Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: The Peril at Pincer Point (2026)
Jim Baitte (Jack Redmayn) is a man with a singular mission. As the sound recordist for a movie, he is determined to finally prove he isn’t the total disaster everyone assumes he is. His destination is the titular Pincer Point, an island that reeks of salt air, isolation, and, according to local legend, a dark […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: Making Megaforce (2025)
If you grew up staring at the comic book ad for Megaforce—that indelible image of Barry Bostwick in a spandex jumpsuit, the tagline “Deeds not words” —you know exactly why it’s etched into the collective psyche of every nerdy 80s action movie fan. Bob Lindenmayer’s Making Megaforce finally gives this cult relic the deep dive […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: W.T.F. FUNSIZE EPICS VOL. 2
Dual Wielder (2026): Directed by Julia Boyd, this reveals why the initials E.E. sit atop every Time Crisis leaderboard in Los Angeles. Those high scores are from Eddie Esguerra, who has mastered the art of holding two light guns simultaneously, dodging virtual bullets, and clearing levels with surgical precision. It’s not just a movie about […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026 Red Eye #1: Night Angel (1987)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adam Hursey is a pharmacist specializing in health informatics by day, but his true passion is cinema. His current favorite films are Back to the Future, Stop Making Sense, and In the Mood for Love. He has written articles for Film East and The Physical Media Advocate, primarily examining older films through the lens of contemporary perspectives. He […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: W.T.F. FUNSIZE EPICS VOL. 3
Blossom Needs a Ride Home (2025):Directed by Tim Schwagel. You know how it is. You spend your night fighting off a bloodthirsty maniac, you’re covered in gore, the adrenaline is fading, and now you have the ultimate indignity: trying to get a ride home in the middle of nowhere. I always wonder what happens in […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026 Red Eye #6: The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
High-concept sci-fi. 70s paranoia. Talking dolphins. The Day of the Dolphin is a strange, earnest and a little bit flawed trip. Directed by Mike Nichols—fresh off The Graduate and Carnal Knowledge—this is a somber, weirdly tense thriller that takes its talking dolphins premise with a level of seriousness that borders on the bizarre. Dr. Jake […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: DANGEROUS VISIONS: FUNSIZE EPICS VOL. 2
Undertone (2025): Shaun Munro’s Undertone reminds us that the scariest things might be the ones vibrating right beneath our floorboards. The film follows a sound recordist who picks up strange audio frequencies emanating from beneath their home. What starts as a curiosity—the kind of professional obsession that usually leads to a third-act demise—quickly spirals into […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: W.T.F. FUNSIZE EPICS VOL. 1
Spanked by a Ghost (2025): Directed by Katelyn Douglass, this follows a lonely protagonist who finds herself living in a house that isn’t just haunted. It’s handsy. But she doesn’t run for the hills. Instead, she becomes obsessed. So what starts off as a standard ghost story becomes an exploration of repressed, supernatural desire. As […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026 Red Eye #8: Hollywood Mortuary (1998) and Demon Queen (1987)
Hollywood Mortuary (2000): Pierce Jackson Dawn (Randal Malone) was one of the greatest make-up artists of the early 20th century. However, his death is quite strange. It came after he wanted to work with horror stars Pratt Borokov (Tim Sullivan) and Janos Blasko (director and writer Ron Ford) for producer Leonard Schein (Wes Deitrick), even though Blasko […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: CFF SALUTES YOUR SHORTS: FUNSIZE EPICS VOL. 2
The Second Coming (2025): A young couple is trying to navigate the normal stressors of life. They are looking to cement their future, but that future gets derailed when a divine entity descends. This isn’t your standard angel-on-the-shoulder visit. This entity is cold, intrusive, and treats the couple’slife like a lab experiment. As the entity […]
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