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[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


[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


[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 9, 20252 min read


[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 2, 20252 min read


[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 2, 20252 min read


[Review]: Somnium
Chasing your dreams and starting over in a brand new city can be hell, and no one knows this better than Gemma, an aspiring actress who’s...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 12, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Blood Shine
Having had its international premiere at this year’s FrightFest, Blood Shine , directed and written by Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks,...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Sep 2, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Super Happy Fun Clown
An eternal presence in the horror genre, one is never too far away from a killer clown. And Super Happy Fun Clown features a doozy of a...

Russell Bailey
Sep 1, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Sane Inside Sanity: The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror
With a powerful combination of glam-rock ear-worm songs and b-movie science fiction aesthetic, The Rocky Horror Show burst forth from...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 25, 20251 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Tomb Watcher
A basic issue that most ghost stories must overcome is a reason why someone would stay where they are when the spooky going-ons begin....

Russell Bailey
Aug 25, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: He Kills At Night
Levi Heaton as Marie Coming from Thomas and James Pickering, He Kills at Night is a thriller reaching for the kind-of impact that early...

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: The Haunting At Jack The Ripper's House
A fascinating strand of horror that is emerging are the ones that explore the relationship we have with the artifice of an online life....

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Marshmallow
Certain horrors are tricksy things to approach. Marshmallow is a mystery box, something that reveals itself to be a far more interesting...

Russell Bailey
Aug 24, 20252 min read
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[FrightFest 2025]: Pig Hill
Directed by Kevin Lewis, Pig Hill is a dark and mysterious thriller that centres itself around an urban legend of pig-like people which...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 24, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Dog Of God
Adult animation in the West is a tricksy thing. In other parts of the world there is a rich seam of films catering to an older audience,...

Russell Bailey
Aug 23, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: Don't Let The Cat Out
Taking its title from one of the many rules that a cat sitter must abide by, Don’t Let the Cat Out feels like the ultimate exploration...

Russell Bailey
Aug 23, 20252 min read


[FrightFest 2025]: The Arbiter
Kicking with a vibe of Guy Ritchie does a post-apocalyptic-esque The Warriors (1979) remake, The Arbiter is a violent depiction of...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 22, 20252 min read


[Book Review]: That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film by Payton McCarty-Simas
For as long as horror has been a genre, whether that be through spoken story-telling traditions, literature or through film itself, the...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 20, 20252 min read
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[Fantasia International Film Festival]: Burning
Aysanat Edigeeva as Asel Having had its North American premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the Kyrgyzstanian...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 12, 20252 min read
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