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‘Mother Nature’ Review – Debut Graphic Novel from Jamie Lee Curtis Delivers a Timely Eco-Horror Story

Alex DiVincenzo Comics, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mother Nature, Reviews

Around the same time she was filming John Carpenter’s Halloween, 19-year-old Jamie Lee Curtis conceived a concept in which nature fights back against humanity. After working on David Gordon Green’s Halloween rejuvenated her excitement about the possibilities of low-budget filmmaking, she decided to pursue the story. 45 years after its inception, the newly minted Oscar […]

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‘Meg 2: The Trench’ Review – Ben Wheatley Packs Sequel to the Gills with Nonstop B-Movie Spectacle

Meagan Navarro Ben Wheatley, Jason Statham, Meg 2: The Trench, Reviews

The biggest complaint about 2018’s The Meg, an American and Chinese co-production loosely based on author Steve Alten’s novel, was that it lacked bite. The PG-13 action vehicle for Jason Statham brought the B-movie sense of fun, but it was too restrained regarding the megalodon carnage. Meg 2: The Trench answers the first film’s criticisms, though not in the way […]

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‘Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead’ Review – A Condensed But Fun Live-Action Adaptation of the Manga

Paul Lê Movies, Netflix, Reviews, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

As unrealistic as zombie apocalypses are, the main character in Netflix’s movie 100 Zom: Bucket List of the Dead is easy to relate to. At the start of this live-action adaptation of Haro Asō’s manga, Akira Tendō (Eiji Akaso) is annoyingly chipper as he starts his new job. Soon enough, though, reality hits Akira like […]

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‘The Becomers’ Fantasia Review – Genre-bender Finds Gross Out Absurdist Humor in Quirky Love Story

Meagan Navarro Fantasia 2023, Movies, Reviews, The Becomers, Zach Clark

Writer/Director Zach Clark (Little Sister) takes familiar science fiction concepts, namely body-hopping aliens attempting to assimilate themselves on Earth, to awkward results and gets even weirder with it. The Becomers defies easy categorization as it blends absurdist humor with gross-out sci-fi and quirky rom-com conventions. It’s an ambitious voyage aimed to challenge perceptions and occasionally the gag reflex as […]

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‘#Manhole’ Fantasia Review – An Exciting New Twist on the Confined Single Location Thriller

Joe Lipsett #Manhole, Fantasia, Fantasia 23, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, Kento Nagayama, Michitaka Okada, Movies, Nao, Reviews, Yûto Nakajima

It takes a great deal of careful plotting to make a good confined single location thriller. Films such as Buried (2010), The Pool (2018), and 4×4 (2019) rely on a variety of complications to maintain tension without becoming repetitive or overstaying their welcome. It’s a delicate balance, but when it’s done well, the results can […]

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‘The Sacrifice Game’ Fantasia Review – A Devilishly Fun New Entry In Holiday Horror

Meagan Navarro Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Jenn Wexler, Movies, Reviews, Shudder, The Sacrifice Game

Director/Producer Jenn Wexler’s sophomore feature, The Sacrifice Game, continues her streak for unpredictable narratives centered around teen girls. Unlike the anarchic ’80s punk rock spirit of her feature directorial debut, The Ranger, The Sacrifice Game shifts gears in tone and era to examine friendship amidst a demonically charged home invasion over Christmas break. Its narrative turns, characters that challenge perceptions, and […]

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‘Where the Devil Roams’ Fantasia Review – Depression-Era Carnival Film Struggles With Its Narrative

Joe Lipsett Fantasia 2023, John Adams, Movies, Reviews, sam rodd, the adams family, tobey poser, Zelda Adams

The Adams Family are among the most exciting indie horror filmmakers working today. The prolific family of hands-on filmmakers – father John Adams, mother Tobey Poser, and daughter Zelda Adams – share writing, directing and acting credits on all of their films, including 2021’s Hellbender. Where the Devil Roams is the family’s most ambitious film yet, […]

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‘Booger’ Fantasia Review – Grief-Fueled Drama Features a Unique Kind of Body Horror

Joe Lipsett body horror, Booger, Fantasia 2023, Garrick Bernard, Grace Glowicki, Marcia DeBonis, Mary Dauterman, Movies, Reviews, Sofia Dobrushin

