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‘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.”
Arrow Films Takes Eric Pennycoff’s Festive Horror ‘The Leech’ For Holiday Release in the UK, Ireland and North America
Arrow Films has acquired distribution rights in the UK, Ireland, US, and Canada for Eric Pennycoff’s Christmas horror-comedy The Leech, set to have its world premiere at Chattanooga Film Festival.
[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.
Chattanooga Film Festival: Exo Sapien (2022)
This is just the first part of this story, as there’s a full-length feature being planned. I can’t wait.
[CFF ’22] ‘Gateway’ Review — Irish thriller is more of a chiller
“Never open the door to a lesser evil,” Gracián cautions, “for other and greater ones invariably slink in after.”
‘THE CREEPING’ FINDS COMFORT (AND TERROR) IN THE FAMILIAR [CFF 2022]
The Creeping scratches the itch if you’re looking for a good ghost story.
CFF 2022: THE ONES YOU DIDN’T BURN is an Atmospheric Slice of Folk Horror
The Ones You Didn’t Burn is an engrossing supernatural slow burn, that is creepy as it is refreshingly poignant in its take on witchcraft.
CFF 2022: THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER PART 5&1 is an Impressive Love Letter to the Slasher Genre
This double bill nothing short of a nostaligic labor of love to the slasher genre.
Chattanooga Film Festival 2022 Review: THE CREEPING Makes Ghosts in Sheets Scary Again
The Creeping is a captivating ghost story which features a sensational cast and astonishing scares that make the film fondly reminiscent of those old school movies of the week.