Mutant Blast is a blast of DYI fun mixed with an environmental message.

Werewolf is a bleak but hopeful Polish fable.

From Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2019, Witches in the Woods just did not work for me.

From Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Making Monsters wastes too much time with silliness and competing stories.

Synchronic continues Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s meteoric rise.

Cubby is an eccentric gay film that asks the important question, “What Would Leather-Man Do?”

Good Kisser navigates an awkward threesome.

Label Me is a fantastic romance about two men from completely different backgrounds trying to kill the fear of loneliness.

Riot Girls is a Mad Max meets Riverdale blast.

The Divine Fury isn’t fun enough nor meditative enough to really excel.

The Father’s Shadow is a dour and somber affair about a girl who just wants her mother back.

Door Lock is a surprisingly effective remake of Sleep Tight that works by reframing the perspective.

From Fantasia 2019, The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale is a hilarious riff on zombies.

From Fantasia Festival 2019, Freaks is at its best when its a mystery box. But once it’s opened, I kind of wanted more.

Mystery of the Night is having its World Premiere at Fantasia Festival 2019 and brings with a tale of colonization through the folklore of the Aswang.

From Fantasia Festival 2019, Extra Ordinary is charming ghost story.

From Fantasia Festival 2019, A Good Woman is Hard to Find is a desperate revenge thriller.

From Fantasia 2019, Satanic Panic pits a pizza delivery woman against a satanic cult to hilarious effect.

The Wretched is having its World Premiere at Fantasia Festival 2019 and this is definitely one to keep an eye on.

From Fantasia Festival 2019, Knives and Skin is a slice of Americana as filtered through Riverdale, Twin Peaks and every high school dramedy.

Screened at Fantasia Festival 2019, No Mercy operates in a scuzzy exploitation mold that will turn off some viewers due to the subject matter.

From Fantasia 2019, DreadOut proves that video game adaptations suffer, regardless of the culture.

From Fantasia 2019, Porno is a delightful horror comedy that surprised me with its heart.

The Deeper You Dig is having its World Premiere at the Fantasia Festival and it’s kind of a mixed bag.

From Fantasia 2019: The Art of Self Defense surprises at every turn and is a must see movie.

Hideo Nakata returns to The Ring series with Sadako!

First look clip of 1BR before it premieres at Fantasia Fest.

The Wretched is having its World Premiere at Fantasia and I have a trailer and some stills to share with you!

Fantasia International Film Festival unveiled its full lineup, so grab some coffee and let’s get to it!

Premiering at the Fantaspoa Film Festival, True Fiction is a messy little thriller where the lines between author and character and truth and fiction begin to blend.

Deodato Holocaust charts the career of Ruggero Deodato, from learning under the tutelage of Roberto Rossellini to his infamous Cannibal Holocaust and beyond.

Something Else just had its world premiere at Tribeca. It is Jeremy Gardner’s latest mashup of horror and drama and it is probably his best.

Another world premiere debuting at Tribeca Film Festival, Aamis/Ravening is a genre-adjacent dark romance that goes in some unsettling and taboo directions.

The Gasoline Thieves is world premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. It’s an intense combination of crime fiction disguised as a coming-of-age story and it is as brutal as it is good.

World premieres! Opening Night and Closing Night Films! A movie you’ll only have one opportunity to see!

Sadistic Intentions surprised me with fantastic performances and a focus on character development.

Fingers defies explanations to be the weirdest film I’ve seen this year. I don’t know if that’s a compliment or not.

From the Chatanooga FIlm Festival, Body at Brighton Rock is a mixed bag of naturalistic horror with the most fun protagonist I’ve seen I’ll year.

Penny Lane’s funny and absurdly real documentary about The Satanic Temple is worth a watch.

It’s Christmas time and instead of celebrating the yuletide, a man has locked someone in his basement and thinks he’s trapped Satan. But has he really…?

Rivalries, dark secrets, and all sorts of sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances. Check out this gloriously gleeful dark comedy…

Larry Fessenden’s latest had its world premiere at What the Fest?! in NYC and I was lucky enough to see it. Come see how this stitched up story of Gods and Monsters turned out.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.