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Morbido 2024: Award Winners, THE DEVIL'S TEARDROP Sheds no Tears, Taking The Golden Skull
The seventeenth edition of Morbido has all but wrapped up for another year. Despite our absence we were still able to wrangle in some reviews for films made by our friends down south, with one more coming down the pipeline. ...
Morbido 2024 Review: DEUS IRAE, Argentine Exorcism Horror Challenges With Structure And Content
Father Javier is a man with a mission, and an addiction. His mission is to visit families with family members who are under some kind of spell. Javier does not believe that these incidents are nothing more than psychological or...
Morbido 2024 Review: A FISHERMAN'S TALE, Social Perils And The Mythical Creature Who Made it Worse
Edgar Nito’s rural legend horror flick, A Fisherman’s Tale, opens at dusk with a shot of La Miringua. Her back is turned to us and we’re looking at her from a distance, peering at her through branches of a tree....
WHITE OUT Exclusive Clip: Cause There's Nothing Like a Good Ol' Fashioned, Violent Prison Break
After escaping a brutal Russian labor camp, three men must overcome the treacherous wilderness and each other, as their journey home turns into a brutal fight for survival. Saban Films is putting Derek Barnes' action flick, White Out, out...
Morbido 2024 Review: PORTRAITS OF THE APOCALYPSE, Human Reactions in a Time of Crisis in Argentine Zombie Horror Anthology
A cop investigates a crime scene on the cusp of a zombie outbreak. Arguing with herself, she tries to cover up a mistake not knowing that something worse is about to happen. After a night out with the boys...
Morbido 2024 Review: 1978, Historical Horror Descends Into Hellish Chaos
June 25th, 1978. It is the day of the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland. It is also a time of military dictatorship, a junta has taken over the country. A death squad is under orders to find a...
STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH Exclusive Clip: It WAS a Nice Day For a White Wedding
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. Mikael Håfström's...
GHOSTS OF RED RIDGE Exclusive: First Look at Trailer For Indie Western, From Well GO USA
After foiling a good ol’ fashioned stickup in the gold bust town of Red Ridge, Texas, the town sheriff jails a mysterious stranger suspected of ties to the gang of outlaws terrorizing residents. But as the sheriff draws closer to...
Blood In The Snow 2024: Lineup Announced For Lucky 13th Edition
The lineup for the 13th annual Blood In The Snow Film Festival has been announced. Lowell Dean's Dark Match is the opening night film while Vivieno Caldinelli's Scared Shitless is all set to close out the six day event. Both...
THE RETREAT: XYZ Films Announces Production Begins on Ted Evans' Debut, The World's First Deaf Thriller
This news hit the trades a few days ago, over at Variety, and if you haven't read up on it now is your chance. Production has begun on a new thriller in the UK called Retreat. It will be...
DIRECTOR'S CUT Review: Fails to Impress, Befuddles And Annoys Instead
The band Suicide Disease is in a creative rut. They have not played a show in ages, nor have they written any new material. Lead singer Jay is convinced writing new songs is the answer. Bandmates John, Menace and Juan...
DREAM WALKER: Filmmaker Sarah Kelley to Pitch Indigenous Teen Sci-Fi to Market at Whistler Film Festival + Content Summit
We're always on the lookout for any Indigenous genre projects from anywhere around the World, but specifically here in Canada and Turtle Island. When news of a teen sci-fi called Dream Walker from Algonquin filmmaker Sarah Kelley crossed our desk we knew...
HOUSE OF ASHES Exclusive Clip: Maybe Ghosts Aren't so Stupid, Marc?
By all accounts the premiere of Izzy Lee's debut supernatural and topical horror flick, House of Ashes, was a rip-roaring success. Word from our friend and fellow Anarchist, Lee, is that the screening at Brooklyn Horror went very well. No...
Slamdance Introduces THE INDIE AWARDS, Putting a Spotlight on Overlooked Indie Gems
The folks at Slamdance have announced The Indie Awards, "an annual event dedicated to celebrating the spirit of truly independent filmmaking". The awards focus on US and Indigenous films that are either overlooked by film festivals or go unnoticed during...
Lausanne 2024 Awards: MAKAMISA: PHANTASM OF REVENGE, Khavn de la Cruz's Experimental Surreal Parable, Takes Top Prize
Lausanne Underground Film Festival (LUFF) concluded its 23rd edition with a community-driven celebration of experimental cinema and sound.
A Superb Trailer for Brady Corbet's 70mm Epic, THE BRUTALIST
One of the best films of the year gets one of the best trailers of the year. Harnessing an early scene in the film, before breaking into a montage of the celebration of artictectural form, with the joy and pain...
THE DEAD THING: Shudder Acquires Streaming Rights to Erotic Thriller
Elric Kane's solo feature film debut The Dead Thing will have its US premiere at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Shudder has announced that they've picked up the streaming rights for it. A young woman lost in a series...
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...
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...