★★★★ Horror comedy, when executed correctly, is one of my favorite windows through which to experience genre filmmaking. Day Shift discovers a perfect tonal mix between campy comedy fun, vampy horror violence, and thrilling action, emerging as one of my favorite Netflix productions of the year. Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained, Baby Driver) fills the lead … Continue reading Film Review: Day Shift
TV Review: Locke & Key – Season 3
Locke & Key has had perhaps one of the more tumultuous journeys to completion in recent memory. Back in 2011, a pilot made for FOX screened at San Diego Comic Con, but was not picked up for series. In 2014, a movie trilogy was announced. In 2016, these plans were scrapped in favor of a … Continue reading TV Review: Locke & Key – Season 3
Fantasia 2022: Bodies Bodies Bodies
★★★★★ Here’s a fun equation: A24 + modern horror whodunnit + meta dark humor = ? The answer is a frolicking mini-masterpiece entitled Bodies Bodies Bodies, after the titular sinister game our players participate in. Written by Sarah DeLappe and directed by Halina Reijn, the film has a fiercely feminine touch that redefines the tired … Continue reading Fantasia 2022: Bodies Bodies Bodies
Fantasia 2022: Sadako DX
★★★★ Attempting to follow the chronology of The Ring films is actually more difficult than one would expect; while the American iterations have a total of three films, back in its native Japan, Ringu has been thriving for years. Sequels for this series range well into the double digits. This latest, appropriately titled Sadako DX … Continue reading Fantasia 2022: Sadako DX
TV Review: Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
All the way back in 2010, ABC Family (now Freeform) had a hit on their hands. Based on the bestselling book series by Sara Shepard and showrun by I. Marlene King, the original Pretty Little Liars was a mixed bag of minor horror inspiration, pulpy soap-opera dramatics, and a never-ending array of mysteries to be … Continue reading TV Review: Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
Fantasia 2022: Resurrection
★★ Rebecca Hall’s previous film release, The Night House, earned mass critical acclaim even though it wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. Her first project as writer/director, cloying drama Passing, also released last year, and now, Hall brings her talents to 2022’s Resurrection. In a strange way, Resurrection would make for a perfect double-billing with … Continue reading Fantasia 2022: Resurrection
Film Review: They/Them
★★★ Blumhouse’s new slasher They/Them (pronounced as “They Slash Them”) was a film I was very much anticipating for months after it was first announced. Throwback slashers are all the rage at present, with Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy and There’s Someone Inside Your House among the cream of the crop. They/Them manages to set itself … Continue reading Film Review: They/Them
Fantasia 2022: Megalomaniac
★★★★ Belgian horror flick Megalomaniac is one seriously moody little French movie. I am not sure why I ever assumed it would be anything less—one glance at the description provided for this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival should have told me all I needed to know. Two children of an infamous never-caught serial killer, The … Continue reading Fantasia 2022: Megalomaniac
Fantasia 2022: Glorious
★★★ Single-setting films with a limited cast have become quite the rage in the aftermath of 2020’s pandemic. Glorious joins the pack with its small-scale rest stop location, yet thrives by making the repercussions of its terrors to be universe-reaching. With Aussie actor, True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten, in the lead role, director Rebekah McKendry carries … Continue reading Fantasia 2022: Glorious
Fantasia 2022: The Harbinger
★★★★★ I have seen an abundance of COVID films in the wake of 2020’s pandemic, and few, if any, have felt as vital as The Harbinger. With the rage at so many “empty spaces” and lost souls pumping through its veins, this is a film that directly tackles the fears and frustrations heard round the … Continue reading Fantasia 2022: The Harbinger