FANTASTIC FEST: Zalava (2021)
In 1978 Kurdistan, so close to an Iran about to change forever, the village of Zalava is cursed by demons or so the locals believe. To stop those who have been taken over by the dark ones, they use bloodletting as a form of lo-fi exorcism. But now a non-believing military man named Masoud wants to […]
FANTASTIC FEST: The Marco Effect (2021)
Based on the Department Q series by Jussi Adler-Olsen, this is the fifth in a series of movies and seeing as how I haven’t seen any of the other ones, I think I can get past Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares not being in this movie and Ulrich Thomsen takes on the role of Detective […]
FANTASTIC FEST: Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It (2020)
Dastan’s wife is very high maintenance. And very pregnant. So when his friends leave on a fishing trip, he decides to go along, seeing it was one last getaway before becoming a dad. Which would be all well and good, except he and his friends see a mob hit. And then the mob sees them. And then the backwoods […]
FANTASTIC FEST: Samuel’s Travels (2021)
Somewhere in the backwoods of Latvia — perhaps even on the edge of a mythical forest — Sam is a long way from Belgium. He’s looking for his father and is distracted, which leads to him hitting a piglet with his car. He tries to bury it, but it’s still alive, so to make amends, […]
Boardinghouse (1982)
The first horror film in history to be shot on video, Boardinghouse is…well…there really isn’t anything else like Boardinghouse. Somehow, this movie seems at once ten minutes and ten hours long, taking you on a journey into — man, I have no idea how we got here ot where we’ve been, but we really went somewhere. Back […]
Introducing Kino Cult
“Kino Lorber is excited to announce that they have partnered with Giant Pictures to launch Kino Cult, the new free ad-supported streaming destination for genre lovers of horror and cult films. Featuring hundreds of hours of curated, theatrically released films all in High Definition, with new titles added monthly, Kino Cult launches widely in the […]
FANTASTIC FEST: Preman (2021)
After young Pandu witnesses the murder of an old man who refuses to leave his property and hurts local gangster boss Guru, he must turn to his deaf father Sandi. The trouble is that his father is also a gangster and if he turns against his crime family, he may as well just kill himself. But […]
Lazarus the Legend (1993)
This is one of funniest and enjoyable, cult-driven 78-minutes you’ll enjoy unspooling across the SOV tundras. And it was done to the tune of $1000. Lazarus the Legend is a shot-on-video epic that would have also fit nicely into our “Regional Horror Week,” which ran from Sunday, March 14 to Saturday, March 20 (use our “Search […]
Heavy Metal Massacre (1989)
Bobbi Young AKA David DeFalco* co-wrote and stars in this movie, which was shot in the metal bars — “The Living Room” — of Province, Rhode Island. Research has shown me that Bill Conti — yes, the man who wrote the song that Rocky runs up the steps to — as well as Blu Cantrell, […]
Schokkend Nieuws Film Magazine: An Interview with Dutch Filmmaker Wim Vink by Hans Minkes
Editor’s Note: This interview with Dutch filmmaker Wim Vink by Hans Minkes originally appeared in the pages of the Netherlands-published Schokkend Nieuws (Shocking News) Film Magazine, dedicated to horror, science fiction, fantasy and cult cinema. It was first published on July 9, 2013, and digitally-republished in its homeland on September 9, 2013, and updated on […]
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