Dec 19

Dec 19 Assassination Nation: Er0str4t1c Fame

Movies, Fav2018, LGBTQ

Abrasive, intense and darkly humorous, Assassination Nation has something to say and it will clobber you over the head until you join the resistance.

Dec 16

Dec 16 The House that Lars Built

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Fav2018, Pop2018

Ooh boy do we have thoughts on this. Is it art? Is it masturbation? Is it pretentious? Does that matter?

Dec 13

Dec 13 I Am Going to Kill You: Cold Hell

Terry Mesnard

Movies

Darkly cool and effortlessly thrilling, Cold Hell should be on your watch list.

Nov 27

Nov 27 Suspiria

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Editor's Picks, Most Popular, Fav2018, Pop2018

Maddening, confounding, amazing and exciting; Suspiria is divisive. Let’s try to unpack it.

Nov 25

Nov 25 All the Creatures Were Stirring

Terry Mesnard

Movies

A fun, brisk Christmas horror anthology to get you in the holiday (mean) spirits.

Nov 22

Nov 22 Thoughts I had while watching... ThanksKilling

Terry Mesnard

Thoughts, Movies

I wish I had a time machine, so I could go back and slap this DVD from my hands. I know that would cause a temporal anomaly and probably destroy the universe, but honestly it’d be worth it.

Nov 18

Nov 18 It's Just Monkey Stuff: The Clovehitch Killer

Terry Mesnard

Movies, Most Popular, Pop2018

Tyler must decide if his father is a BTK style serial killer or if it’s just monkey stuff in IFC Midnight’s taut thriller The Clovehitch Killer.

Nov 5

Nov 5 [THS 2018 Review] Anna and the Apocalypse

Terry Mesnard

Movies, THS2018, Most Popular, Fav2018, Pop2018, Festival

It’s a zombie movie. A Christmas movie. A comedy. A musical. And it’s something magical.

Nov 3

Nov 3 [THS 2018 Review] Tigers Are Not Afraid

Terry Mesnard

THS2018, Movies, Editor's Picks, Fav2018, Festival

Tigers Are Not Afraid is an intense examination of an under-discussed consequence of the gang war violence in Mexico. It’s a fierce and staggering film that demands to be seen.

Nov 2

Nov 2 Welcome to Mercy

Terry Mesnard

Movies

A demonic possession that focuses on the victim, instead of the male priest performing the exorcism, Welcome to Mercy is an interesting take on a tired genre.

Oct 26

Oct 26 [THS 2018 Review] The Dark

Terry Mesnard

Movies, THS2018, Fav2018, Festival

The Dark is a very fitting (if kind of plain) title for a movie about a kidnapped and traumatized boy and a undead girl who find each other when they need it the most.

Oct 25

Oct 25 [THS 2018 Review] Cam

Terry Mesnard

THS2018, Movies, Editor's Picks, Pop2018, Festival

Cam is an unsettling, sex-positive thriller about a doppelganger that takes over the livelihood of a camgirl on the rise.

Oct 22

Oct 22 [THS 2018 Review] You Might Be the Killer

Terry Mesnard

Movies, THS2018, Festival

What happens when you find out that you might have just murdered an entire camp of counselors?

Oct 13

Oct 13 [THS 2018 Review] Mega Time Squad

Terry Mesnard

THS2018, Movies, Festival

Small time crooks + time travel = hilarity in this New Zealand based heist film.

Oct 13

Oct 13 [THS 2018 Review] Open 24 Hours

Terry Mesnard

Movies, THS2018, Festival

Open 24 Hours is a no frills slasher, mixed with a protagonist suffering from PTSD and mental illness after she set her boyfriend on fire. As you do.

Oct 7

I love seeing other cultures’ takes on what we consider familiar stories. In the case of Satan’s Slaves, we have an Indonesian take on your classic ghost story. Creeky doors, moving objects, ringing bells, camera trickery. It’s all here. But what separates this from the traditional ghost stories the Western audience might be used to is local flavor. Each culture has their own demons and their own interpretations of the afterlife or the supernatural. And I find it interesting to see how they are similar and different from the movies I’m used to seeing.