[REVIEW] ‘RELIC’ TRAPS VIEWERS IN A DARK MAZE OF A FAMILY’S DEEPEST FEARS
Natalie Erica James’ first feature film is a slow-burn, emotional drama about the horrors of ageing parents and hidden family histories.
[REVIEW] ‘WARNING: DO NOT PLAY’ PROMISES FRIGHT, BUT FAILS TO DELIVER
Imagine that you had the opportunity to create the most frightening movie ever made. Would you want to live with the consequences?
[SHORT FILM REVIEW] ‘THORNS’ LEAVES YOU VULNERABLE
THORNS carries a vulnerability to it that people can exercise brilliantly or stumble with, and for THORNS, it exceeds with its the landing and nails it.
[REVIEW] THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS SEASON 2, WEEK 1 — CHOPPING MALL AND BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs returns to Shudder for its second season, premiering with two cult classics that vary in quality.
[REVIEW] A TIME BEFORE QUARANTINES: HIDE OUT WITH THE SURREAL, CAMPY FILMS OF CAN EVRENOL
Can Evrenol’s weird, campy gorefests are the distraction we need right now. Hide from the pandemic with films evocative of the atmospheric fun of the 90s.
[REVIEW] ‘BUTT BOY’: A CHEEKY FILM THAT SPREADS ITSELF TOO WIDE
Butt Boy follows anal retentive Chip who lacks enjoyment in his every day life. After receiving a routine prostate exam a desire in him awakens.
[ZINE] MONSTROUS FEMALE FEAR : THE POWER OF SADY BOYLE’S ‘DEAD BLONDES’ AND DAVID CRONENBERG’S ‘RABID’
While the roots of many of the fearful creatures Sady Doyle describes in her book are ancient, the stories of murder by exorcism, etc. are often very recent. It was with this last point in mind that I revisited one of my favorite films, David Cronenberg’s 1977 film Rabid.
[ZINE] THE IDENTITY CRISES OF THE WOMEN WITHIN KARYN KUSAMA’S ‘THE INVITATION’
The Invitation is nearly perfect to me, but it has always left me craving more in terms of its treatment of the five fascinating women it gives us.
[DVD/BLU-RAY REVIEW] THERES NOTHING LIKE THE HIGH OCTANE WAR THAT IS ‘VFW’
VFW is a neon-drenched trippy thrill ride that you won’t get out of your head. It’s part zombie, full-blown 80s action horror, and a whole lot of fucking fun.
[ZINE] RIOT GRRRL HORROR: THE SOSKA SISTERS STAND UP TO THE SYSTEM
What’s grotesque on the inside usually comes out (or off) in a Twisted Twins flick such as Rabid.. That’s because superficial standards of feminine beauty, threats of sexual violence, and other exterior demands of a patriarchal system distort women’s interior lives. Men make women ugly on the inside. And ugliness will come out, often angrily. The slit, pierced, amputated, and mangled are thus the realest things about these movies. They provide tangible, gory evidence of women’s rage.