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![[Grimmfest Easter] GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS Review – A Grab Bag of Unintended Comedic Distractions](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_935eae9eb8dc48c3a90b4f31ca74021e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_935eae9eb8dc48c3a90b4f31ca74021e~mv2.webp)
![[Grimmfest Easter] GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS Review – A Grab Bag of Unintended Comedic Distractions](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_935eae9eb8dc48c3a90b4f31ca74021e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_935eae9eb8dc48c3a90b4f31ca74021e~mv2.webp)
[Grimmfest Easter] GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS Review – A Grab Bag of Unintended Comedic Distractions
Ghosts of the Ozarks delivers an exciting concept with vast potential but desperately fails to deliver any suspense.

E. L. King
Apr 17, 2022
![[Grimmfest Easter] THE WOMAN WITH LEOPARD SHOES Review – A Clever Microbudget Noir](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_5469ea414f1d4751bf12b64a3c29ad8a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_5469ea414f1d4751bf12b64a3c29ad8a~mv2.webp)
![[Grimmfest Easter] THE WOMAN WITH LEOPARD SHOES Review – A Clever Microbudget Noir](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_5469ea414f1d4751bf12b64a3c29ad8a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_5469ea414f1d4751bf12b64a3c29ad8a~mv2.webp)
[Grimmfest Easter] THE WOMAN WITH LEOPARD SHOES Review – A Clever Microbudget Noir
The Woman with Leopard Shoes is a noir-infused thriller with experimental minimalism on its mind that uses its limitations to its advantage.

Jessica Scott
Apr 16, 2022


HATCHING Review - Sundance Film Fest
Jessica Scott calls Hatching a queer allegory and says it demonstrates that the titular act of self-creation can be painful and...

Jessica Scott
Feb 11, 2022
![[Sundance] YOU WON'T BE ALONE Review – A Hauntingly Poetic Folk Horror](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_1e13bfbf13224fe6b6ef671223630ecf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_1e13bfbf13224fe6b6ef671223630ecf~mv2.webp)
![[Sundance] YOU WON'T BE ALONE Review – A Hauntingly Poetic Folk Horror](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_1e13bfbf13224fe6b6ef671223630ecf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_1e13bfbf13224fe6b6ef671223630ecf~mv2.webp)
[Sundance] YOU WON'T BE ALONE Review – A Hauntingly Poetic Folk Horror
You Won't Be Alone, the debut feature from Goran Stolevski is a haunting and unexpectedly poetic folk tale.

E. L. King
Jan 27, 2022


RESURRECTION Review - Sundance Film Fest
E. L. King calls director Andrew Semans' Resurrection a devastating portrait of how trauma and the lingering repercussions of its effects...

E. L. King
Jan 27, 2022
![[Interview] Director Frauke Havemann Discusses 'Be Right Back' Premiere and Returning to Slamdance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_1b8e0d5a6eed4f768639b8e9af599a89~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_1b8e0d5a6eed4f768639b8e9af599a89~mv2.webp)
![[Interview] Director Frauke Havemann Discusses 'Be Right Back' Premiere and Returning to Slamdance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_1b8e0d5a6eed4f768639b8e9af599a89~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_1b8e0d5a6eed4f768639b8e9af599a89~mv2.webp)
[Interview] Director Frauke Havemann Discusses 'Be Right Back' Premiere and Returning to Slamdance
The German director's second feature film premieres at Slamdance Film Festival on January 27, 2022—we caught up with Havemann in Berlin...

E. L. King
Jan 26, 2022
![[Sundance] MASTER Review – A Supernatural View of Colonialism](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_0a9e4acd0386413d8e394036eaa9dba1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_0a9e4acd0386413d8e394036eaa9dba1~mv2.webp)
![[Sundance] MASTER Review – A Supernatural View of Colonialism](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_0a9e4acd0386413d8e394036eaa9dba1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_0a9e4acd0386413d8e394036eaa9dba1~mv2.webp)
[Sundance] MASTER Review – A Supernatural View of Colonialism
Mariama Diallo is a Brooklyn-based writer and director whose debut feature film, Master, is decidedly unnerving. The narrative is an...

E. L. King
Jan 24, 2022
![[Sundance] SPEAK NO EVIL Review - Christian Tafdrup's Psychological Horror is Unforgiving](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_1c0a427993d14766b1e1f7a506bd1b09~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_1c0a427993d14766b1e1f7a506bd1b09~mv2.webp)
![[Sundance] SPEAK NO EVIL Review - Christian Tafdrup's Psychological Horror is Unforgiving](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_1c0a427993d14766b1e1f7a506bd1b09~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_1c0a427993d14766b1e1f7a506bd1b09~mv2.webp)
[Sundance] SPEAK NO EVIL Review - Christian Tafdrup's Psychological Horror is Unforgiving
E. L. King calls director Christian Tafdrup's third feature film a cautionary, threatening, and violent tale about the trap of politeness...

