Tag: splatter

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 – 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 – 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 ANNOUNCES AN EPIC 2025 LINEUP FOR ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s Fantastic Fest is celebrating its 20th edition by bringing you a treasure trove of highly anticipated cinematic wonders from around the world! Featuring 45 World Premieres, 15 International and North American Premieres, and 13 U.S. Premieres that are guaranteed to delight and surprise you, complemented by unforgettable events and magnificent special guests.

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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: BINARY

As she approaches her gender-affirming surgery date, exotic dancer Nisha starts experiencing strange visions and violent reactions that cause her to reconsider her decision and explore what it is she really wants. Becoming increasingly worried about the troubling warning signs she keeps seeing, Nisha’s grasp on reality starts to slip – and when a striptease

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FANTASTIC FEST REVIEW: TOUCHED BY ETERNITY

Touched by Eternity

Middle-aged Fatso spends his days trading cryptocurrency and watching a podcast that discusses ways to live forever with “expert guests” from inside his run-down trailer, ordering “miracle cures” for morality that they spotlight on the show. His usual boring routine is interrupted one day by two vampires, Egons and Carlos, who are drawn to him

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