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Although Happy Hunting (USA, 2017) may be another entry in the subgenre of films that use Richard Connell’s 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game” as their springboard, this debut from the writing/directing team of Joe Dietsch and Louie Gibson ...

One of the brashest, most gorgeous-looking films of this year is UK effort The Limehouse Golem (2016). Part horror thriller and part period-piece police procedural, the entertainment value runs high in this film, both when it is working at dazzling ...

United States/Italian coproduction Voice from the Stone (2017) is absolutely dazzling to the eye, with exterior scenes drenched in vibrant fall colors, and interior set designs of a weathered mansion meticulously adorned. This Gothic, psychological, supernatural tale is not as strong ...

Korean action film Ak-Nyeo (The Villainess, 2017) opens with a blood-soaked sequence using first-person-shooter video game perspective, to the point of showing the unknown character reload a gun and change weapons in the middle of the screen while moving. Dozens ...

Tackling the subject of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using elements of supernatural storytelling is an intriguing idea, and director Aaron B. Koontz’s feature-length debut Camera Obscura (USA, 2017) offers some interesting angles on that approach. The film is also, however, ...

Although the Italian offering Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot (They Call Me Jeeg AKA They Call Me Jeeg Robot, 2015) is lower on breathtaking visuals, special effects, and budget than any of the recent big Marvel or DC films, it has more ...

Every country has its most popular styles of humor. Often certain styles seem odd or simply fall flat when watched or listened to by people who are accustomed to their own homegrown humor options. Having lived in and travelled around ...

Titan Comics’ Anno Dracula: 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem is my introduction to author Kim Newman’s alternate history world in which Count Dracula has married Queen Victoria and ushered in an era of vampire domination in Britain. Judging from the ...

Writer/director Michael Reich’s horror-tinged quasi-romance (or, depending on one’s leanings, romance-tinged quasi-horror) film She’s Allergic to Cats is equally hypnotic, captivating, and frustrating. At times it feels like a calculated, clever slice of eccentric personal cinema, and at other times ...

Writer/director Geoff Redknap melds together science fiction, psychological horror, and family drama seamlessly in his feature-length directorial debut The Unseen (Canada, 2016). His story of an estranged father literally fading away as he wrestles with alcoholism and suicidal thoughts is ...