Tag: devindruid
FOUNDERS DAY Review: Throwback Slasher With a Political Bent
Moments into Founders Day, the latest film by co-writer/director Erik Bloomquist (She Came From the Woods, Weekenders, Long Lost), two small-town teens, Allison Chambers (Naomi Grace) and Melissa Faulkner (Olivia Nikkanen), discuss the seemingly inevitable end of their high-school romance...
FOUNDERS DAY Official Trailer: Politically Charged Slasher Out in January
A series of ominous murders rocks a small town just days before a heated mayoral election. As accusations fly and the threat of a masked killer darkens every corner, residents must race against time to uncover the truth.
THE PALE DOOR Interview: Director Aaron B. Koontz Talks Cowboys, Witches And Brotherhood
The Pale Door is the latest film that combines the western and the horror genre. In it, a gang of outlaws loses one of its members just before a robbery, then the leader Duncan’s (Zachary Knighton) clean younger brother Jake...
Review: THE PALE DOOR Suffers From Too Many Missed Opportunities
Anyone expecting to see, let alone hear about, a “pale door” in Austin-based filmmaker Aaron B. Koontz’s (Camera Obscura) horror-western, The Pale Door, will be sorely disappointed. Co-writer and director Koontz lifted the title for his film from Edgar Allan...
Review: In CAM, Horror Unfolds in Open View of the World
In the twentieth century, it used to be decades (more often never) for our technological fears, and their refracted social mores, to manifest themselves into some kind of actuality. Now it seems the cycle-time of what we can conceive of,...
Phenomena 2018: New Genre Fest Debuts in São Paulo And Paraty, Brazil
We have some new friends in the City of Drizzle, São Paulo, Brazil. We were introduced to the fine folks from Cine Phenomena, a monthly film club in the city, and this wwek they are about to launch their brand...
Full Programme Announced For Celluloid Screams 2018
Seems we are a bit behind on announcing the lineup of one of key UK stops on the festival circuit during the Autumn months. Celluloid Screams in Sheffield announced their lineup earlier this month and they were kind enough to...
Interview: Joachim Trier On His English Language Debut LOUDER THAN BOMBS And The Ensemble Cast Of His Dreams
With only three feature films under his belt, Norwegian helmer Joachim Trier is quickly establishing himself as a world class filmmaker with his thoughtful, mature and emotionally resonating cinema. With his English language debut, Louder than Bombs, about a family...