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[CFF 2022] LIVIN’ AFTER MIDNIGHT Review - An Intriguing Queer Vampire Romance
Jaclyn Bartlett says Livin’ After Midnight is a unique vampire story with an intriguing commentary on the LGBTQ+ experience.
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2022: THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER I & V
Having only created parts one and five, Burleson playfully invites us to go for a ride down memory lane and take a chance on a sequel that you don’t know the set up for and have a blast doing so.
Arrow Films releasing Christmas comedy/horror The Leech in December
Arrow Films announced that it has acquired the distribution rights for the Christmas horror comedy film The Leech.
Joseph’s Review: The Leech (Chattanooga Film Festival)
Combining escalating uncomfortable dark humor with a mind-blowing, outrageous third act of psychological horror, writer/director Eric Pennycoff’s The Leech is a scorcher.
Honeycomb REVIEW | Chattanooga Film Festival 2022
Honeycomb, the feature debut from co-writer/director Avalon Fast, is a strange film in a variety of wonderful ways.
[CFF ’22] ‘Chicken House’ review: Coming of age with the help of LDS and a poltergeist
Chicken House is a movie that is easy to sum up but impossible to describe.
Review: THE PASSENGER Takes Us on a Wild Road Trip
In grand cinematic fashion, The Passenger is a film that showcases a road trip gone horribly wrong.
CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL 2022: THE LEECH
Eric Pennycoff’s sophomore feature The Leech is certainly a film that seeks to make the skin crawl and induce an internal tightening at how awkward and uncomfortable it gets.
Chattanooga Film Festival 2022 Review: THE OUTWATERS Immerses You in a Blood-Soaked Nightmare
The Outwaters premiered at this year’s virtual Chattanooga Film Festival and does a great job of making the viewer feel like a part of the terror onscreen, setting up a believable story, and utilizing outstanding practical effects.
[Chattanooga Film Festival Review] LANDLOCKED
Film theorist Walter Benjamin put a lot of importance on the use of video recorders because the machine could reveal hidden moments or aspects of everyday life.
[Chattanooga Film Festival Review] PHANTOM PROJECT
PHANTOM PROJECT holds a bit of appeal in its cuteness, but the story, character development, and even the ghost fail to reach a more transcendent level.
Interface REVIEW | Chattanooga Film Festival 2022
Interface, the “feature” debut from Canadian artist Justin Tomchuck (aka u m a m i), brings together the entirety of the animated web series of the same name into a single cinematic adventure.
[CFF 2022] MIKE MIGNOLA: DRAWING MONSTERS Review - A Portrait of One of Comics' Greatest Creatives
Brant Lewis calls Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters an engaging and fascinating documentary that will appeal to everyone.
[CFF 2022] THE ATTACHMENT DIARIES Review - A Haunting and Disturbing Web of Patriarchal Complexities
Breanna Lucci says The Attachment Diaries has themes that mirage today’s society, giving us a hazy glimpse into what could be our future.
[CFF ’22] ‘Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters (The Secret Origin of Hellboy)’ review
Keeping the machine going.
[CFF 22 Review] ‘Giving Birth to a Butterfly’ finds solidarity in uncomfortable places
In Theodore Schaefer’s Giving Birth to a Butterfly, freedom of choice is unattainable within the confines of a nuclear American family.
‘WULVER’S STANE’ IS A CHALLENGING AND VISCERAL WATCH [CFF 2022]
There is one way I could start this review that would likely be enough information for many readers: If you are the type of person who enjoys ASMR eating videos, get stoked for Wulver’s Stane!
Chattanooga Film Festival 2022: Ghosts of the Past Haunt Atmospheric Gateway
Sometimes the thing that haunts us the most lie in the regrets of our past, and that’s the sentiment that Niall Owens brings to life in his first feature-length film, Gateway.
‘The Third Saturday in October’ Review – Slasher Homage Experiments With Nostalgia
Writer/Director Jay Burleson melds them together in a retro-styled slasher parody meant to be viewed after its follow-up, The Third Saturday in October Part V.