[REVIEW] RETURN TO DERRY IN IT CHAPTER TWO
Pennywise may be back but It Chapter 2 explores the lingering effects of childhood fears in this creepy continuation of a Stephen King classic.
[NORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL] ‘SOMETHING STRANGE’ SHORT FILMS
DIS/MEMBER reviews the “Something Strange” block of short films from the North Bend Film Festival. These films use sci-fi to comment on the human condition.
[NORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL] ‘EXTRA ORDINARY’ IS A FINE ADDITION TO THE HORROR-COMEDY GENRE
‘Extra Ordinary’ is a fun and funny addition to the horror-comedy genre. Maeve Higgins is the standout star in this low-key ‘Ghostbusters’ meets ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.
[BIRTHDAY] THANK YOU TIM BURTON FOR SHARING YOUR ECCENTRIC GENIUS WITH US
In honor of the big 6-1, here are 6-plus-1 reasons why Burton will always have a place in my weirdly-proportioned, Suburban Gothic heart.
[NORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL] ‘THE EL DUCE TAPES’ REVEALS THE MAN BEHIND THE SCUM
Cult punk-rock icon Eldon Hoke gets a proper working over in the raw, often skin-crawlingly uncomfortable THE EL DUCE TAPES.
[NORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL] ‘MONUMENT’ IS A RAW, THEATRICAL TONE POEM STARRING THE FUTURE OF POLISH HORROR
MONUMENT takes a bunch of film school kids, throws them in the woods with some cameras and a script, and makes unnerving magic.
[ZINE] A TRIP TO THE WOODS: DESCENT TOWARDS INHERENT EVIL IN ‘ANTICHRIST’ AND ‘THE CALL OF THE SIMPSONS’
Lars von Trier’s ‘Antichrist and John Swartzwelder’s “The Call of the Simpsons” from the series The Simpsons — both stories that explicitly connect the woods to Eden — the trip results in a transformation of understanding and form.
[ZINE] “THE QUEEN MUST RIDE ALONE”: FINDING ETERNAL STRENGTH, COMMUNITY & BLISS IN ‘MIDSOMMAR’
Her smile at the end is freedom. It’s eternal bliss. It’s finding peace within herself, and it’s finally finding a home.
[NORTH BEND FILM FESTIVAL] ‘CINEMA VISTAS’ SHORTS PROGRAM
GRAND BOUQUET Directed & Written by Nao Yoshigai Starring: Hanna Chan A woman and a
[REVIEW] TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES
With only two entries released, it’s hard to judge whether Two Sentence Horror Stories, as an anthology, will be successful. However, it shows promise.