When it comes to unrelentingly bleak and suspenseful thrillers, South Korean cinema reigns supreme. Especially when serial killers enter the equation, with a cat and mouse chase that’ll leave all parties irrevocably changed. Kwon Oh-seung‘s debut feature, Midnight, enters the pantheon of breathless thrillers, delivering a propulsive, unpredictable film that’s lighter than most of its ilk […]
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‘The Sadness’ Review – Gory Virus Movie Goes for the Jugular With Transgressive, Extreme Horror
Bloody Disgusting’s The Sadness review is spoiler-free. Everything about the premise of writer/director Rob Jabbaz’s feature debut reads like another formulaic zombie or outbreak horror that’s become overly familiar in the wake of our real-time pandemic. It quickly becomes apparent that The Sadness refuses to adhere to the average viral horror movie. Jabbaz keeps a […]
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[Fantasia Review] ‘Martyrs Lane’ Offers Ghostly Mystery Through a Child’s Eyes
There’s a mystery afoot in Ruth Platt’s ghost film, Martyrs Lane. The film, a feature adaptation of the writer/director’s 2019 short of the same name, is less interested in traditional spectral hauntings than exploring grief and loss through the eyes of a little girl who doesn’t fully understand what’s going on. While there are still […]
[Fantasia Review] Supernatural Indigenous Film ‘Don’t Say Its Name’ Is Topical, But Struggles With Its Scares
Rueben Martell’s Don’t Say Its Name opens with a hit and run. Kharis (Sheena Kaine), a young Indigenous woman, is walking on a back road when she’s struck and killed. Her assailant isn’t seen, but her death has immediate ramifications that extend far beyond her grieving mother Mary Lynne (Carla Fox); it winds up affecting […]
‘The Righteous’ Review – A Slow-Burn Religious Thriller That’ll Creep Under Your Skin
Structured like a play and filmed in inky black and white, actor Mark O’Brien’s feature directorial debut The Righteous is a dialogue-driven examination of grief, responsibility and penance. The film follows Frederic Mason (Henry Czerny), a former priest who left the brotherhood to marry Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk) and raise a little girl. Ethel is devout […]
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[Fantasia Review] ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’ Crafts Enigmatic Slow-Burn Mood Piece
Puritanical superstition, paranoia, and repression run rampant in 19th-century horror, especially when set in or near New England. Much like The Witch or Fear Street Part 3: 1666, The Last Thing Mary Saw is the latest to explore the haunting ramifications of unwieldy religious fanaticism. It doesn’t forge any new ground, but this atmospheric, intimate portrait of forbidden love does […]
[Fantasia Review] Revenge Thriller ‘Bull’ Surprises With Visceral Violence and Horror Leanings
Revenge-thrillers tend to lend well to horror, especially if they push the violence far enough into gory genre territory. The latest by Paul Andrew Williams (The Cottage, Cherry Tree Lane) reads like a classic, gritty crime thriller turned vengeance quest but plays like a horror movie in many ways. Bull stuns with its shocking violence, keeps you guessing throughout, then […]
Shudder’s ‘Hellbender’ Review – An Exciting Coming-of-Age Horror Movie
Hellbender is now streaming on Shudder. Read on for our review. The Adams Family are doing the kind of pioneering DIY work that most low-budget independent filmmakers can only dream of. The trio – composed of John Adams, Toby Poser and their daughter Zelda Adams – write and direct all of their films collaboratively. They […]
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‘The Sadness’: Blood Sprays Like a Geyser in Extremely NSFW Red Band Trailer! [Exclusive]
Get hyped because The Sadness is infecting festivals around the globe. Bloody Disgusting scored an exclusive look at the red band trailer that’s extremely NSFW, delivering a knockout punch of blood and guts, spraying gore across the screen like a geyser. In the film, the city of Taipei suddenly erupts into bloody chaos as ordinary […]
[Fantasia Review] ‘Brain Freeze’ Thaws Out Zombie Formula with Smart Commentary and Humor
Quebec-set Brain Freeze honors the George A. Romero tradition of using zombies as social satire and commentary. Director and co-writer Julien Knafo juggles numerous critiques at once, from classism to environmental concerns to the digital divide. Brain Freeze builds upon the traditional zombie outbreak formula and tropes, adding regional specificity and a modern twist that keeps it […]
10 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at This Year’s Fantasia International Film Festival!
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Fantasia International Film Festival, running from August 5-25. Founded in 1996, this Montreal-based fest dedicates itself to exploring diverse realms of genre cinema from across the globe. The fest doesn’t just introduce new international gems but countless new talents and voices as well. The J-horror craze of […]
Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ Unveils Stop-Motion Animation Sci-Fi Epic 30 Years in the Making [Trailer]
From the original Star Wars trilogy to Starship Troopers, legendary and Oscar Award-winning visual effects artist Phil Tippet has long established himself a pioneer and master of stop-motion animation. He’s kept so busy that his personal stop-motion animated masterwork that its taken thirty years to complete his personal masterwork, Mad God. A new trailer, below, […]
Head Back to 1843 With Religious Horror ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’ [Images]
In addition to the recently released Escape Room 2, Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman appears in the period horror movie The Last Thing Mary Saw, set in the year 1843. Set to World Premiere at the virtual edition of the Fantasia Film Festival, Fuhrman stars alongside Rory Culkin (Lords of Chaos), Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) and Judith Roberts (You Were Never Really Here). From […]
Fantasia 2021 Closing Film: Takashi Miike’s Highly Anticipated ‘The Great Yokai War – Guardians’
The Fantasia International Film Festival begins August 5th with the World Premiere of Quebec zombie feature Brain Freeze— following the August 4th special event screening of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad in celebration of the festival— and ends on August 25th with newly announced closing film, Takashi Miike’s hotly-anticipated The Great Yokai War – Guardians. […]