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‘The Seeding’ Is Gorgeous, But Predictable [Tribeca Review]

June 12, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Who doesn’t love a movie that begins with a child wandering in the desert, eating a human finger?

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Tribeca Tagged With: barnaby clay, Kate Lyn Sheil, Scott Haze, the seeding

‘You’ll Never Find Me’ Is A Twisty Puzzle Film [Tribeca Review]

June 10, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Puzzle films are always fascinating – and challenging – films to review.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Tribeca Tagged With: Brendan Rock, Duncan Campbell, Indianna Bell, Jordan Cowan, Josiah Allen

‘Bad Things’ Is More Than Just a Homage to ‘The Shining’ [Tribeca Review]

June 9, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman in a yellow shirt

The last time Stewart Thorndike made a horror film, it was 2014’s Lyle, a lesbian take on Rosemary’s Baby. That’s a reductive description since the film is much more than an extended homage, but the log line certainly makes it an easy sell for genre fans. 

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Queer, Tribeca Tagged With: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Jared Abrahamson, LGBT, LGBTQ, Queer Horror, Rad Pereira, Stewart Thorndike

‘The Black Demon’ Needs More Shark, Less Family Drama [Review]

April 28, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Paul Sturges (Josh Lucas) looks on as a storm approaches the beach

The Black Demon opens with a scroll outlining its mythical namesake, suggesting that the film is more than a simple creature feature.

It’s…not.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Boise Esquerra, Carlos Cisco, Fernanda Urrejola, Jorge A. Jimenez, Josh Lucas, Julio Cesar Cedillo, megalodon

Controversial LGBT Erotic Thriller ‘Femme’ Explores the Murky Aftermath of a Hate Crime [Berlin Film Festival Review]

February 21, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Jules (L) and Preston (R) half naked in a locker room

The new LGBT erotic thriller ‘Femme’ offers a controversial take on the aftermath of a hate crime that navigates the line between revenge…and a burgeoning romance between perpetrator and survivor.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Queer Film Reviews Tagged With: Femme, George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Ng Choon Ping, Sam H. Freeman

[Blu Review] Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Is A Spectacle

October 27, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A man (Steven Yuen) standing next to a horse in a glass cage in the desert

Jordan Peele‘s third feature is an ode to spectacle, the fleeting fame of Hollywood and the POC who are churned up and forgotten by the system like Jean Jacket’s victims.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: brandon perea, daniel kaluuya, Jacob Kim, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, Michael Wincott, nope movie, Steven Yuen, Terry Notary

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
> Consequence
> The Spool
> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

Recent Posts

  • ‘Materialists’ Interrogates The Cost of Love [Review]
  • Serial Killer Meets Sharks in Sean Byrne’s ‘Dangerous Animals’ [Review]
  • 4K Review: ‘What Lies Beneath’ (2000)

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