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‘Hypochondriac’ SXSW Review – Tackling Mental Illness Through a Queer Horror Lens

Depictions of mental illness are common in film, especially in the horror genre. They’ve become even more prevalent in recent years as filmmakers have used their work to aid in destigmatizing mental illness, but these films also come with tropes that we’ve seen many times before. Is our protagonist going crazy? Or is there something […] The post ‘Hypochondriac’ SXSW Review – Tackling Mental Illness Through a Queer Horror Lens appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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‘Slash/Back’ Review – A Delightful Throwback to ’80s Gateway Horror [SXSW]

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 […] The post ‘Slash/Back’ Review – A Delightful Throwback to ’80s Gateway Horror [SXSW] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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‘The Cellar’ Review – A Familiar, Family-Friendly Haunted House Movie

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 […] The post ‘The Cellar’ Review – A Familiar, Family-Friendly Haunted House Movie appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ SXSW Review – A Magical Triumph of Cinematic Storytelling

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 […] The post ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ SXSW Review – A Magical Triumph of Cinematic Storytelling appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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‘The Prank’ Clip – First Look at Rita Moreno in SXSW Dark Comedy

Rita Moreno stars in an upcoming dark comedy feature titled The Prank, and ahead of the film’s premiere at SXSW 2022 this weekend, Deadline had scored a first-look clip. Maureen Bharoocha directed The Prank, wherein legendary actress Moreno stars as a “stern, mean, and cruel physics teacher, Mrs. Wheeler. She has been teaching at the […] The post ‘The Prank’ Clip – First Look at Rita Moreno in SXSW Dark Comedy appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

John Squires