REVIEW: The Platform (El Hoyo) (2019)
Directed by Galder Gaztelu-UrrutiaWritten by David Desola and Pedro RiveroStarring: Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale, Alexandra Masangkay The world is on fire. For those of you living under a rock, lo these last six months, we’re in the midst of a pandemic and quite possibly at the beginning of the collapse of our social and economic structures. A lot of it, we’ve brought on ourselves. We had a system that was initially designed to work for everyone. Over time, it got abused. Instead of raising a flag or working to fix it, we let it continue … Continue reading REVIEW: The Platform (El Hoyo) (2019)
REVIEW: Atroz (2016)
Directed by Lex OrtegaWritten by Lex Ortega, Sergio TelloStarring: Carlos Valencia, Lex Ortega, Florencia Rios, Julio Rivera For those of you who may not know, I am a Hispanic-surnamed American. More specifically, I am of Mexican heritage. As such, it … Continue reading REVIEW: Atroz (2016)
Karen Gillan’s “Conventional” Isn’t.
These days, it’s kinda hard NOT to know who Karen Gillan is these days. Sure, years ago, it’s was just the Doctor Who nerds who were in the know, but with her not-insignificant role in the MCU, she’s become a household name… provided that your household LOVES comic book movies and Doctor Who.
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Lionsgate Drops New Trailer for “Jigsaw”.
To mix my genres, this is one of those times I feel like Captain Jean Luc Picard, battered, tortured and tormented glaring into the face of his Cardassian captor. With only slight variation to the original scene, I shout:
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“The Poughkeepsie Tapes” Finally Gets U.S. Release.
Praise the lord and pass the ammunition, the long-languishing, found footage film, “The Poughkeepsie Tapes” is finally getting a U.S. release, courtesy of the Scream Factory.
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The Ordeal of Randolph Carter
“The Statement of Randolph Carter” is one of my favorite Lovecraft stories. It encompasses his style in a tidy little nutshell of dread. It even inspired a short – very short – film of my own.
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‘Colour’ Me Cautiously Optimistic: ‘Hardware’ Director to Adapt HPL
Richard Stanley, director of such 90’s genre mainstays like, ‘Hardware’ and ‘Dust Devil’ is now stepping up to the eldritch plate to take a swing at Lovecraft’s, ‘The Colour Out of Space’. SpectreVision, the company behind recent indie genre films as ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night’ and the recent, ‘Cooties’ (with Elijah Woods) will produce this and looks to start shooting in early 2016.
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Journey to Innsmouth in “Strange Aeons”.
Directly from the fine folks at the Lovecraft eZine, we get word of a new set of shorts from Forty Dollar Films. Continue reading “Journey to Innsmouth in “Strange Aeons”.”
‘Do You Want to Hear ‘The Confession of Fred Krueger’.
Last weekend, the lucky fans who attended HorrorHound Weekend got treated to this spiffy little short from director Nathan Thomas Milliner. Shot for just over $1000 over four days in Kentucky (of all places), “The Confession of Fred Krueger” craftily delves in the Freddie’s pre-“Nightmare” past.
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Gorgeous Ghost Game: Oxenfree
You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.