2026's Tubi FrightFest arrives with a gaggle of spooky delights. Don't miss my full coverage for the festival after the jump! Films ANOTHER Full review at the link. THE BARN: PART III Full review at the link. Photo Credit: Roadside Attractions and Saban Films BUDDY Full review at the link. FRESH MEAT Full review at … Continue reading FrightFest 2026 Wrap-Up
FrightFest 2026: The Barn Part III
★★★★ Nearly a decade after the original film first unleashed its torrent of Halloween demons, The Barn Part III arrives as a gloriously cheesy culmination of everything that came before it. Writer/director Justin M. Seaman truly puts everything into this go-for-broke installment. The result is an often messy, always entertaining genre delight that fully embraces … Continue reading FrightFest 2026: The Barn Part III
Film Review: Buddy
★★★★★ As a baby of the 90s, television geared towards kids of that era has such a specific look and feel. Between Barney, Blues Clues, and Gullah Gullah Island, the hybrid worlds where anthropomorphic animals and humans coexisted together while teaching life lessons, often through song, were a comforting oddity well before the days of … Continue reading Film Review: Buddy
FrightFest 2026: Oddities
★★★ Seeking shelter at a strange barn shop of antiques, what could possibly go wrong? Scream queen Adrienne Barbeau (Creepshow, Swam Thing) plays a character with a hell of an answer as the wayward shopkeeper in writer/director Tyler Savage's literal oddity. Tight, unique little horror Oddities places Barbeau's instantly-iconic performance at center stage in this … Continue reading FrightFest 2026: Oddities
FrightFest 2026: Fresh Meat
★★★ A throwback slasher set in an abandoned prison with super gory practical kill effects? That's Fresh Meat, the new film from Here for Blood director Daniel Turres. This movie is the latest in a long line of films that deposit random influencers at the center of the story, but here, it seamlessly fits. The … Continue reading FrightFest 2026: Fresh Meat
FrightFest 2026: Another
★★★★ The 100 star Bob Morley was my primary reason for interest in FrightFest feature Another. This sci-fi horror thriller cuts deep with compelling moral dilemmas and ambiguous characterwork. It's not only a great genre flick, but a hugely original indie that absolutely deserves to be seen by a wide audience. One of the best … Continue reading FrightFest 2026: Another
Theater Review: Paranormal Activity
The first time watching Paranormal Activity in a sold out theater crowd nearly twenty years ago was an experience unlike any other. That found-footage phenomenon took the world by storm in an unprecedented crowd-funding tactic where you had to “demand” the movie to play at a theater near you. The $15,000 budgeted horror would go … Continue reading Theater Review: Paranormal Activity
Film Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
★★★★★ If you thought SCREAM was meta, just wait for Camp Miasma! Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is the latest horror film from acclaimed director Jane Schoenbrun. Given the ambiguous, metaphorical nature of their previous film, I Saw the TV Glow, it was difficult to manage expectations. That title proved very divisive among … Continue reading Film Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Film Review: Ice Cream Man
★★★★ As a massive fan of Eli Roth's genre films from day one, each time he comes out with a new feature, I am fully locked in. 2023's Thanksgiving found Roth receiving the best critical reviews of his entire career with a sharply-written slasher flick decades in the making. His newest flick, Ice Cream Man, … Continue reading Film Review: Ice Cream Man
Fantasia 2026: Bowels of Hell
★★★ A horror movie about killer toilets? No, we’re not “shitting you”: Bowels of Hell is the real deal. This very strange movie transforms a facet of life into the source of an elaborately preposterous nightmare. The gross-out nature of the movie should prove to be pure camp, but instead, the filmmakers take this all … Continue reading Fantasia 2026: Bowels of Hell