
Each year queer horror gets the spotlight treatment in the ‘Slayed’ shorts program at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, which this year was part of the Nightstream Festival.
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by Joe Lipsett

Each year queer horror gets the spotlight treatment in the ‘Slayed’ shorts program at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, which this year was part of the Nightstream Festival.
by Joe Lipsett

There’s something delicious about the idea of an egotistical celebrity vigilante trying to escape a bad situation only to wind up in a far worse one. [Read more…]
by Joe Lipsett

John Marshall (Jim Cummings) has a lot on his plate.
He’s a recovering alcoholic with some pretty significant rage issues. He navigating (unsuccessfully) a post-divorce relationship with his teenage daughter Jenna (Chloe East). His father (Robert Forster, in his final role) is the Sheriff of Snow Hollow, but the old man refuses to relinquish control to John despite significant health problems.
Oh yeah, and there’s a werewolf killing women every full moon in the sleepy tourist town. [Read more…]
by Joe Lipsett

In He Said/She Said, critics Joe and Valeska dissect a film in a back and forth email exchange. Previously, we took a terrible summer vacation with a dangerous young girl in Becky, directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion.
Maybe the third time’s the charm as we try another weekend retreat with writer/director Jeffrey A. Brown’s cosmic aquatic horror film, The Beach House.
Full spoilers follow… [Read more…]
by Joe Lipsett

In He Said/She Said, critics Joe and Valeska dissect a film in a back and forth exchange. Previously, we took a well-needed, but ill-fated summer vacation in small-town Canada with the Pierce Brothers’ witchy teen terror The Wretched (2019).
This time, we’re heading back to cottage country to continue our examination of the worst summer vacations imaginable with Becky, directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion.
Spoilers follow… [Read more…]
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In Horror Bucket List, I fill in gaps in my horror film knowledge based on recommendations from friends on Twitter. We then have a back and forth discussion about their history with the film.
Next up: I’m headed to Spain to check on an infested tenement with Bloody Mary Film Festival executive director Laura Di Girolamo and [REC].
Spoilers follow…