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KILLING FAITH

Part frontier Western, part plague parable, and part supernatural fable, Ned Crowley’s Killing Faith is a haunting ride through the badlands of 1849 Arizona. Guy Pearce delivers a riveting performance as a once-respected physician turned ether-addicted husk, who reluctantly agrees to escort former slave Sara (DeWanda Wise) and her young daughter Faith (Emily Ford) across

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FANTASTIC FEST ’25 REVIEW – DOLLY 

Creepy dolls, buzzing flies, and a broken music box welcome us into the world of DOLLY, setting the stage for one of 2025’s bloodiest and most unsettling horror offerings. Director Rod Blackhurst leans into classic Grindhouse with a gritty aesthetic and explicit gore, at the same time twisting that nostalgia into something disturbingly fresh. Chase

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FANTASTIC FEST ’25 REVIEW – THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR

“Put your hands together for Lord Grayson!”  Hammer Horror Classics meet IDLE HANDS in the campy queer melodrama THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR – a film that’s outrageous, hilarious, and even strangely affecting. The film kicks off in a club, where the flamboyant Boyd Grayson (Chris Colfer) performs as a one-man band on keyboards before

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FANTASTIC FEST ’25 REVIEW – SILENCIO 

A fever dream of blood, sex, and pastel nightmares, Eduardo Casanova’s SILENCIO isa hallucinatory vision where starving immortals wander through centuries, feeding on scraps of human blood while bickering, fucking, and mourning in equal measure. The film opens with a woman placing a nude Polaroid into a museum exhibit, before taking us back to the

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FANTASTIC FEST ’25 REVIEW – APPOFENIACS 

apophenia / a-pə-ˈfē-nē-ə / noun the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things. Opening with a man watching what looks like porn, we slowly realize the video is of his girlfriend having sex with someone else. After he rage takes over and he “accidentally” shoots her, we’re introduced to

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FANTASTIC FEST ’25 REVIEW – COYOTES 

When a raging wildfire tears through the Hollywood Hills knocking out the power and blocking roads, a fractured family (Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, and Mila Harris) find themselves trapped in their house by a pack of starving coyotes determined to find the weakest prey. I really loved Director Colin Minihan’s WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE, so

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FANTASTIC FEST ’25 REVIEW – MOTHER OF FLIES

It’s no secret that I am a HUGE fan of all things the Adams family does, so I was very much anticipating their latest – and MOTHER OF FLIES did not let me down.  After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Mickey (Zelda Adams) convinces her father (John Adams) to take her deep into the

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LEIGH WHANNELL’S WOLF MAN NOW AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL, 4K UHD, BLU-RAY, AND DVD 

Y’all know I’m a physical media girlie, so when I saw WOLF MAN was coming out on 4K, I was pretty stoked. The better to see all of the incredible practical F/X in the latest film by Leigh Whannell, whose 2020 feature, THE INVISIBLE MAN, is one of my favorite films of all time.  WOLF

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100 Days of Horror 2024: The Last 50

Wrapping up my 2024 challenge of watching a new-to-me horror movie every single day for 100 days! This list includes features AND shorts — check out the first 50 here, and read on below for the final choices: Day 51: The Power (2021)Directed by Corinna Faith In 1970s London, a trainee nurse spends her first

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FANTASTIC FEST REVIEW: WITTE WIEVEN

Frieda’s greatest wish is to have a child, but she hasn’t been able to conceive. The men in charge have a theory about a woman who is unable to become pregnant – she’s obviously cursed, and she’s probably been talking to dark forces hidden in the woods. A strict regimen of prayer is “prescribed” for

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