E. L. King
Jan 23, 2022


WATCHER Review - A Gaslit Room with a View
Director Chloe Akuno's debut feature, Watcher, unsettles us within its opening moments as Julia (Maika Monroe) and her husband Francis...

E. L. King
Jan 23, 2022


FRESH Review - Sundance Film Fest
E. L. King calls the debut feature film from Mimi Cave an exhilarating and evocative thriller exploring the perils of modern dating and...

E. L. King
Jan 21, 2022


THE FREE FALL Review - Salem Horror Fest
In their 3.5 Bloody Knife review, E. L. King calls The Free Fall a psychological thriller that took them by surprise with its unique...

E. L. King
Nov 4, 2021


WHEN I CONSUME YOU Review - Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
E. L. King calls their Brooklyn Horror Film Festival screening of When I Consume You a sometimes messy slow burn about grief, shared...

E. L. King
Nov 3, 2021


DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES Review - Our Eternity In This Castle
E.L. King says their viewing of the Popcorn Frights Film Festival world premiere of Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes a seductive supernatural...

E. L. King
Aug 23, 2021
![[Popcorn Frights] TAKE BACK THE NIGHT Review – A Riot Girl Creature Feature](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_c0f05e755363441fad3b96ac4620ab6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_c0f05e755363441fad3b96ac4620ab6d~mv2.webp)
![[Popcorn Frights] TAKE BACK THE NIGHT Review – A Riot Girl Creature Feature](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_c0f05e755363441fad3b96ac4620ab6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_c0f05e755363441fad3b96ac4620ab6d~mv2.webp)
[Popcorn Frights] TAKE BACK THE NIGHT Review – A Riot Girl Creature Feature
Take Back The Night is a creature feature about grief, trauma, and the struggle to be believed through a horror lens.

E. L. King
Aug 19, 2021
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![[Review] HUNT CLUB is Feminist Revenge Horror Prevailing Over Society’s Alpha Male](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_36563bf26e9541a78e27d5d5734c36ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_36563bf26e9541a78e27d5d5734c36ca~mv2.webp)
![[Review] HUNT CLUB is Feminist Revenge Horror Prevailing Over Society’s Alpha Male](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_36563bf26e9541a78e27d5d5734c36ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_468,h_263,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_36563bf26e9541a78e27d5d5734c36ca~mv2.webp)
![[PHFF Review] SATAN WANTS YOU is a Chilling Analysis of the Satanic Panic’s Inception](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_abe7e7cde4bf4f7db74a7b3a4ab9fd97~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_444,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_abe7e7cde4bf4f7db74a7b3a4ab9fd97~mv2.webp)
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![[Interview] A Conversation with Bury The Bride Co-Writer and Star, Krsy Fox](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_9c3f39e1e6a347519dfdaf1d55b61e86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_9c3f39e1e6a347519dfdaf1d55b61e86~mv2.webp)
![[Interview] A Conversation with Bury The Bride Co-Writer and Star, Krsy Fox](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_9c3f39e1e6a347519dfdaf1d55b61e86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_468,h_263,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_9c3f39e1e6a347519dfdaf1d55b61e86~mv2.webp)
![[Interview] A Conversation with MISSING Director Shinzô Katayama](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_0b54556b104c4111a3274f5f8dea6492~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_444,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_0b54556b104c4111a3274f5f8dea6492~mv2.webp)
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![[Interview] A Conversation with Darren and Jeff Geare, Writers of THE RETALIATORS](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_0a1d495ebe8b4ceabfae7ed7a803e873~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_0a1d495ebe8b4ceabfae7ed7a803e873~mv2.webp)
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![[Interview] Brant Lewis on Growing Up with Horror and Queer Horror Rom-Com LIVIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/265ad525d07946d8933412fd6141b363.jpg/v1/fill/w_467,h_263,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/265ad525d07946d8933412fd6141b363.webp)
![[Decoding Evil] A Study of Michael Myers and the Halloween Film Series](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_62d0547edbe14354bbe7783756479351~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_62d0547edbe14354bbe7783756479351~mv2.webp)
![[Decoding Evil] A Study of Michael Myers and the Halloween Film Series](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_62d0547edbe14354bbe7783756479351~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_468,h_263,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_62d0547edbe14354bbe7783756479351~mv2.webp)