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November 1, 2022

Review: Hochet and Pastor Turn Character-Centric Found Footage On It’s Head In ‘Stéphane’

Cleverly dropping viewers into the film within the film, Timothée Hochet and Lucas Pastor’s debut feature Stéphane opens mid-scene as an up and coming director named Timothée (Bastien Garcia delivering a perfectly nuanced debut feature performance) shoots his latest action-packed, espionage short. He and his actors are interrupted by a peculiar man named Stéphane (Lucas Pastor himself, unrecognizable under makeup) […]

Evan Jordan 3 min read

August 21, 2022

Popcorn Frights Review: John Ainslie Bites Into Love, Flesh & Peyote With ‘Do Not Disturb’

A superbly edited travel montage doubling as an opening credits sequence stylishly opens John Ainslie’s sophomore feature film Do Not Disturb, as viewers are effectively introduced to the South Florida setting and lead characters in the process. Chloe (Kimberly Laferriere of In The Dark, injecting a great deal of nuance into her show-stealing performance) and Jack (Rogan Christopher of 2018’s […]

Evan Jordan 2 min read

August 21, 2022

Popcorn Frights Review: ‘The Eyes Below’ Will Have You Checking Under Your Bed

Alexis Bruchon’s The Eyes Below is an experimental horror film that for the vast majority of the runtime, takes place in a bed. On top of that, there is almost no dialogue beyond screams, grunts, and exasperated sighs. This isn’t going to be for everyone, but it was a fascinating watch. Eugène (played by Vinicius Coelho) gets into bed but […]

Patrick Kelly 1 min read

August 13, 2022

Popcorn Frights Review: Scott Slone’s Hybrid Found Footage ‘Malibu Horror Story’ Hides It’s Strengths Behind Tired Tropes

Scott Slone’s decade-plus-long endeavor Malibu Horror Story opens by revealing a team of young paranormal researchers in a remote Malibu Canyon cave who are recording the pilot episode of their web series. They’re preparing for the inaugural EVP session and in the process describe their roster of standard spirit hunting tech, including the spirit box they’ll use to communicate with […]

Evan Jordan 3 min read

August 13, 2022

Popcorn Frights Review: Carter Smith’s ‘Swallowed’ Crosses The Border With A Belly Full Of Bugs

Cringe-inducing body horror delivered via a tightly-paced, timely thriller about a queer couple smuggling drugs across an international border surely isn’t something anyone had on their horror movie bingo cards, though it’s exactly what Carter Smith’s Swallowed shoots for and achieves with flying colors. The film opens with a hypnotic credits sequence intercut with the leads dancing in a club, […]

Evan Jordan 2 min read

August 12, 2022

Popcorn Frights Review: ‘Tiny Cinema’ Is An Anthology That Doesn’t Quite Fill The Theater

“This is the kind of place that will make you feel uncomfortable, I can promise you that.” is how we are introduced to Tyler Cornack’s Tiny Cinema. Unfortunately for me I was only uncomfortable due to a number of cringeworthy moments. Several of the chapters are bogged down by lowbrow humor that missed the mark and had me rolling my […]

Patrick Kelly 3 min read

August 7, 2022

CFF 2022 List: Patrick Kelly’s Under the Radar Short Films

The short films at Chattanooga Film Festival this year were brilliant and took up much of my time. They boasted such an incredible variety that I truly believe there was something for everyone. I know “under the radar” may seem like a loaded term, but I tried to stay up to date on what was being discussed on the festival’s […]

Patrick Kelly 2 min read

July 3, 2022

CFF Review: Harry Owens Hauntingly Tackles Grief With “The Unsettling”

“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 […]

Nick Schneider 2 min read

June 25, 2022

CFF Review: Throwback Slasher “Bitch Ass” Is A Game Night to Remember

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 […]

Nick Schneider 3 min read

March 21, 2022

UFF Review: Sarah Goras Peterson Explores Paranoia And Cults In ‘The Zand Order’

The Zand Order directed by Sarah Goras Peterson follows a mother searching for answers related to her daughter’s death. She believes a cult was responsible for her daughter’s death, however the police had their doubts and previously closed the investigation. The film follows Yessica (the camera specialist) and Vex (the tracker/guide) who were hired by Morgan (the mother), to help […]