Having started SXSW with a family-friendly horror film (of sorts) that didn’t quite hit the mark, it’s invigorating to end the Austin-based festival with another family-friendly effort that not only remembers to have fun, but also refrains from handholding its younger viewers through some serious subject matter. That’s what Nyla Innuksuk, in her feature directorial […]
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23 years ago, Kevin Williamson wrote and directed Teaching Mrs. Tingle, a film that saw a good student (Katie Holmes) hold a vindictive teacher (Helen Mirren) hostage in her own home after she is caught cheating. It was a dark comedy, but due to its proximity to the Columbine High School massacre it was a watered-down […]
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Netflix’s latest bears all the familiar hallmarks of a dystopian thriller. Nebulously defined wars. Militarized civilians tasked with a perilous quest guaranteed to dwindle their numbers. Unforgiving terrain as inhospitable as the enemy. A bleak, desolate tone. Black Crab attempts to set itself apart with an unconventional mode of transportation, ice skating, and the always compelling Noomi Rapace. […]
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Writer/Director Iris K. Shim’s feature debut, Umma, works as a rare example of a movie that would’ve been better served without the horror. Themes of cultural identity, heritage, abuse, complex mother-daughter relationships, and generational abuse present fertile ground for exploration and conflict. It gets neglected, buckling under the weight of conventional horror cliches, ineffective jump scares, a […]
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Bloody Disgusting’s “Halo” review covers the first two episodes. Adapting popular video games, particularly those with extensive history, creates a daunting task in appeasing longtime fans while welcoming newcomers. Then there’s the complete shift in mediums that requires a wholly different approach to storytelling, widening the divide between video games and feature film or television […]
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I’ve spent the best part of three weeks playing Elden Ring. I’d put off this review another few weeks if I could, not because I’m unsure about my feelings on the game, but because I don’t want to put any kind of finality on one of the best game experiences I’ve had for a long […]
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Video games often give you the chance to explore a vast and wondrous landscape, bringing you to beautiful and horrifying sights. But how do you simulate that feeling while only giving the player a small, room-sized space to play in? That’s the exact challenge David Szymanski, developer of the throwback FPS Dusk, undertakes in Iron […]
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A long history of social deduction games predate the popular paranoia-inducing online game Among Us, from Mafia to Werewolf. Bodies Bodies Bodies presents a variation of the game among a group of privileged friends, one that spirals violently out of control once backstabbing, bad social behavior, and hysteria take root. The A24-produced murder whodunnit offers up scathing critiques of class, […]
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The conventional slasher formula is simple; a killer, usually masked, embarks on a murder spree, picking their targets off one by one in a variety of ways until a final confrontation with a survivor who’ll outlast them. Bitch Ass adheres to the tried-and-true slasher setup, transporting it instead to an urban setting with untraditional characters. Its […]
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No matter the production, whether it’s a small indie horror movie or a summer blockbuster, actor Nicolas Cage always turns in a memorable performance. He’s a Hollywood performer and icon like no other, which means only Cage could take on a role like the lead in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The meta-action comedy sees Cage playing […]
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Family horror is a sub-genre that hasn’t really been given its due in recent years. Popular IPs like Goosebumps have been adapted into films that emphasize comedy over horror, and it’s nigh impossible to find any original family horror films getting released nowadays. We’ve had films like Monster House, Coraline and Joe Dante’s under-seen The Hole, but […]
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In an age where the number of likes, retweets and follows you get is more valuable currency than money itself, it’s no surprise that the horror genre has taken to incorporating things like influencer culture into their social commentary. That’s just what happens in Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes‘ darkly comedic satire Sissy, which follows […]
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Bloody Disgusting’s X movie review is spoiler free. It’s been almost an entire decade since writer/director Ti West‘s last horror feature, The Sacrament. Far too long. Luckily, West ensures that the wait has been worth it with A24’s X, an homage to the gritty indie horror of the ’70s but with savage style and a deranged […]
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Writer/Director Kirill Sokolov possesses a unique ability to transform family strife into pitch-black, hyper-violent physical comedy for our amusement. Sokolov’s debut, Why Don’t You Just Die!, let the bone-crunching action and bloodletting unfurl drama between a father and daughter. His latest, No Looking Back, pits generations of women against each other for a no holds barred grudge match. While […]
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Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the directing duo known collectively as “The Daniels,” haven’t directed a feature film together since 2016’s Swiss Army Man (review), with Kwan branching off to work on television shows like FX’s Legion and Scheinert directing a feature film on his own in 2019’s The Death of Dick Long (review). Six years […]
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