The Crescent (2017)
Directed by Seth A. Smith (Lowlife) and written by Darcy Spidle, this is yet another story of a coastal town that is filled with menace, a place where people should not go. After the death of her husband Peter (Andrew Gillis), Beth (Danika Vandersteen) and her son Lowen (Woodrow Graves, the son of Smith and […]
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)
Directed by Sam Liu and written by Ernie Altbacker, this is based on The Judas Contract, a long-running storyline — Tales of the Teen Titans #42-44, and Teen Titans Annual #3 — by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez. It somehow tries to combine Young Justice with Teen Titans and hopefully the original comics as […]
Justice League Dark (2017)
As a comic book reader since I was a kid, it’s so strange to see deep cut characters like the Demons Three and Black Orchid show up in an animated movie. This one takes place between Justice League vs. Teen Titans and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. Batman (Jason O’Mara), Superman (Jerry O’Connell), Wonder Woman (Rosario Dawson) […]
25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE: Once Upon a Time at Christmas (2017)
Somehow, I’ve watched four movies written by and starring Simon Phillips this month. He’s in this as an evil one-eyed Santa Claus, who has arrived in a small town called Woodbridge along with an equally horrifying and Harley Quinn-ish Mrs. Claus (Sayla de Goede, Silent Bite) to commit a series of murders based around the […]
SEVERIN BOX SET RELEASE: All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Vol. 2: We Always Find Ourselves In the Sea (2017)
Directed and written by Sean Hogan, this was made to accompany the book Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, which was edited by Kier-La Janisse. Patrick (Billy Clarke) is an older man lives in a seaside British town, a place that only sees life when the tourists are the in summer. Now it’s […]
SEVERIN BOX SET RELEASE: All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Vol. 2: November (2017)
Based on Andrus Kivirähk’s novel Rehepapp ehk November (Old Barny aka November), November takes place in 19th century Estonia. It begins with a kratt appearing. The kratt is kind of like the Warbound in D&D, as its a collection of hay and old household implements powered by the Devil (Jaan Tooming) and three drops of blood. […]
FANTASTIC FEST 2024: Shorts
Here are the short films that I watched at this year’s Fantastic Fest. A Fermenting Woman (2024): Visionary chef and master fermenter Marielle Lau (Sook-Yin Lee) is about to be let go from the restaurant that she has given her life to. However, she has an idea to save things, as she begins to ferment […]
Junesploitation: From Hell to the Wild West (2017)
June 28: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is Westerns! We’re excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what’s next. I love a horror Western. There’s Bone Tomahawk, The Pale Door, Death Ride In the House of the Vampires — I had to get that in there […]
Die Hölle (2017)
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and written by Martin Ambrosch and Claudia Kolland, Cold Hell is about a cab driver named Özge Dogruol (Violetta Schurawlow), who deals with the worst in humanity as she drives the of Vienna every day. She comes across a crime scene and thinks that she’s been spotted by the killer but the […]
A Royal Christmas Ball (2017)
We live in a world where David DeCoteau made a Christmas movie with Tara Reid. She plays Alison, who dated King Charles (Ingo Rademacher) in college without ever knowing he was royalty. One night, the king’s assistant Rosa (Mira Furlan) forced her to break up with him and he never knew that they had a […]
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