Reviews
Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places takes Algernon Blackwood into the Future
Algernon Blackwood’s “The Willows” is one of the best pieces of horror fiction ever written. In Blackwood’s story, two travelers get lost on a canoe trip along the Danube. ...
Hunted is an Impressively Nasty Piece of Work [Fantasia Review]
The premise of Hunted is one we’ve seen countless times before; a woman goes to a bar, meets a man who seems nice, and, before she knows it, finds herself abducted and speeding towards certain ...
Monster Seafood Wars is a Delightfully Goofy Throwback [Fantasia Review]
With a title like Monster Seafood Wars, you pretty much know what you’re in for. And yet, prolific director Minoru Kawasaki’s movie, the script for which he co-wrote with regular collabo...
Evil Boy is a Cringey Exploitation of Feral Children [DVD Review]
Feral children are lost or abandoned, left to fend for their own, often in wilderness. Many are adapted by animals. Reintegration into their respective societies is difficult if and when they are disc...
Who the Heck is Hail to the Deadites For? [Fantasia Review]
Over the past few years, there’s been an unfortunate influx in fan documentaries. By this, I don’t mean fan made films, but rather films about fans. It’s unfortunate because there...
Special Actors is a Worthy Successor to One Cut of the Dead [Fantasia Review]
One Cut of the Dead is a tough act to follow. Shin’ichirô Ueda’s lively, gory, and super-meta take on zombie movies and the perils of low budget filmmaking was a massive hit not just...
A Mermaid In Paris Is A Bittersweet Siren Song [Fantasia Review]
A Mermaid In Paris, is a multimedia project from writer/director Mathias Malzieu (Jack And The Cuckoo Clock Heart, lead singer of the band Dionysos). In addition to the feature film currently screenin...
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is Mildly Entertaining [Fantasia Review]
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is set in a devout religious community that, similar to The Village, exists without modern conveniences in spite of the fact it’s actually the early ...
Sleepaway Camp Excels at Being So Bad it’s Good [Retrospective]
Sleepaway Camp is one in a long line of summer camp slashers to see release in the wake of Friday the 13th. But there is one thing that sets it apart from the legion of Friday imitators: It was t...