Tag: horror comedy

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 – BAD HAIRCUT

Somewhere in-between 80’s teen movies and later serial killer epics lies BAD HAIRCUT: a delirious horror-comedy that takes the barber’s chair to absurd heights.  In order to help boost his confidence, Billy’s friends take him to the local barber shop run by Mick for “the best haircut in town.” Armed with “Mr Snips,” Mick starts

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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 – THE CRAMPS: A Period Piece

“I think my favorite color is dead.”  The second I opened the press release and read the description for THE CRAMPS: A Period Piece, I knew I HAD to see this film!  THE CRAMPS introduces us to Agnes Applewhite (Lauren Kitchen), a young woman who breaks free from the tyranny of her sanctimonious mother and

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LISA FRANKENSTEIN 

Directed by Zelda Williams and written by Diablo Cody, LISA FRANKENSTEIN is a charming 80s-set rom-com with a bloodsoaked premise. Still recovering from the shock of seeing her mother murdered, outcast teen Lisa (Kathryn Newton) struggles to find her place at a new school and in her new family. Constantly at odds with her bitchy

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100 Days of Horror 2023: The Last 50

Finally logging the second half of this year’s challenge of watching new-to-me horror every single day for 100 days, leading up October 31st! If you missed following along on Instagram, here are the last 50 films – features, shorts, and for the first time, I included a series! – I’ve watched this year: Day 51:

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100 Days of Horror 2023: The First 50

I took a year off from this last year to do the standard “31 Days of Horror,” but I’m back again with a (let’s face it, kind of insane) challenge of watching a new-to-me horror movie every single day for 100 days, leading up October 31st! To allow myself some grace, I am including both

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