By: Paul Farrell
Category: Reviews
[Fantastic Fest 2023] Review Round-Up: THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE BARN, THE COFFEE TABLE, SO UNREAL, DOOR (1988)
[Fantastic Fest 2023] Review Round-Up: WHEN EVIL LURKS, CRUMB CATCHER, RIVER, PROPERTY
[Fantastic Fest 2023] Review Round-Up: FALLING STARS, STRANGE DARLING, YOU’RE NOT ME
[Fantastic Fest 2023] Review Round-Up: SPOOKTACULAR, THE WAIT, WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS, PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES
SWALLOWED Review: An Incredible Queer Body Horror Film You Won’t Soon Forget
By: Emily von Seele
The new movie from Carter Smith (The Ruins) is a queer horror film that manages to be both a terrifying and squirmy piece of body horror as well as the story of a beautiful relationship.
Read More »[North Bend Film Fest] NEXT EXIT Review: A Beautiful Story of Humanity in the Face of Uncertainty
By: Emily von Seele
Next Exit is an elegant blend of genres that coalesce into something both beautiful and haunting. Mali Elfman’s feature debut is a film rooted in death, but filled with the bittersweet challenges of the human experience.
Read More »[Fantasia Fest 2021] ALIEN ON STAGE Review: A Heartfelt Journey from the Little League to the Big Time
By: Emily von Seele
There is insurmountable joy to be found in stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. They don’t have to be earth-shattering, heroic deeds. Sometimes they are small and sometimes they are what the outside world might call “silly.” But to the people doing them, they are everything. A mountain that has been scaled. A monster that has been defeated. Sometimes just having a dream and seeing it brought to fruition can be the most exciting feeling of one’s life. And for those of us who get to watch, it is so thrilling to experience this high vicariously.
[Fantasia Fest 2021] THE LAST THING MARY SAW Review: A Haunting Period Horror Film
By: Emily von Seele
In The Last Thing Mary Saw, the shadow of religion looms large, and living beneath it is almost suffocating. Set in rural New York in the 1840s, Mary (Stefanie Scott) is part of a well-off Calvinist family. Religion is an integral part of her life, providing a rigid set of rules by which she must abide. Her family demands nothing short of obedience, both to them and the Church. There is little room within this space for personal satisfaction or growth.
[Fantasia Fest 2021] THE RIGHTEOUS Review: Religious Horror Taken to a New Level
By: Emily von Seele
Religious horror is a fascinating corner of the genre. It is wide-reaching and offers endless possibilities for storytelling. A particularly interesting film that makes new strides within that space is Mark O’Brien’s The Righteous.
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