers (dubbed “The Spice Squad”) an abandoned […]
The idea of a social media influencer has taken off greatly within the last couple decades but it’s never been at more of the forefront than it is right now in 2022. Sylvia Caminer’s feature length directorial debut, Follow Her, takes the idea of a social media influencer and places it firmly into a psychological thriller when an aspiring actress […]
When a research scientist makes national headlines by seemingly proving the existence of an afterlife and opening a facility that facilitates the peaceful transition to the other side for research purposes, people from all over the country travel to be the first ones to experience it. Two lost souls, Rose (Katie Parker) and Teddy (Rahul Kohli) arrange travel plans with […]
“I thought we were here for a break” “I thought we were here to start over?” These lines between a grieving husband and wife midway through Harry Owen’s directorial debut, The Unsettling, perfectly encapsulates the feeling of attempting to restart your life after a tragedy. Abena (Zephani Idoko) and Kwame (Bambadjan Bamba) are at entirely different stages of the grieving […]
Opening with horror icon Tony Todd (Candyman) name-dropping the likes of Blacula, Tales from the Hood, The People Under the Stairs and a few other hood horror classics before introducing us to the story of the first black serial killer, the titular Bitch Ass, is certainly a way to root this title in the 1990s. Directed by Bill Posley (Cobra […]
“Based on reports of extraterrestrial encounters” is the first thing you see when starting Patrick Donnelly’s 2022 found footage sci-fi film “The Alien Report” and it’s a message that attempts to root this story within reality. Pentagon footage, abduction reports and questions of the aliens intentions with humanity quickly set the stage for the story to kickstart with the narrator […]
As people approach their late 20s and early 30s an internal clock starts to tick as they begin to analyze their lives against those around them. Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World follows a medical student, Julie, played by Renate Reinsve, as she navigates this part of her life through a series of chapters that each play out […]
Period pieces have seen a boom in recent years within the horror genre and Eduardo Vitaletti’s directorial debut The Last Thing Mary Saw is here to transport us all the way back to 1843 for a dose of religious cult horror. The movie follows Mary (played by Stefanie Scott) as she recounts the events that led to her eventual capture […]
As 2021 nears its end we like to reflect on our favorite works that have release over the last year and one often overlooked aspect is the movie poster. They can draw you in with their beautiful visuals and they can inform you of what to expect from the movie using minimal imagery and text, but most importantly they can often make you consider adding a movie to your watchlist based entirely off the work of the incredibly talented graphic designer(s) behind them.
Horror movies and remakes go hand in hand and throughout the years they’ve ranged from solid updates and additions to an existing franchise to blatant cash grabs that fail to update the original property in any meaningful way. Enter “Slumber Party Massacre,” the 2021 film that serves as both a remake to the 1982 original “The Slumber Party Massacre” but […]