Anna (Grace Glowicki) is not okay. In writer/director Mary Dauterman’s feature directorial debut, the mid-twenties New Yorker is grieving the loss of her roommate and best friend, Izzy (Sofia Dobrushin). She’s dodging calls from her co-worker Devon for repeatedly missing work, eating questionable looking Thai take-out that Izzy left in the fridge, and refusing to […]

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“Twisted Metal” Review – Bloody Peacock Series Spins Its Wheels for a Dumb Joy Ride

Daniel Kurland Anthony Mackie, Kitao Sakurai, Neve Campbell, Peacock, Reviews, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, TV, twisted metal, Will Arnett

Peacock’s bold, bloody adaptation of the PlayStation vehicular combat classic, Twisted Metal, struggles to balance camp with car carnage. “What do you say, John? Will you drive?” There’s been a recent run of exceptional video game adaptations between The Last of Us, Castlevania, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and The Super Mario Bros and Sonic the Hedgehog movies. […]

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‘Resident Evil: Death Island’ Review – An All-Star and Affecting Entry in the Animated Franchise

Paul Lê Eiichiro Hasumi, Makoto Fukami, Movies, Resident Evil: Death Island, Reviews

Resident Evil is a video-game franchise with no foreseeable end in sight. And as Capcom’s zombie shooter approaches the big 3-0, it unleashes another entry in the often overlooked animated series of films. Taking place between games 6 and 7, and following 2017’s Vendetta, the story of Resident Evil: Death Island is subject to the […]

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‘Sympathy for the Devil’ Review – Not Even Nicolas Cage Can Liven Up This Thriller

Meagan Navarro Joel Kinnaman, Movies, Nicolas Cage, Reviews, Sympathy For the Devil

No matter the role or movie, Nicolas Cage reliably makes fascinating choices that captivate and frequently entertain. So, it goes without saying that Cage playing an enigmatic gun-wielding madman sounds like the perfect foil for Joel Kinnaman’s straight-man in the cat-and-mouse road thriller Sympathy for the Devil. Despite Cage’s presence and the pulpy stylings, though, this […]

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‘Haunted Mansion’ Review – Faithful Adaptation of the Dark Ride Brings a Heartfelt Look at Grief

Meagan Navarro Haunted Mansion, Justin Simien, Movies, Reviews

Disney’s Haunted Mansion seeks to course correct from its looser adaptation of the famous theme park dark ride in 2003 with a new, much more faithful feature-length adaptation. That’s a tall order considering the original attraction opened in 1969, amassing decades’ worth of lore and history within its hallowed, spooky walls. Yet director Justin Simien and writer Katie Dippold carefully […]

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“The Walking Dead: Dead City” Season Finale Review – Negan and Maggie Battle in New York City

Noah Levine Reviews, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: Dead City, TV

“The Walking Dead’s” first post-series finale spin-off has reached the end of its debut season. “The Walking Dead: Dead City” Season 1 concludes with “Doma Smo” (“we are home” in English), with all of the show’s storylines finally coming to a head in the Big Apple.  At the start, Maggie, Negan, Perlie (Gaius Charles), and […]

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‘Lovely, Dark, and Deep’ Fantasia Review – Cosmic Horror Only Scratches the Shallow Surface

Meagan Navarro Fantasia 2023, Fantasia 23, Georgina Campbell, Lovely Dark and Deep, Movies, Reviews, Teresa Sutherland

The final verse of Robert Frost’s memorable poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” inspires and captures the essence of writer/director Teresa Sutherland’s (The Wind, “Midnight Mass”) directorial debut. Lovely, Dark, and Deep applies cosmic horror to a familiar genre setting, the wilderness, to unfurl a twisted, stunningly shot psychological mood piece. While Frost’s poem was […]

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‘Blackout’ Review – Larry Fessenden’s Werewolf Tale Offers a Slice-of-Life Movie With a Horror Twist

Meagan Navarro Blackout, Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Larry Fessenden, Movies, Reviews

In 2019, indie horror filmmaker Larry Fessenden reimagined Frankenstein with a contemporary lens in Depraved. His follow-up, Blackout, takes his exploration of classic movie monsters further with a unique take on the Wolf Man. Alcoholism and lycanthropy afflict an artist in Blackout, the title’s dual meaning apparent, but Fessenden takes it a step further by exploring the volatile nature of a community […]

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