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[Interview] Award Winning Latino Writer and Director Andrew Jara Discusses His Love Of Horror
El Paso, Texas based filmmaker Andrew Jara joins us for a campfire chat about his films and his long-standing love of horror cinema....
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Feb 10, 2022
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[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.
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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...
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[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...
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[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...
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[Sundance] SPEAK NO EVIL Review - Christian Tafdrup's Psychological Horror is Unforgiving
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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...
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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...
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THE DEEP HOUSE Review - A Spin On Haunted House Horror Underwater
In their 3 Bloody Knife review, E. L. King calls The Deep House a claustrophoic acquatic horror experience that blends the supernatural...
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LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Review - A Dark Descent Into The Past
In their 5 Bloody Knife review, E. L. King calls Last Night In Soho an equisite experience where beautiful dreams descend into...
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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...
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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...
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[Interview] Director Ricky Glore Discusses Debut Feature Film 'All Your Friends Are Dead'
Independent filmmaker, comedian and co-director Ricky Glore sets out to make a grown up Slasher film with All Your Friends Are Dead.
E. L. King
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[Interview] Director Kevin Kopacka Discusses DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES and Euro-Horror
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E. L. King
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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
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[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
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SAINT MAUD Review – Never Waste Your Pain
E.L. King calls Rose Glass' Saint Maud a portrait of mental illness and devout delusion leading to a terrifying confrontation of faith,...
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FEAR STREET PART ONE: 1994 Review – Queer Horror For A New Generation
E.L. King calls Leigh Janiak's first installment in the Fear Street trilogy a refreshing, queer-centric, and nostalgic 90s era Slasher....
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