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Review: ‘Barbarian’ Delivers Scares and Gore

September 7, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A woman stares down a dark flight of stairs

A double-booked Air BnB is the inciting incident in Barbarian, a twisty thriller that delivers the scares and gore.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Bill Skarsgård, Georgina Campbell, Justin Long, Zach Cregger

Blumhouse Television and EPIX Deliver A Frenzy of ‘Unhuman’ Action [Review]

May 31, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A bloody girl with short hair

A new thriller from Blumhouse Television and EPIX pits a bus full of high school kids against something…Unhuman.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Ali Gallo, Benjamin Wadsworth, Blake Burt, Blumhouse, Brianne Tju, C.J. LeBlanc, Drew Scheid, Epix, Joshua Mikel, Lo Graham, Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, Peter Giles, Uriah Shelton

Katey Sagal Shines In Blumhouse’s Repetitive ‘Torn Hearts’ [Film Review]

May 20, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A brunette woman with a bloody cut on her right cheek

Ambition, insecurity and the fear of abandonment intersect in Torn Hearts, a new thriller from Blumhouse Television and EPIX set in the world of Nashville’s country music scene.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Abby Quinn, Alexxis Lemire, Blumhouse, brea grant, Epix, Joshua Leonard, Katey Sagal, Rachel Koller Croft, Shiloh Fernandez

‘Silent Night’ Puts a Dark Comedic Spin on the Apocalypse [Blu Review]

March 11, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A candlelit table of guests toast

In Camille Griffin’s feature directorial debut, the world is ending. 

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Annabelle Wallis, Camille Griffin, keira knightley, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Matthew Goode, roman griffin davis, Sope Dirisu

‘No Exit’ Is Surprising and Mean [Review]

February 25, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A young woman stands in the snow next to a van with a person banging on the window

A winter storm strands a group of strangers at a deserted road stop in this exciting new thriller…

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Andrew Barrer, Dale Dickey, Damien Power, Danny Ramirez, David Rysdahl, Dennis Haysbert, Gabriel Ferrari, Havana Rose Liu, Mila Harris

A Great Villain Can’t Save ‘Superhost’ [Review]

January 31, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman (L) and and Asian man (R) sit on either side of a professional camera

With the rise of YouTube celebrities and Airbnbs, it’s hardly surprising that the horror genre has begun to explore the intersection of the two. Enter Superhost…

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Barbara Crampton, brandon christensen, canadian horror, Gracie Gillam, Osric Chau, Sara Canning

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The 411 on me

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

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> Bloody Disgusting
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> That Shelf

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

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