Stars: Anna Gunn, Janeane Garofalo, Holland Bailey, Linus Roache | Written and Directed by Alison Star Locke The flood of sinister Christmas-themed films continues with The Apology, a thriller about Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn; Red State, Sully). She’s a recovering alcoholic and, with some help from her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo; Lava, Wet Hot […]
Stars: Katarina Hughes, Stephanie Domini, Travis Peters, Adam Lowder, Chelsea Clark | Written and Directed by Ruben Rodriguez Bearing a 2022 release date on IMDB but originally shot and released ten years earlier, The Death of April is a found footage mockumentary about a young woman named Megan (Katarina Hughes; Pretty Problems, Peridot). She’s recently […]
Stars: Beatrice Fletcher, Christophe Monplaisir, Julie Stevens, Andy Dixon, Patrick Bergin, May Kelly, Stephen Staley | Written by Joe Knetter | Directed by Rebecca Matthews Nutcracker Massacre opens with a pervy delivery guy indulging his inner voyeur at the expense of Clara (Beatrice Fletcher; Croc!, The Legend of Jack and Jill) before a giant nutcracker […]
Stars: Jack Huston, Willa Fitzgerald, John Malkovich, Winter Ave Zoli, Swen Temmel, Robert De Niro, Quavo | Written by Adam Taylor Barker, Chris Sivertson | Directed by Randall Emmett Savage Justice answers the question everyone’s been asking, what is producer, and in this case director, Randall Emmett going to do now that his go-to star […]
Stars: Miranda Edwards, Paul Johansson, Bruce Willis, Beau Mirchoff, Corey Large, Lochlyn Munro | Written by Edward Drake, Corey Large | Directed by Edward Drake Detective Knight: Redemption opens with a bank robbery and shootout between the police and a group of well-armed and mask-wearing Santas. NYPD Captain Anna Shea (Miranda Edwards; Taken Too Far, […]
Stars: Kate Mayhew, Miguel Muñoz, Scarlett Sperduto, Kaya Coleman, Grant Morningstar, Christina Nguyen, Ophelia Lichtenstein, Cristobal Reyes | Written and Directed by Zac Locke #Float, the debut feature from producer (Climate of the Hunter, Bloodline) turned writer/director Zac Locke, is the latest vlogger/influencer-themed horror film to be washed up onto my viewing list. It’s the […]
Stars: Brian D. Anderson, Amber Lee Solis, Shaela Payne, Ali Alkhafaji, Thomas Burke, Judy McMillan | Written and Directed by Isaac Rodriguez In a shabby-looking cell an unseen policeman is interrogating the clown-faced serial killer Mister Creep (Brian D. Anderson; Secret of the Shroud, Abduction of the Fourth Kind). He even reminds him that cooperation […]
Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim Falck, Anneke von der Lippe, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Gard B. Eidsvold, Karoline Viktoria Sletteng Garvang | Written by Espen Aukan | Directed by Roar Uthaug Troll opens with a young girl and her father rock climbing in the reputed home of Norway’s trolls. When the girl professes her disbelief her […]
Stars: Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Harper Taylor, Brynn Taylor | Written and Directed by Phil Tippett First started in 1987, over thirty years in the making and the subject of much talk, rumour and speculation, Phil Tippett’s Mad God was certainly one of the most anticipated screenings at this year’s Fantasia. Given Tippett’s […]
Stars: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Written and Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead Something in the Dirt is the latest film from the filmmaking team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (The Endless, Moom Knight). Shot during the pandemic with a minimal crew it’s something of a return to the early days of their […]
Stars: Alice Lucy, David Schofield, Kel Matsena, Casper Van Dien, Max Rüdlinger | Written by Johannes Hartmann, Sandro Klopfstein, Gregory D. Widmer, Trent Haaga | Directed by Johannes Hartmann, Sandro Klopfstein After several years of raising funds and filming, Mad Heidi arrives just in time to join films like Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, The Banana […]
Stars: Gillian Alexy, Luke Ford, Téa Heathcote-Marks, Nick Atkinson, Alexandra Nell, Ryan Panizza | Written by Andrew Slattery, Adam Enslow, Dane Millerd | Directed by John V. Soto As the Australian thriller Avarice begins Kate Matthews (Gillian Alexy; Anchors, People You May Know) is not living her best life. Her husband Ash (Luke Ford; Infini, […]
Stars: Noah Segan, Victoria Moroles, Josh Ruben, C.L. Simpson | Written and Directed by Noah Segan Actor Noah Segan (The Pale Door, Mohawk) follows up “M.I.S.T..E.R.” his segment from last year’s Scare Package with his first feature, Blood Relatives, a comedy that proves blood, and the thirst for it, is thicker than water. Francis (Noah […]
Stars: Layton Matthews, D.Y. Sao, Anna Harr, Dominique Swain, Craig Ng | Written and Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo Set in what appears to be a dystopian, and possibly post-apocalyptic America, Shadow Master opens with a SWAT team walking in on a martial arts battle in what looks like a hospital turned into a slaughterhouse […]
Stars: Tyrese Gibson, Ric Reitz, Hawk Walts, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Marrese Crump | Written and Directed by Dallas Jackson Terry Savage (Tyrese Gibson; Morbius, Dangerous) was a war hero, now he’s reduced to robbing drug houses to try to afford treatment for his daughter’s medical condition. And if the robbery we see at the […]
Stars: Andrew Rolfe, Arthur Boan, Sarah T. Cohen, Sian Altman, George Nettleton, Peter Jeffries, Heather Jackson | Written by Fil Freitas | Directed by Jack Ayers With The Rise of the Beast, (originally titled Devolution), producer Scott Jeffrey fills a noticeable hole in his output. He’s given us dinosaurs, dragons, mutated rats, bats, spiders, and […]
Stars: Indica Jane, Sydney Spaulding, Sushii Xhyvette Holder, Vera Marlowe, Taylor Herd, Beux Leto, Jayden Leto, Collin O’Neill | Written and Directed by Christopher Leto With two nudity-filled locker room scenes and a fairly graphic straight razor throat slitting even before we get to the opening credits, The Cheerleader Sleepover Slaughter certainly seems like it’s […]
Stars: John Jarratt, Simone Buchanan, Lincoln Lewis, Lauren Grimson | Written and Directed by Chris Sun Australian director Chris Sun is known for his violent, frequently quite viciously so, genre films such as Charlie’s Farm and Boar. The Possessed however marks his first attempt at a supernatural film, and it’s based on the allegedly true […]
