[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…
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[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[ZINE] DREAM HOME (2010): HOW TO MAKE A LADY MONSTER
Cheng Lai Sheung (played by Josie Ho) evolves from dutiful daughter to mass murderer in Ho-Cheung Pang's film Dream Home…
[EDITORIAL] TWIN TALES OF TAGALOG TERROR, 2020 EDITION
Attracted by the welcoming Filipino government, Americans made movies there that they couldn't make at home. The archipelago became a…
[REVIEW] ‘THE INVISIBLE MAN’ IS A TERRIFYING ITERATION THAT GIVES A MODERN TWIST TO THE CLASSIC TALE
The Invisible Man is a refreshing divergence from a crass revenge story, which is where some #MeToo-themed movies have aimed.
[REVIEW] ‘BLOOD ON HER NAME’ IS AN INTENSE, RURAL-NOIR THRILLER WITH HITCHCOCKIAN OVERTONES
Blood on Her Name (2020) is an intense, rural-noir thriller with Hitchcockian overtones that takes the viewer on a voyage…