Tag: film

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: STANDOUT SHORTS 

FACES short film

The list of short films at Fantastic Fest this year is vast – but I managed to watch quite a few of them in the press room, and here are some that I really, really, REALLY enjoyed.  First up, FACES (2024), Directed by Blake Simon.FACES follows a shapeshifting entity as it encounters a group of

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MAD PROPS

Having worked at a Pop Culture museum (MoPOP) with a collection of amazing movie props, I was curious about the new documentary MAD PROPS, directed by Juan Pablo Reinoso. This documentary follows Tom Biolchini, an avid movie prop collector, as he journeys across the globe in search of other collectors to find out why these

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YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER

It’s my belief that truly frightening horror is able to tap into several levels of consciousness, and Kate Dolan’s YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER goes DEEP.  The week before Samhain, shy and bullied teen Char (Hazel Doupe) finds her mother, Angela (Carolyn Bracken), acting more erratically than usual. Angela disappears without a trace overnight, then

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