There’s power in the blood, but not in the acting.     XLrator Media’s Holy Ghost People is a psychological thriller, which is a technical triumph but is peppered with mediocre acting and an unsatisfying ending. Emma Greenwell, Brendan McCarthy, ...

The work of British artist Ralph Steadman has been called everything: shocking, deranged, perverse, angry, and downright venomous. Charlie Paul’s documentary For No Good Reason aims to undermine this negative critique of Steadman, offering in its place a fresh look ...

Remaking popular movie has been a huge trend in Hollywood over the last decade. It can be argued that no other genre has seen more remakes than horror. Regardless of the varying commercial success of each remake, most efforts end ...

Mirrors have frequently surfaced in the horror genre, so it can be difficult to get around the clichés associated with them.  As a result, mention of a “spooky mirror” horror film can conjure feelings of pessimism. Mike Flanagan’s transcendent new ...

Let’s face it, nerds are popular. These days, movie tough guys like Vin Diesel fully embrace their participation in games like Dungeons & Dragons or World of Warcraft; television shows like The Big Bang Theory are going strong; and superheroes ...

Most American moviegoers, spoiled by the appeal of Hollywood blockbusters, aren’t always open to independent foreign films. One complaint, from such viewers, centers on the distraction of reading of subtitles. In addition, Horror in general has its own difficulty appealing ...

I love Dean Koontz. And it’s not for a belief that he’s a great talent (he’s not) or to be ironic (I swear, I’m not). It’s out of my enjoyment of things produced purely for pleasure — stories that may not ...

Based on the article by Judy Bachrach, originally published in Vanity Fair, docudrama Uwantme2killhim? is set three months before popular, charismatic 16-year-old soccer player Mark (played by Jamie Blackley) stabbed his friend and was arrested on June 29, 2003 in North ...

In the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, there was a strange influx of independent films, or studio films in the guise of independent aesthetics, that flooded the market, emulating the dialogue stylings of Quentin Tarantino, while perhaps leaning into stranger ...

An Australian remake of the little-seen 1978 Australian “Ozploitation” horror film of the same name, Patrick isn’t get-under-your-skin scary, but it sure is hokey, overheated fun. Documentary short director Mark Hartley, working from a screenplay by first-timer Justin King, has not ...