Frightfest 2018
Climax is a Cinematic Headache [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Climax sees the return of cinema’s greatest self-proclaimed enfant terrible, Gaspar Noé, following the oddly un-sexy 3D extravaganza that was 2015’s Love. It’s his best reviewed...
Anna And The Apocalypse is an Absolute Delight [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Most movies struggle to adhere to the constraints of one genre, or sub-genre. Anna and the Apocalypse proudly belongs to three; zombie movie, Christmas movie, and musical. It’s also, technically...
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot Does Not Live Up To Its Title [Frightfest 2018 Review]
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot is not worthy of its epic title, let’s just get that out of the way. It may star Great American Hero Sam Elliott and yes, a version of him does fig...
Piercing is a Dark Psychosexual Thriller [Frightfest Review]
Piercing is a title that suggests all manner of stabbings and such, as opposed to an actual piercing. But this, the sophomore feature from The Eyes Of My Mother director Nicholas Pesce, features ...
American Fright Fest is Exactly What It Sounds Like [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Some movies instantly connect. Some movies work their way into your rotation before the first viewing has even concluded (personal examples include but aren’t limited to; Green Room, Tragedy Gir...
Heretiks is Spooky, Nun-Based Horror [Frightfest Review]
Following the lively, train-set werewolf movie Howl, comes another H-word flick from British filmmaker Paul Hyett in the form of Heretiks. Bravely, in a year that’s set to give us the hugely ant...
Upgrade is Very Tech Savvy [FrightFest Review]
Upgrade is the sophomore feature from Aussie writer-director Leigh Whannell following 2015’s Insidious: Chapter 3, the best sequel in a franchise of increasingly diminishing returns (the less sa...
Ravers is Loaded With Heart, DIY Spirit, Bad Dance Music [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Ravers took four years to complete, which means that even when its seams start to show, the film is charming in a sweetly D.I.Y kind of way. It mattered so much to everyone involved that they schleppe...
Boar Suffers from Lackluster FX [Frightfest 2018 Review]
Creature feature fans will know that, more often than not, the promise of a brand new film to drool over is tinged with the anxiety of knowing it’s probably going to turn out to be a load of CGI...