GET AWAY is a clever send-up of folk horror with a killer cast
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
Imagine being so British that you bumble your way into a folk horror film because you’re too awkwardly polite to heed all the red flags along the way.
YOU ARE NOT ME hides holiday horror inside a compelling LGBTQ+ family drama
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
For all the tinsel and talk of good cheer, the holidays are often fraught with tension—doubly so if you’re a queer person whose family has never quite accepted you for who you are.
THE BEAST OF WALTON ST. pairs practical werewolf effects with a gritty queer lead
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
If you’re looking for a good old-fashioned werewolf movie with a festive feel, you might want to ask Father Christmas for a copy of The Beast of Walton St., releasing just in time for the holiday season.
Grotesqueries Week: Beyond the scope of accepted reality – BANSHEE CHAPTER finds cosmic horror in conspiracy
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
By layering conspiracies behind conspiracies, Erickson’s film gradually reveals an otherworldly plot disguised by human atrocities and deception.
MEMBERS CLUB sends blood and penises flying as male strippers face off against an ancient witch
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
There’s something a little bit special about films willing to lean all the way into a fundamentally silly premise. British horror-comedy Members Club is one such film, gyrating its way through 90 minutes of genitals-based plot with a goofy grin on its face
Goblins Week: What’s Ours – Exploring Anglo-Irish tensions through goblins in UNWELCOME
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
Unwelcome shows us that Ireland’s story goes back further than the people who fight over it, and it’s still being written.
THE EXORCISM OF SAINT PATRICK is a quiet descent into an all-too-real hell
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
The film’s title might be reminiscent of a dozen jumpscare-laden knock-offs of The Exorcist (dir. William Friedkin, 1973), but The Exorcism of Saint Patrick is more concerned with letting us get to know Pat and Trick than it is with raising the viewer’s heart rate.