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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.
‘THE ONES YOU DIDN’T BURN’ ILLUMINATES THE POWER OF ANCESTRAL RESENTMENT [CFF 2022]
It probably didn’t take much foresight on her part, but Elise Finnerty’s feature debut embodies a common double-edged sword for the horror genre: It’s “timely.”
[CFF 22 Review] Cryo: a unique premise with the potential for more
Cryo is the directorial debut of Barrett Burgin, written by Barrett Burgin and Mason D. Davis that sets up a unique premise of a science fiction horror.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Three Ways to Dine Well (2022)
Three Ways to Dine Well is the kind of horror documentary we need more of.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Voyeur(s) (2021)
Voyeur (s) is the story of a man who turns his hotel into a laboratory for his own twisted fantasies, watching others play out what once existed only in his mind.
[CFF 22 Review] ‘The History of Metal and Horror’ boasts a vulgar display of cameos
Filmmaker Mike Schiff kicks off The History of Metal and Horror with a wraparound story set in a nightmare world.
[CFF 22 Review] The Ones You Didn’t Burn: An Act of Beautiful Revenge
Finnerty, also the writer, tells us a haunted story about an act of beautiful revenge while exploring the themes of generational trauma, grief, and sexuality.
Chattanooga Film Festival 2022: Disquieting Depression Fills The Unsettling
Warping the sounds of those creeks in unfamiliar houses into oppressive claustrophobia and cause for anxiety is apt for a movie that does exactly that.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Vierailijat (2021)
Directed and written by Kenichi Ugana, Visitors is filled with small moments of fright and huge moments of gore. Yes, a chainsaw gets involved. Yes, it invokes Evil Dead. Yes, it’s pretty great.
Chattanooga Film Festival 2022 Review: THE ONES YOU DIDN’T BURN is a Mesmerizing, Visually Haunting Story of Revenge
The Ones You Didn’t Burn goes on to artfully present the story of a family seemingly cursed by the actions of those who came before them with strong performances and remarkably haunting visuals.
[CFF ’22] ‘The Creeping’ review: Ghost story packs emotional punch
The Creeping is a good old fashioned ghost story screening at The Chattanooga Film Festival. Anna (Riann Steele) returns home to look after her grandmother (Jane Lowe) who is suffering from dementia. Before long, a dark family secret comes to haunt her – literally.
Chattanooga Film Festival: True Believer (2022)
Writer/director Alana Purcell’s debut feature True Believer brings the term “quirky indie comedy” to another level, in a decidedly good way.
[CFF 22 Review] ‘Bitch Ass’ plays by its own demented rules
Posley crafts a slasher film whose titular killer (Tunde Laleye) patterns his murders after a series of board games, where each game tests its victim’s capacity for survival.