It is subtle at first; then the machinations of The Ones You Didn’t Burn take over.

This is a film full of genuine madness, featuring some of the most striking horror imagery I’ve seen in a long while.

Never has there ever been a holiday film quite like Eric Pennycoff’s The Leech, which pits the holy against the hellish for a thematically strong, rapid-fire descent into festive madness.

Truly embodying every aspect of the modern-day Christmas spirit, The Leech follows a devout priest during the Christmas season as he attempts to assist a struggling couple through a rough period in their lives.

Whether by design or technical incompetence, and what emerges is what Walinga calls an “incidental” portrait of a world that is ever more aware of itself, watching itself always.

The Leech may feel familiar at first, beginning as an odd-couple comedy of sorts, but it goes places you definitely won’t see coming. And it’s an enjoyably gonzo romp, all along the way.

You know you’re in for a good time when a horror movie opens with Tony Todd playing the piano dramatically before turning directly to the camera and purring, “Good evening.”

I became unfathomably excited in the first twenty seconds.

PussyCake is a 2021 Argentinan horror film about a struggling all-girl rock band that encounters evil while on tour. A splatterfest ensues!

A twenty-something woman awakens in a makeshift prison in Veracruz, scared and confused as to what exactly transpired which led to her captivity.

Anything can go wrong at a dinner party. Which is the premise of the hilarious horror comedy An Ideal Host!

Stenson feels as if he is channeling the comedies of Yasujiro Ozu with Events’ sustained stasis and its weaving of amusing non-sequiturs around a subdued plotpoint.

How far are you willing to go for your family, and how far are you willing to go to escape them?

Jane Schoenbrun’s debut film is genuinely scary and a definite must-see for all horror buffs.

The 2021 iteration of the Chattanooga Film Festival provided a variety of various films, some of which I had actually already seen before (and loved!)

I was so excited to be able to cover another virtual film festival. I discovered that my love for films has made me appreciate them more.

Chattanooga Film Fest this year was the masterclass in made for TV genre titled: The Nights That Panicked America: A Brief History of the Golden Age of the Made for TV Genre Movie.

Being the last of Chattanooga Film Fest’s premieres, they certainly saved a doozy to send us home with.

It’s the most dire of situations that reveal to us who we truly are…

Loud music muffled to a thump as sweaty bodies sway. Black Medusa‘s Nada (Nour Hajri) spends her evenings in a world of dives and dance floors.