WARPED & FADED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

by | November 8, 2021 | Reviews | 0 Comments

WARPED AND FADED: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of The American Genre Film Archive By Lars Nilsen and friends Edited by Kier-La Janisse $35 // Mondo Books // Order Here “Enjoy your porn, hipsters!” Part oral history, part weird movie compendium, and part film essay...
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[PANIC FEST] Reviews, Vol. 1: Benny Loves You, Red Snow, An Ideal Host

by | April 13, 2021 | Reviews | 0 Comments

I "attended" my very first Panic Fest via their virtual screenings this year, and I was incredibly impressed by the wide variety of films on offer, both feature-length and short. I'll be doing a collection of reviews from the fest right here, so be sure to check back!...
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[SXSW] Cleave Unto JAKOB’S WIFE

by | March 18, 2021 | Articles, Reviews | 0 Comments

JAKOB'S WIFE TRAVIS STEVENS Pastor Jakob Fedder’s wife does have a name. Unfortunately, Anne (Barabara Crampton) suffers from Perfect Wife Syndrome. She’s a supportive force at her husband’s (Larry Fessenden) church, she works out every morning, and she makes sure her...
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[SXSW] BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION: Come for the References.

by | March 17, 2021 | Articles, Reviews | 0 Comments

"BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION" Dir. JACOB GENTRY James (Harry Shum Jr.) has a tedious job of cataloging old broadcast tapes as a video archivist, often of local news stations. One night, strange and disturbing footage of someone wearing a wig and rubber mask and using...
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[SXSW] “WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED:” A New Standard in Horror Documentaries

by | March 17, 2021 | Articles, Reviews | 0 Comments

"WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR" KIER-LA JANISSE SEVERIN FILMS Directed, written, and produced by film scholar Kier-La Janisse (founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and author of a stack of essential film books, including...
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Horror Down Under: BETTER WATCH OUT (2016)

by | April 17, 2020 | Articles, Reviews | 0 Comments

Welcome to the 13th edition of Horror Down Under, a column series in which I review horror films from my home country of Australia. The purpose of this column will be that it will act as a showcase for various horror related film projects that have been made Australia...
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[Nightmares Film Festival 2019] Day Three Recap

by | November 5, 2019 | Articles, Reviews | 0 Comments

Columbus, OH -- Saturday, October 26, day three of Nightmares Film Festival was set to be the longest day of the fest but we were there at 10am bracing ourselves for a diverse schedule of amazing features and short films that would take us to 4am by the end. For the...
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[Nightmares Film Festival 2019] Day Two Recap

by | October 31, 2019 | Articles, Reviews | 0 Comments

For Friday, October 25, day two of Nightmares Film Festival was off to an early start with the first slot programmed at 9am. On little sleep our crew from Chicago made it in time for Daniel Isn't Real (2019, dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer, USA), the first feature of the...
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[Nightmares Film Festival 2019] Opening Night Recap

by | October 28, 2019 | Articles, Reviews | 0 Comments

Nightmares Film Festival 2019 got off to a killer start on Thursday, Oct 24th at the Gateway Film Center in Columbus, OH. The excitement was buzzing through the air as the cinema lobby swarmed with attendees amped for their first taste of 2019 programming. This being...
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NIGHTMARES FILM FESTIVAL Celebrates 4th Year with Stellar Line-up

by | October 18, 2019 | Articles | 0 Comments

Nightmares Film Festival returns to Gateway Film Center for 4 days of horror films and genre features kicking off Oct 24.

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WARPED & FADED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

by | Nov 8, 2021 |

WARPED AND FADED: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of The American Genre Film Archive By Lars Nilsen and friends Edited by Kier-La Janisse $35 // Mondo Books // Order Here “Enjoy your porn, hipsters!” Part oral history, part weird movie compendium, and part film essay...

[SXSW] Cleave Unto JAKOB’S WIFE

[SXSW] Cleave Unto JAKOB’S WIFE

by | Mar 18, 2021 | ,

JAKOB'S WIFE TRAVIS STEVENS Pastor Jakob Fedder’s wife does have a name. Unfortunately, Anne (Barabara Crampton) suffers from Perfect Wife Syndrome. She’s a supportive force at her husband’s (Larry Fessenden) church, she works out every morning, and she makes sure her...

Horror Down Under: BETTER WATCH OUT (2016)

Horror Down Under: BETTER WATCH OUT (2016)

by | Apr 17, 2020 | ,

Welcome to the 13th edition of Horror Down Under, a column series in which I review horror films from my home country of Australia. The purpose of this column will be that it will act as a showcase for various horror related film projects that have been made Australia...

[Nightmares Film Festival 2019] Day Two Recap

[Nightmares Film Festival 2019] Day Two Recap

by | Oct 31, 2019 | ,

For Friday, October 25, day two of Nightmares Film Festival was off to an early start with the first slot programmed at 9am. On little sleep our crew from Chicago made it in time for Daniel Isn't Real (2019, dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer, USA), the first feature of the...