

[Review]: Chain Reactions
Stills from The Texas Chainsaw (1974) With a festival run kicked off with its world premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival, Chain Reactions directed by Alexandre O. Philippe is an in-depth exploration of one of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time – Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). When the cult classic hit the screens, the trajectory of horror changed forever, with the revelation that monsters are not always supernatural, sometim

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
2 hours ago2 min read
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[Review]: Landlord
Adama Abramson as the Bounty Hunter Having had its world premiere at Grimmfest 2025, LandLord directed by Remington Smith is a biting commentary on poverty, peripatetic lifestyles and property ownership combined with a traditional tale of humans versus vampire. An anonymous Black bounty hunter (played by Adama Abramson) enters a poorly managed apartment complex in order to retrieve a stolen briefcase, but her mission is soon interrupted by Alex (played by Cohen James Cooper),

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
4 days ago2 min read
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[Fantastic Fest 2025 Review]: Dolly
Dolly played by Max The Impaler Having had its world premiere at this year's Fantastic Fest, Dolly , Â directed by Rod Blackhurst is an unrelenting and violent homage to 1970s hicks-ploitation, as well as incorporating strong vibes of New French Extremity. Centering on a woman Macy (Fabianne Therese) who has been kidnapped by a masked killer, she must find a way to escape before she is forced to succumb to a twisted and bizarre fate. When Macy and her boyfriend Chase (played

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 282 min read
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[Fantastic Fest 2025]: The Cramps: A Period Piece
Lauren Kitchen as Agnes Applewhite Having had its world premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest, Brooke H. Cellars’ The Cramps: A Period...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 92 min read
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[Fantastic Fest 2025]: Bad Haircut
Frankie Ray & Spencer H. Levin as Mick and Billy Having had its world premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest, Bad Haircut directed by...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 22 min read
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[Review]: Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Tim Curry as Dr Frank-n-Furter Intimately detailing the origin story and steady rise of one of the world’s most beloved musicals, Strange...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Oct 22 min read
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