

[Review]: Infirmary
Having had its world premiere at Dances With Films NY back in January, the Nicholas Pineda directed chiller Infirmary is a low-fi chiller that utilises the found footage medium in order to document the first and last night on the job for fresh-faced security guard Edward. Portrayed through personal body cams and security cameras, former marine Edward (played by Paul Syre) is a newly employed security guard on the night shift at an abandoned asylum, Wilshire Infirmary. Paired

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
4 days ago2 min read


[Review]: Frankie, Maniac Woman
Dina Silva as Frankie Exploring an inherently misogynistic society’s negative attitudes towards fat bodies and pretty privilege, Dina Silva and Pierre Tsigaridis’ eighties grime inspired slasher Frankie, Maniac Woman delivers its message to audiences with buckets of violence and blood. Frankie (Dina Silva) is an aspiring musician who is constantly hindered at every turn by society’s treatment of her based on her looks, to the point that she is driven mad by the impossible st

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jan 72 min read


Soho Horror Film Festival Continues To Push The Terror Online.
There was a brief period during the dreaded Covid-19 worldwide lockdown where film festivals and their respective programmers seemed to understand the need for accessibility. With film festival audiences unable to attend in-person screenings and events, many festivals took to the internet, providing the cinema experience to people in their home. However, with the re-opening of the world, and social outings being allowed again, many online editions of film festivals became not

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Nov 24, 20254 min read


[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
Nov 8, 20252 min read


[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
Nov 4, 20252 min read


[Fantastic Fest 2025 Review]: Dolly
Dolly played by Max The Impaler Having had its world premiere at this year's Fantastic Fest, Dolly , 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 28, 20252 min read

