From The Editors

DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL Trailer Exclusive: Kristanna Loken And Martin Kove Star in Thriller

We have an exclusive trailer launch from our friends at Entertainment Squad to share with you this afternoon. S.J. Creazzo's thriller Dark Night of the Soul is coming to VOD and Cable platforms on November 12th.   The thriller stars...

DARK MATCH: New Poster Revealed, Wrestling Horror Comedy Streams on Shudder Early 2025

A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match.   Lowell Dean's wrestling horror comedy Death...

Sound And Vision: John McNaughton

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: The Resident's Floyd, directed by John McNaughton. John McNaughton has been working on the periphery of the mainstream with films like...

CARVED Retro Teaser: Justin Harding's Horror Comedy Premieres Tonight on HULU

Justin Harding's horror comedy, Carved, premieres today on HULU. A short retro teaser was sent out the other day. No time like the present to share that with you now, ahead of the premiere.    When a heartbroken teenage playwright,...

New York 2024 Review: WHO BY FIRE (COMME LE FEU), Bad Times at the Cabin in the Woods

Does anything good ever come out of vacationing in the woods? In genre cinema, going away for a weekend to a remote location is a recipe for all kinds of unpleasantness to happen. In festival dramas – eh, it usually...

Brooklyn Horror 2024 Review: HOUSE OF ASHES

Mia’s under house arrest for the crime of miscarriage, but must also contend with the lingering, suspicious death of her husband Adam. He was found dead in the vet clinic they once ran together.  Mia was exhonerated from any murder...

London 2024 Review: CONCLAVE, Papal Election Drama Is Consummate Adult Entertainment

Edward Berger's Oscar-bound follow-up to 'All Quiet On The Western Front' stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rosellini.

Montreal Nouveau 2024 Review: SCHIRKOA: IN LIES WE TRUST, Anonymous Dystopia to Queer Utopia

Authoritarian dystopian futures, as imagined by writers, artists, and filmmakers, often have familiar tropes, usually about the neutralization of individuality, the importance of conformity, and how it eventually becomes impossible to keep the brightness and individuality of the human spirit...

DALIA AND THE RED BOOK: Argentine Animated Film Lands Multiple Territories in World Sales Spree

Our friends at FilmSharks have been hard at work securing territorial rights for the Argentine animated film, Dalia and the Red Book (Dalia y el Libro Rojo) since screening at Sitges this year.    When Dalia is a little girl,...

BLIND PARADISE: Argentine Cosmic Horror Heads to AFM Under Firebook Entertainment Sales Banner

Our friend at Blood Window Javier Fernandez has brought something to our attention that deserves yours. An Argentine cosmic horror flick called Blind Paradise has been acquired by sales outfit Firebook Entertainment who will takes worldwide sales into AFM soon. ...

STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH: Action-Adventure Comedy in Theaters and On Demand on November 8th

A ruthless political struggle between Sweden and Denmark turns bloody under the tyranny of the mad King Christian II. Caught up in this deadly war, two sisters seek revenge on the men who brutally murdered their family. This looks like...

Morbido 2024: CDMX Genre Fest Announces Lineup, Local Hit PARVULOS Will Open

Mórbido, my Mexican home away from home, has announced the lineup for this year's festival. As expected there are a tonne of great films coming to CDMX at the end of the month and I'm super sad that I'm not...

Friday One Sheet: THE ORDER

I am generally indifferent to collage style posters, particularly when designers transitioned from hand-painted to photoshop. However, I do admire the commitment to verticality taken by design house, Fable, for Justin Kurzel's neo-nazi procedural, The Order. The pull quotes, the above...

DIE ALONE Review: The Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Sub-Genre Gets a New, Fresh Spin

Every genre, sub-genre, and micro-genre eventually exhausts itself. But genres typically don't end; they expand, they evolve, and adapt, drawing on new ideas from outside the genre, mixing elements from other genres, and ultimately resurrect themselves, reborn on the ashes...

SMILE 2 Review: Effective, But Overlong and Obvious Horror Spectacle

Smile 2 picks up right where Smile left off. Well, "six days later," as onscreen text tells us. It's a bold move from writer/director Parker Finn that combines with a bravura long-take opening sequence to announce that Smile 2 is...

BLACK CAB Official Trailer: Nick Frost Rings With Jovial Madness in Upcoming Horror Thriller

Starring Nick Frost and Synnøve Karlsen star. A couple who find their jovial cab driver diverts them to a remote, haunted road, revealing disturbing motives and his true intentions.

New York 2024 Review: SUBURBAN FURY, The Truth is Still Out There in This Captivating Documentary Thriller

Even with all the collective force of human imagination, evidenced by books, scripts and conspiracy theories, nothing can be as wonderfully and sometimes scarily incredible as reality. Some history lessons, even seemingly lesser ones, are so genuinely wild it’s hard...

New York 2024 Review: TRANSAMAZONIA, Uneven But Poignant Coming-of-Age Story

A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle leaving a sole survivor, a five-year-old child named Rebecca, who is then saved just in time by an Indigenous Iruaté man. Nine years pass, and Rebecca (Helena Zengel) is now widely known as...

Trailer for Ed Wood inspired VAMPIRE ZOMBIES...FROM SPACE!

Clearly inspired, and having some old timey fun with modern filmmaking tools and more than a touch of self-awareness, Mike Stasko's goofy homage to Plan 9 From Outer Space! era Ed Wood, Vampire Zombies...From Space! has been working its way through the...

Montreal Nouveau 2024 Review: ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

It's hard to imagine what any of us would do, if we were driving along a quite road and came across a dead body, let alone the body of a member of our family. For Shula (Susan Chardy), on her...