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CFF 2022: EVERY TIME WE MEET FOR ICE CREAM YOUR WHOLE FUCKING FACE EXPLODES
Face delivers an emotionally engaging and entertaining glimpse of a story and a world that leaves the viewer wanting more, while not overstaying its welcome.
[CFF ’22] ‘Bitch Ass’ review: Film about first masked Black serial killer short on ideas
Taking place in 1999, the plot follows a group of four people who are being initiated into a gang. They are tasked to rob what they are told is an abandoned home. As it turns out, it is very much inhabited.
[CFF ’22] ‘The Unsettling’ review: More than another haunted house story
The Unsettled never takes on the larger than life feeling often found in similar movies. It all culminates in a satisfying ending that leaves the right questions unanswered.
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes REVIEW | Chattanooga Film Festival 2022
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes wastes no time recreating the requisite images of gothic horror.
[Chattanooga Film Festival Review] THE LEECH
Set during the Christian-appropriated holiday known as Christmas, Gardner and Pennycoff gather once again for a festive reminder of why we shouldn’t love our neighbor.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Red is the Color of Beauty (2021)
It’s a retail employee’s nightmare: two women want the same necklace at closing time and no one is taking no for an answer.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Inch Thick, Knee Deep (2021)
You may never boil a pot of tea the same way again.
Chattanooga Film Festival: The Angst (2020)
The more that he runs, the more that he learns that confronting his greatest fear may mean confronting himself.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Ball Lightning (2021)
Billed as a “film about memory and discovery,” Ball Lightning is about two scavengers — Addie and Sundance — Niamh O’Connor and Julie Helthaler — who harvest the parts of derelict automatons to survive.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Specter of Weeping Hill (2021)
Lillian comes back to an abandoned and fog-filled cemetery that has haunted her since childhood in an attempt to come to terms with the recent loss of her sister in this quick but gorgeous short film.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Love You, Mama (2022)
This is not a simple story to tell, but for a first effort, it’s quite well told.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Found (2022)
This is the story of Rowan, who is searching for her missing girlfriend, who very well may be not missing, as well as dealing with a UFO that seems to be interrupting every one of her calls.
[CFF 22 Review] WTF Shorts: Every Time We Meet For Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes
The film boasts fantastic storytelling, gory and gooey special effects and a heartwarming message all within it’s incredibly short run-time.
Chattanooga Film Festival 2022 Review: BREATHING HAPPY is a Magical, Breathtaking Story of Recovery
Breathing Happy is a weird, wonderful, highly satisfying journey through grief, addiction, and recovery.
‘A PURE PLACE’ IS BEAUTIFULLY UNSETTLING WITH STANDOUT PERFORMANCES [CFF 2022]
‘A Pure Place’ is beautifully unsettling with standout performances.
‘LANDLOCKED’ PROVES THAT SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE IN HORROR [CFF 2022]
Paul proves that family isn’t just a casting resource in this case: It’s an aesthetic one as well.
CFF 2022: The Third Saturday in October Films Are the Slasher Spoofs You Didn’t Know You Needed
Though they are both slightly different in their presentations, the movies themselves feel meant for a drive-in double feature and worth referring to as a complete experience.
Chattanooga Film Festival 2022: An Interview With the Makers of Cruise
Rudycoff’s film is a seven-minute exercise in tension as call after call brings our protagonist closer to literal termination.
Chattanooga Film Festival: 7 Minutes In Hell (2022)
This feels like it is inspired by Creepshow while at the same time being way better than the recent reinvention of that show. That’s high praise.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Trash Life (2022)
This movie has three minutes to win you over and it uses every single second.