The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett
How do you solve a problem like Jigsaw? Following the disastrous 2017 attempt to reboot the Saw franchise, writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger make a second attempt to restart the engine of the longest running horror franchise of the 21st century.
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I’ve had the opportunity to see Ryan Spindell’s horror anthology several times. Once with a live audience at Fantastic Fest in 2019, once at the Nightstream virtual festival in 2020 and now again on Blu in 2021. My opinion of the film has changed each time. [Read more…]
Two genre vets and a hot director team up for a fresh take on vampires. So why is Jakob’s Wife so muddled?
Now that Promising Young Woman is out on Blu, it’s the ideal opportunity to revisit Emerald Fennell’s buzzy, controversial Oscar nominated film.
One of the year’s most enjoyable horror comedies takes the unexpected form of a 90s throwback in PG: Psycho Goreman.
Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]
Dreamcatcher opens with a fairly conventional kill. A POC character, Kya (Nazanin Mandi), walks down a series of hallways before she is attacked and killed by a man wearing a mask. It’s familiar, but well executed and positions the film as a fun slasher film.
Alas Dreamcatcher has far greater ambitions, but lacks the ability to execute them. [Read more…]